CATL, which counts Tesla, BMW, and Nio as its customers, has captured about 35% of the global market. The world’s dominant battery maker for electric vehicles made its debut in 2023 on the Fortune Global 500 list of the world’s biggest companies by revenue. The company has been diversifying its supply chain, with more of its own factories outside of China, and its product base increasingly includes energy storage for solar and wind power;
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