CATL $3750 (+2.68%) and BYD $1211 (-0.58%) continued to dominate the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batteries in the period from January to August, according to the latest data.

Global EV battery installations totaled 691.3 GWh from January to August, an increase of 34.9% compared to the 512.6 GWh in the same period last year, according to data released today by South Korean market research firm SNE Research.

CATL's EV battery installations reached 254.5 GWh from January to August, up 31.9% from 193.0 GWh in the same period last year.

The Chinese battery giant maintained its position as the world's leading supplier with a market share of 36.8% in this period, remaining the only battery supplier worldwide with a market share of over 30%.

This share is below the share of 37.7% in the period from January to August 2024 and also below the share of 37.5% in the period from January to July 2025.

BYD's EV battery installations reached 124.8 GWh from January to August, an increase of 50.3% compared to the 83.0 GWh in the same period last year.

LG Energy Solution $373220 installed power batteries with a total capacity of 67.4 GWh from January to August, an increase of 13.3% compared to the previous year.

The South Korean company maintained its third place with a market share of 9.7% from January to August, down from 11.6% in the same period last year, but still above the 9.5% recorded from January to July 2025.

China's CALB $3931 took fourth place with a share of 4.6%, South Korea's SK On A0MV9D

was in fifth place with 4.2 percent and Japan's Panasonic $6752 (+1.71%) came in sixth with 3.7 percent.

China's Gotion High-tech, South Korea's Samsung SDI $0L2T (+13.76%)China's Eve Energy and Svolt Energy came seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth with market shares of 3.6 percent, 2.9 percent, 2.9 percent and 2.5 percent respectively in the period from January to August.

From January to July, CATL $3750 (+2.68%) and BYD $1211 (-0.58%) continued to dominate the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, together holding more than half of the market share.

According to South Korean market research company SNE Research on September 2, a total of 590.7 GWh of batteries for electric vehicles were installed worldwide from January to July, an increase of 35.3% compared to 436.7 GWh in the same period last year.

》CATL's EV battery installations reached 221.4 GWh from January to July, an increase of 34.0% compared to 165.2 GWh in the same period last year.

The Chinese battery giant maintained its global leadership position with a market share of 37.5% in this period and remained the only supplier to achieve a global market share of over 30%.

》BYD's EV battery installations reached 105.0 GWh in January-July, an increase of 52.4% compared to 68.9 GWh in the same period last year.

The company ranked second with a 17.8% share in January-July, up from 15.8% in January-July 2024 and unchanged from January-June 2025.

》The battery installations of LG Energy Solution $373220 reached 56.1 GWh in the January-July period, an increase of 9.0% compared to the previous year.

The South Korean company maintained its third place with a market share of 9.5% from January to July, down from 11.8% in the same period last year, but up from 9.4% in the first half of 2025.

》The Chinese company CALB $3931 took fourth place with a share of 4.4%, the South Korean company SK On came fifth with 4.2% and the Japanese company Panasonic $6752 (+1.71%) in sixth place with 3.6 percent.

》The Chinese company Gotion High-tech $002074the South Korean company Samsung SDI $006400 the Chinese company Eve Energy $CNFDSHIX6285 and Svolt Energy took seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth place with market shares of 3.6%, 3.0%, 2.9% and 2.6% respectively in the period from January to July.