List of electric-vehicle-battery manufacturers
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Battery manufacturer | Notes | Year founded | Production capacity (GWh) | Used in production vehicle | Type of battery | Still in operation |
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A123Systems | Killacycle motorcycle, General Motors (Chevrolet Spark EV), Fisker Automotive (Karma PHEV), Daimler Buses North America (Orion VII), now defunct Smith Electric Vehicles electric trucks, Chery Auto, Kandi, Navistar electric trucks, ALTe Powertrain Technologies extended-range EV powertrains, VIA Motors extended-range VTRUX, three cars with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp.'s Roewe brand (an EV, a PHEV and an HEV), BMW (ActiveHybrid 3 and ActiveHybrid 5 hybrid electric vehicles), Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines (Formula One racing kinetic energy recovery system (KERS), Buckeye Bullet land-speed racer | 2001[1] | 1.5 (2018)[2] | Yes | lithium-ion (lithium iron phosphate) | Yes |
Akasol | Developing and manufacturing batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles, regenerative energy facilities, battery electric busses, railway vehicles and other commercial vehicles. | 2008 | 1.0 (as of 2021, 2.5 planned for 2022) | Yes | lithium-ion | Yes |
AESC | Nissan vehicles | 2007 | lithium-ion | |||
lithium-titanate | ||||||
Aptiv | Delphi Automotive PLC[citation needed] | 1994 | lithium-titanate | Yes | ||
Automotive Cells Company (ACC), JV between SAFT and PSA | ACC intends to build two large scale production facilities for battery cell in France and Germany to supply electric vehicles | 2020 | 48 (initially planned for 2030) | Planned | Lithium-ion | No |
BMZ | Lithium-ion batteries for e-buses, e-forklifts, e-vehicles like Streetscooter, e.Go, KION, Eurabus | 1994 | Yes | lithium-ion | Yes | |
Bosch/Samsung | Fiat 500e[3] | lithium-ion | ||||
BYD (as FinDreams Battery, a subsidiary) | 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[4] | 1995 | 30 (2019)[5] | Yes | lithium iron phosphate | Yes |
Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) (formerly Amperex Technology) | World's largest battery manufacturer | 1999 | 12 (2017) | Yes | lithium-ion | Yes |
Coslight India | Electric Bus LFP batteries, EV LFP Batteries, E car LFP & NMC batteries | 2007 | lithium-ion | |||
E-One Moli Energy | BMW Mini-E [6] | lithium-ion | Yes | |||
Electrovaya | Customers include Toyota/Raymond.[7] [8]Signed deal to electrify Walmart forklifts. Have a strong presence in large distribution centers in Mexico, USA and Canada. | 1996 | lithium-ion | Yes | ||
EControls | Designs and manufactures APU batteries for commercial trucks and battery box replacement packs for forklift applications under the branding Ethium.[9] | 1994 | Yes | lithium iron phosphate | Yes | |
Johnson Matthey Battery Systems (formerly Axeon)[10] | Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Modec, Allied Vehicles, RUF Automobile, Jaguar Cars, Land Rover, Electric Car Corporation, McLaren | Yes | lithium-iron-phosphate | |||
Hitachi[11][12] | Unknown | lithium-ion | Yes | |||
Imperium3 New York (IM3NY) | Cobalt-free EV batteries for Lower end passenger EVs, Buses and Defence application. Cell developed and commercialised in partnership with ChargeCCCV and Australian company Magnis Energy Technology, which has Nobel Laureate Professor Stanley Whittingham as an advisory director to the project and long time mentor to IM3NY chairman Dr Shailesh Upreti.[13] | 2017[14] | 1-2 (~2022) 32 (2030) | Yes | Lithium-ion | Yes |
Leclanché | Designs & manufactures proprietary G-NMC/LTO cells, modules & packs within its European facilities. 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 | 1909 | 0.2 (2019) | Yes | lithium-ion (G-NMC & LTO) | Yes |
LG Chem | 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:[15][16] Volvo S60 II, Volvo V60,[17] Volvo XC90 II,[18] Volvo S90/V90 II[19] | 1995 | 4.5 (2017) | Yes | lithium-ion | Yes |
Microvast | Specialize in cells (LTO, NMC, LFP), modules and packs for commercial vehicles. Oshkosh Corporation,[20] FPT[21] and various Chinese OEM. | 2006 | 4 (2021) | Yes | Lithium-ion (LTO, NMC, LFP) | Yes |
NEC | Produced prototype batteries for Nissan;[22] Automotive Energy Supply (AESC) is Nissan’s joint venture with NEC [23] | lithium-ion | ||||
Northvolt AB[24] | NorthVolt Ett (One), Factory production in Skellefteå, Sweden. Start of production planned for 2021 | 2019 | 8 (2021) 32 (~2022-23) | Test series only | Lithium-ion | |
Northvolt AB in JV with Volkswagen Group[25] | 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 | 2019 | 16 (initially planned | Planned | Lithium-ion | |
OptimumNano Energy | Large Chinese manufacturer, mostly for domestic market. | 2002 | 5.5 (2019) | lithium-iron-phosphate | ||
Panasonic | Building electric vehicle batteries mostly for Tesla. The Gigafactory 1 in joint venture with Tesla[26] has a planned annual battery production capacity of 35 gigawatt-hours by 2018[27] | 23 (2019)[28] | Yes | lithium-ion | Yes | |
Primearth EV Energy Co, a joint venture between Toyota and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co | Future Toyota products[29] | NiMH, lithium-ion | ||||
Sanyo | Provides NiMH batteries for Honda and Ford hybrid vehicles[30] and Suzuki Swift | Yes | NiMH | |||
SB LiMotive | Joint ventures with Samsung and Bosch. Ended in 2012 | 2008 | lithium-ion | No | ||
SK Innovation[31] | Kia Soul EV, Daimler A.G. (SLS AMG E-cell), Hyundai (BlueOn), | 0.2 (2016)[32] | Yes | lithium-ion-polymer (LiPo) | Yes | |
Targray[33] | 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. | 2010 | Yes | lithium-ion | Yes | |
Valence Technology[34] | Acquired by LithiumWerks in 2019 | 1989 | lithium-iron-phosphate | |||
GS Yuasa | Joint ventures with Mitsubishi Motors, and Mitsubishi Corp.; provides batteries for Mitsubishi[35] | lithium-ion | ||||
Frey New Energy | 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 appliations. | 2010 | Yes | Lithium-iron-phosphate | Yes | |
Octillion Power Systems[36][37][38] | 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). | 2009 | Yes | lithium-ion | Yes | |
InoBat Auto | Launched the world first 'intelligent battery' in October 2020.[39] Plans to partner with Rio Tinto to recycle its batteries [40] Currently constructing a R&D Facility in Slovakia, with further plans for a 32GWh facility. | 2019 | 32 (Planned)[41] | Planned | Lithium-ion | Yes |