BYD returned to the top spot in the LFP battery market with a 42.68 percent share in April, overtaking CATL’s 33.65 percent.
CATL overtook BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDY) in China’s lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery market in March for the first time this year. Now, the latter has regained its top spot.
China’s power battery installed base in April was 25.1 GWh, up 89.4 percent year-on-year but down 9.5 percent from March, according to data released today by the China Automotive Battery Innovation Alliance (CABIA).
CATL’s power battery installed base in April was 10.26 GWh, ranking first with a 40.83 percent share, down from 44.95 percent in March.
BYD installed 7.32 GWh of power batteries in April, ranking second with a 29.11 percent share, up 2.46 percentage points from March’s 26.65 percent.
CALB installed 2.20 GWh of power batteries in April, ranking third with a share of 8.74 percent, down 1.54 percentage points from 10.28 percent in March.
Eve Energy overtook Gotion High-tech to rank No. 4 with 1.38 GWh of installed base and 5.48 percent share.
Gotion High-tech ranked 5th with 1.18 GWh installed in April and a 4.68 percent share. It ranked 4th with a 4.51 percent share in March.
China’s ternary Li-ion battery installed base in April was 8.0 GWh, accounting for 31.8 percent of total installed base, up 83.5 percent year-on-year but down 8.3 percent from March.
The installed base of LFP batteries was 17.1 GWh, accounting for 68.1 percent of the total, up 92.7 percent year-on-year but down 10.0 percent from March.
In the ternary battery market, CATL ranked first with 56.22 percent of the installed base of 4.50 GWh in April.
CALB and Sunwoda ranked second and third in the ternary battery market with 17.29 percent and 6.07 percent shares, respectively.
In the LFP battery market, BYD regained the top spot with a 42.68 percent share by overtaking CATL with 7.31 GWh installed in April.
CATL installed 5.76 GWh in the LFP battery market in April, ranking second with a 33.65 percent share.
In March, CATL’s share of the LFP market was 39.47, higher than BYD’s 38.88 percent, the first time it has overtaken BYD in this market during the year.
Eve Energy and Gotion High-tech ranked third and fourth in the LFP battery market with 7.01 percent and 6.17 percent share, respectively.
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