State-backed battery maker gives competitive jolt to China's CATL

CALB racks up orders from EV producers seeking alternative supply source

20220524 GAC Aion

CALB supplies around 70% of the electric batteries used by Guangzhou Automobile Group's Aion division.  © Reuters

CK TAN, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI -- Investor excitement about China's rapidly growing electric vehicle market helped make Tesla a $1 trillion stock as well as turn its battery supplier Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. into a 1 trillion yuan ($148.1 billion) company.

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