China’s CATL Extends Lead as World’s Top EV Battery Maker

China’s CATL Extends Lead as World’s Top EV Battery Maker

Chinese company has 37% share of global EV battery sales

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd.’s share of the electric-vehicle battery market continues to grow, according to the latest data from Seoul-based SNE Research, which show the Chinese company accounted for 37.1% of global sales in the first 11 months of 2022.CATL sold a total of 165.7 gigawatt-hours of batteries in the January-November period, almost three times as much as second-placed BYD Co., another Chinese battery maker. South Korea’s LG Energy Solution slipped to third, SNE said in a report published Wednesday.