Battery

Lithium-ion battery makers accelerated capacity expansion, and Tianqi Lithium's key lithium products saw significant increases in both sales volume and average sales price compared to the same period last year.

Gotion expects third-quarter net profit to reach RMB 82.35 million ($11.45 million) to RMB 97.19 million, up 318.9 percent to 394.4 percent from a year ago.

CALB ranked third in September with a 6.16 percent share, while Gotion High-tech ranked fourth in September with a 4.33 percent share.

It's the largest economic development project ever in northern Michigan and will shore up the state's position as a global hub for mobility and electrification, said Michigan's governor.

CALB hopes to reach the top five in the global electric vehicle battery market within a year and become one of the top three in three to five years, its chairwoman said.

Cornerstone investors, including Xpeng and Tianqi Lithium, have agreed to subscribe for a total of about HK$5.8 billion in CALB shares.

On September 15, Sunwoda announced another RMB 12 billion investment in a power battery production base with a planned annual capacity of 30 GWh.

Svolt Energy previously had a plant in Germany for the production of battery packs.

CATL continues to rank first with a 46.79 percent share, while BYD continues to rank second with a 21.91 percent share.

Eve Energy said it has finalized a cell supply relationship with BMW to provide large cylindrical lithium-ion cells for the latter's Neue Klasse line of models.