CATL and BYD continued to dominate the global electric vehicle battery market in the first seven months of the year, jointly accounting for more than half of total installations, according to industry data.
Global EV battery capacity installed between January and July reached 590.7 gigawatt hours (GWh), up 35.3% from 436.7 GWh a year earlier, South Korean research firm SNE Research said.
CATL’s installations rose 34.0% year-on-year to 221.4 GWh, giving the Chinese battery maker a 37.5% global share. While maintaining its leadership, this was slightly lower than the 37.8% share recorded in the same period of 2024 and below the 37.9% seen in the first half of 2025.
BYD ranked second with 105.0 GWh of installations, a 52.4% increase from 68.9 GWh in the same period last year, translating to a 17.8% global share. That compared with 15.8% in January–July 2024 and was unchanged from the first half of this year.
LG Energy Solution retained third place with 56.1 GWh, up 9.0% from a year earlier, giving it 9.5% of the market, down from 11.8% a year ago but slightly higher than 9.4% in January–June 2025.
Other suppliers included China’s CALB with 4.4% share, South Korea’s SK On at 4.2%, and Japan’s Panasonic at 3.6%. China’s Gotion High-tech and Eve Energy, South Korea’s Samsung SDI, and China’s Svolt Energy rounded out the top ten with shares of 3.6%, 3.0%, 2.9%, and 2.6% respectively.
