On November 2, 2026, CATL and Blue Vector signed strategic and product cooperation agreements under which CATL will custom-develop aviation power-battery products for the SKYLA V30. The partnership also covers joint work on research, standards, market expansion and operating scenarios, according to Skyla Aviation’s announcement.
What the agreement covers
The battery program is one part of a broader cooperation plan. Skyla also listed technological innovation, joint research, standards development, market expansion and work on operating scenarios. Zhang Xu, Blue Vector’s co-founder and COO, and Hu Wenbin, executive president of CATL’s Aviation Business, signed the agreements. Blue Vector founder and CEO Wu Qiong and CATL chairman and CEO Zeng Yuqun witnessed the signing.
Why aircraft batteries face specific design demands
An eVTOL is an electric aircraft designed for vertical takeoff and landing. Skyla said its battery system affects an aircraft’s weight, range, flight performance and operational safety. It also named safety, reliability and lightweight design as priorities for electric aviation.
Those are broad engineering considerations, not measurements of the SKYLA V30’s battery. The announcement puts battery development in the context of aircraft-level demands without describing a particular battery design.
Where the SKYLA V30 stands
CnEVPost described the V30 as a six-seat, all-electric tiltrotor designed for intercity passenger travel. It reported that the full-scale technology demonstrator, A/C01, rolled out in Harbin on August 31, 2026. The next work it described included systems integration, ground testing, tilt-transition flight tests, engineering validation and airworthiness certification, all as planned development work.
