“I used to charge my e-bike twice a day for food delivery, but now once a day is enough, and the battery life stays stable even in winter,” said delivery driver Liu, highlighting the unique advantages of Cane Energy’s lead-lithium batteries.
As a pioneering new battery type in China, Cane Energy’s lead-lithium battery achieves multiple breakthroughs: charging time is reduced from the traditional 8 hours to 2 hours, and service life is extended by 50%. It combines the safety and stability of lead-acid batteries with the constant power and endurance of lithium batteries, maintaining over 70% discharge efficiency even in extreme environments as low as -30°C.
Founded in 2005 and located in Gaozé Street, Wulian County, Cane Energy is a large modern enterprise integrating R&D, production, and sales of e-bike batteries, chargers, and controllers. Recently, our reporter visited its plate production workshop, where automated continuous casting and rolling production lines operate smoothly, with robotic arms precisely completing processes such as lead strip, mesh punching, continuous coating, and curing. This is both a manufacturing site and a frontier for technological innovation.
“What we aim to do is not just produce batteries, but redefine them,” said Chief Engineer Xia Bode. The high-energy lead-lithium battery charges 60% faster than ordinary batteries, with a charge-discharge conversion rate of up to 96%, and it does not slow down even when the battery is at 50% capacity. “This is the result of our painstaking efforts,” he added.
One late night in the autumn of 2021, the R&D center of Cane Energy was brightly lit as the technical team tackled the final challenge of dual-conductive lithium material fast-charging technology. Xia Bode and his colleagues had been working for 20 consecutive hours. “We tried 12 different polymer material formulations,” he recalled. “When the tester showed a charging efficiency of 100%, the entire lab erupted in excitement.”
This core technology, leveraging a polymer honeycomb electron transport structure, achieves four major breakthroughs: safety and efficiency, ultra-low temperature resistance, ultra-long endurance, and constant power. “It preserves the safety of lead-acid batteries while achieving the energy conversion efficiency of lithium batteries, truly getting the best of both worlds,” said Xia Bode.
To maintain its technological edge, Cane Energy continues to increase R&D investment: allocating over 6% of annual sales revenue to R&D, collaborating deeply with universities such as Jinan University, Wuhan University of Technology, the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Tsinghua University; flexibly introducing three doctoral teams including Professor Zhu Chengfei from Nanjing Tech University, and cultivating over 30 high-level R&D personnel. The company encourages internal innovation, with the team completing over 100 “five small” innovation projects each year, generating more than 5 million yuan in economic benefits.
To date, Cane Energy has obtained 32 patents, including for nano-colloidal batteries and low-temperature resistant batteries, and has overcome more than 50 new technologies such as “lightweight high-energy batteries,” achieving industrialization. It has developed a full range of products including lead-lithium batteries, small sealed batteries, and large sealed batteries, covering 12 major categories, 33 series, and over 400 specifications, widely used in electric vehicles, communication base stations, and energy storage stations.
Alongside technological upgrades, production-side changes are equally impressive. In 2023, Cane Energy invested over 30 million yuan to launch a continuous casting and rolling production line for lead-acid batteries, which was completed and put into operation in July 2024. This advanced fully automated production line integrates lead strip automatic production lines, closed vacuum mixers, and high-temperature closed curing drying rooms, doubling plate capacity and production efficiency, saving 60% labor, and reducing energy consumption by 30%. “Traditional processes required melting lead at 500°C to 600°C, but now it’s only 327°C to 350°C, with lead utilization increasing from less than 90% to over 97%, and no lead fume or dust emissions,” said Deputy General Manager Feng Wei. “While increasing capacity by 50%, costs have dropped significantly, truly achieving automation, intelligence, and green production.”
The product advantages from technological upgrades quickly gained market recognition. With a 19% increase in battery capacity and a 34% longer lighting duration, coupled with a service system of “one-year replacement plus 18-month warranty,” Cane Energy has become the preferred choice for industries such as food delivery and logistics. Today, its annual battery output exceeds 1.2 million units, with sales revenue reaching 220 million yuan.
After nearly two decades of dedication, Cane Energy has reaped significant rewards: it has been selected as a national-level specialized and new “Little Giant” enterprise, recognized as a “Shandong Gazelle Enterprise” and “National High-Tech Enterprise,” and in 2024 was included in the provincial green manufacturing units. Moreover, it has taken the lead in drafting industry standards for lead-lithium batteries, promoting technological advancement and sustainable development in the industry.
At the 2025 National First-Level Service Provider Conference, Chairman Feng Qiyong set a new goal: “We aim to become the ‘Pang Donglai’ of China’s battery industry!” This remark drew warm applause from over 400 service providers—Pang Donglai represents the ultimate in products and services, and Cane Energy is striving to achieve that.
Tian Wenjun, a first-level section chief of Gaozé Street, said: “The growth of Cane Energy is a vivid example of the street’s efforts to ‘solve problems, find markets, and optimize the environment for enterprises.’ This year, we adhere to precise pairing, precise connection, and precise support, striving to be ‘shop assistants’ serving enterprises, so that high-quality companies can focus on innovation and development, and continue to grow stronger in Gaozé.”
The government’s “sunshine and rain” nourishes the thriving growth of enterprises. In 2025, Cane Energy’s orders have increased by 30% year-on-year. From a small town to the whole country, from manufacturing to intelligent manufacturing, Cane Energy is setting new quality benchmarks and service standards for the battery industry with focus and innovation.
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Source: Today’s Wulian WeChat Official Account, October 21, 2025, Reporter: Li Shan
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