EVE Energy’s flagship cylindrical battery facility has been inducted into the Global Lighthouse Network by the World Economic Forum and McKinsey & Company, marking it as the first lighthouse factory in the cylindrical battery sector. This recognition highlights the plant’s comprehensive smart and digital manufacturing capabilities, driven by more than 40 deployed digital solutions.
The facility features a fully integrated digital system that spans research and development, production, and sales. Its high-speed production line operates at a rate of 300 batteries per minute. By combining physical simulation with artificial intelligence, the company has cut research and development experiments by 75%. Critical production processes are now fully automated, and an AIoT-based predictive maintenance system supports continuous operation, raising overall equipment efficiency to as much as 95%. On the sales side, an advanced planning and scheduling system analyzes orders globally in seconds, halving lead-time response.
Quality control is managed through a full-process AI system that delivers a first-pass yield exceeding 97% and improves cell voltage consistency by 70%. Real-time data monitoring and cross-process AI optimization guide production. Vision inspection equipment achieves 100% coverage, inspecting each cell in 0.3 seconds with no missed judgments. A full-lifecycle battery data platform enables immediate traceability and rapid issue resolution.
EVE Energy’s sustainability initiatives have yielded significant reductions in environmental impact. Between 2022 and 2025, the company lowered per-unit carbon emissions by more than 60% and reduced product energy consumption by over 55%. An AI-driven energy management model continuously optimizes high-consumption systems. The “Battery Passport” system assigns each battery a unique digital identifier linked to over 200,000 supply-chain nodes to support precise recycling. Combined measures—including renewable energy use, recycled materials, and equipment upgrades—have cut the full-lifecycle carbon footprint by 15%.
Operator training has been accelerated through augmented reality tools and remote expert guidance, reducing skill-development times from months to days. A comprehensive security platform, integrating more than 1,000 intelligent sensors and unmanned aerial vehicles, provides real-time risk warnings and has maintained zero production accidents. EVE Energy plans to build on this foundation to advance intelligent, low-carbon battery manufacturing and support the global energy transition.
Source: EVE Energy
