List of electric vehicle battery manufacturers

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List of world's largest EV battery manufacturers[edit]

Battery manufacturer 2023

Market share [1]

2023

Manufactured (GWh)[1]

2022

Market share [2][3]

2022

Manufactured (GWh)[1]

Headquarters
CATL 34% 243 37.0% 164 Ningde, Fujian, China
BYD 16% 116 13.6% 73 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
LG Energy Solution 15% 108.5 13.6% 86,5 Seoul, South Korea
Panasonic 8% 56.5 7.3% 45.5 Osaka, Japan
SK On 6% 41 5.4% 31 Seoul, South Korea
Samsung SDI 5% 36 4.7% 24 Seoul, South Korea
CALB 3% 24 3.9% 20 Changzhou, Zhejiang, China
Gotion High-Tech 2.7% Hefei, Anhui, China
Farasis Energy 2% 16.5 1.4% 7 Hayward, California, United States
Sunwoda 1% 7 1.8% 4.5 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Others 8% 56 8.6% - Various

List of worldwide EV battery manufacturers[edit]

Battery manufacturer Year founded Headquarters Production capacity (GWh) Type of battery OEM

customer

Notes
A123 Systems 2001[4] Hangzhou, China 1.5 (2018)[5] lithium-ion (lithium iron phosphate) supplies Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines Formula One racing with parts for kinetic energy recovery system (KERS)

supplies also companies in range-extender business like ALTe Powertrain Technologies, VIA Motors extended-range VTRUX

Akasol 2008 Darmstadt, Germnay 1.0 (as of 2021, 2.5 planned for 2022) lithium-ion Yes Developing and manufacturing batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles, regenerative energy facilities, battery electric busses, railway vehicles and other commercial vehicles. company was acquired by the American automotive supplier BorgWarner.[6]
AESC (Joint Venture) 2007 Yokohama, Japan lithium-ion Joint venture partner Envision (main), Nissan, NEC and Tokin Corporation
Aptiv 1994 lithium-titanate Unknown Delphi Automotive PLC[citation needed]
Automotive Cells Company (ACC) 2020 Bruges, France 120 (planned for 2030)[8] Lithium-ion Planned Joint venture between SAFT, Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis. ACC intends to build two large scale production facilities for battery cell in France and Germany to supply electric vehicles
BMZ Group 1994 Karlstein am Main, Germany lithium-ion Unknown Lithium-ion batteries for e-buses, e-forklifts, e-vehicles like Streetscooter, e.Go, KION, Eurabus[9]
BYD (as FinDreams Battery, a subsidiary) 1995 Shenzhen, China 30 (2019)[10] lithium iron phosphate
  • BYD
BYD focuses on LFP battery production and has introduced a new "blade battery" technology which makes the application reasonable in mid-to long range term electric vehicles[11]
Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) 1999 Ningde, China 325 (2022)[12] lithium-ion World's largest battery manufacturer

origins: Amperex Technology also based in Ningde

Coslight India 2007 Una, India lithium-ion Unknown Electric Bus LFP batteries, EV LFP Batteries, E car LFP & NMC batteries
EControls 1994 lithium iron phosphate Yes Designs and manufactures forklift battery boxes under the branding Ethium.[15]
Electrovaya 1996 lithium-ion Signed deal to electrify Walmart forklifts. Have a strong presence in large distribution centers in Mexico, USA and Canada.
GS Yuasa lithium-ion
  • Mitsubishi
Joint ventures with Mitsubishi Motors, and Mitsubishi Corp.; provides batteries for Mitsubishi[18]
Hitachi[19][20] lithium-ion Unknown
Imperium3 New York (IM3NY) 2017[21] 1-2 (~2022)

32 (2030)

Lithium-ion Yes Cobalt-free EV batteries for Lower end passenger EVs, Buses and Defence application. Cell developed and commercialised in partnership with Charge CCCV, also known as C4V and Australian company Magnis Energy Technologies, which has Nobel Laureate Professor Stanley Whittingham as an advisory director to the project and long time mentor to IM3NY chairman Dr Shailesh Upreti.[22]
Johnson Matthey Battery Systems 2006 Milton Keynes, United Kingdom lithium-iron-phosphate company formerly named Axeon[23] and is owned by Cummins
Leclanché 1909 Yverdon-les-Bains

, Switzerland

0.2 (2019) Lithium-ion (G-NMC & LTO) Yes Designs & manufactures proprietary G-NMC/LTO cells, modules & packs within its European facilities.[24]

Applications: Marine, Bus, Truck, Construction & Agriculture, GSE, Rail, Stationary & Specialty. Production capacity (Li-ion cells): 200MWh (2019) with roadmap to reach 2.3GWh by 2024

