CATL $3750 (+0,66 %) and BYD $1211 (-0,69 %) 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 (-0,91 %) came in sixth with 3.7 percent.
China's Gotion High-tech, South Korea's Samsung SDI $0L2T (+0,78 %)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.