LG Energy Solution 2020 Seoul, South Korea 100 (2025)[25] Lithium-ion
  • Ford
  • GM
  • Hyundai
  • Renault
  • Tesla[26]
  • Volvo
General Motors: Chevrolet Volt Gen 1, Gen 2, Chevy Spark, Chevy Bolt, Cadillac ELR
Groupe Renault: Renault Zoe, Renault Twizy
Hyundai: Hyundai Sonata Hybrid
Ford Motor Company: Ford Focus Electric, Ford Mustang Mach-E
Volvo Cars:[27][28] Volvo S60 II, Volvo V60,[29] Volvo XC90 II,[30] Volvo S90/V90 II[31]
Microvast 2006 Stafford, USA 4 (2021) Lithium-ion (LTO, NMC, LFP) Specialize in cells (LTO, NMC, LFP), modules and packs for commercial vehicles.
Molicel 1998 Taipei, Taiwan lithium-ion formerly E-One Moli Energy
NEC 1899 Tokyo, Japan activities terminated 2007 lithium-ion
  • Nissan
Produced prototype batteries for Nissan;[35] Automotive Energy Supply (AESC) is Nissan's joint venture with NEC [36]
Northvolt AB[37] 2019 Stockholm, Sweden planned 32 (~2024-25) Lithium-ion Planned NorthVolt Ett (One), Factory production in Skellefteå, Sweden. Start of prototype production in 2022, scale up planned for 2024-25
Volkswagen Group with Northvolt AB in JV[38] 2019 Salzgitter, Germany 16 (initially planned Lithium-ion Planned NorthVolt Zwei (two), JV battery production in Salzgitter, Germany, for the electric vehicles of the Volkswagen Group. Start of production planned for end of 2023/early 2024
OptimumNano Energy[39] 2002 Shenzhen, China 5.5 (2019) lithium-iron-phosphate Unknown Large Chinese manufacturer, mostly for domestic market.
Panasonic 1918 Osaka, Japan 23 (2019)[40] lithium-ion Building electric vehicle batteries mostly for Tesla. The Gigafactory 1 in joint venture with Tesla[41] has a planned annual battery production capacity of 35 gigawatt-hours by 2018[42]
Primearth EV Energy Co, 1996 Kosai, Japan NiMH, lithium-ion a joint venture between Toyota and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will be renamed to Toyota Battery Co., Ltd. in October 2024.[44]

At least in the 90's produced batteries for Prius and RAV4.[43]

SAFT 1918 Levallois-Perret, France lithium-ion Planned Since 2016 a subsidiary TotalEnergies. Saft is together Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis venture partner of ACC (see above).[45]
Sanyo 1947 Osaka, Japan NiMH
  • Ford
  • Honda
  • Suzuki
Provides NiMH batteries for Honda and Ford hybrid vehicles[46] and Suzuki Swift
SB LiMotive

(Bosch/Samsung)

2008 Stuttgart, Germany terminated

<0.5

lithium-ion Joint venture of Samsung and Bosch. Terminated 2012
SK Innovation[49] 2007 Seoul, South Korea 0.2 (2016)[50] lithium-ion-polymer (LiPo) Kia Soul EV, Mercedes Benz (SLS AMG E-cell), Hyundai (BlueOn),
Sunwoda Shenzhen, China
Targray[51] 2010 lithium-ion Yes Major international supplier of advance materials for EV battery manufacturing and R&D. Notable products include cathode materials, anode materials, electrolyte, electrodes, metal foils, binders, battery packaging materials and lithium-ion cells.
Valence Technology[52] 1989 Henderson, USA lithium-iron-phosphate
  • Mercedes Benz
Acquired by LithiumWerks in 2019
Verkor[53] 2020 Dunkrik 16 (planned for 2026)[54] Planned European start-up with French mass center. supported by Renault. Aims for low-carbon batteries.[54]
VinES Energy Solutions JSC 1993 Hanoi, Vietnam Unknown Member of VinGroup
Frey New Energy 2010 Lithium-iron-phosphate Yes Manufacturer and distributor of Lithium-ion battery cells, modules and customized packs for heavy-duty Industrial EVs and machines, serving markets of mining, material handling, GSE, and other industrial applications.
Octillion Power Systems[55][56][57] 2009 lithium-ion
  • Wuling HongGuang Mini
  • FNM
Lithium-ion battery supplier for the electric-vehicle battery market. Vehicles powered by Octillion batteries include China's Wuling HongGuang Mini and electric trucks produced by Brazilian manufacturer FNM (Fábrica Nacional de Motores).
InoBat Auto 2019 32 (planned)[58] Lithium-ion Planned Launched the world first 'intelligent battery' in October 2020.[59] Plans to partner with Rio Tinto to recycle its batteries [60] Currently constructing a R&D Facility in Slovakia, with further plans for a 32GWh facility.

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