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Tesla is a vertically integrated battery electric vehicle automaker and developer of real world artificial intelligence software, which includes autonomous driving and humanoid robots. The company has multiple vehicles in its fleet, which include luxury and midsize sedans, crossover SUVs, a light truck, and a semi truck. Tesla also plans to begin selling a sports car and offer a robotaxi service. Global deliveries in 2025 were nearly 1.64 million vehicles. The company sells batteries for stationary storage for residential and commercial properties including utilities and solar panels and solar roofs for energy generation. Tesla also owns a fast-charging network and an auto insurance business.

CATL, headquartered in Ningde, Fujian Province, is a global leading battery manufacturer founded in 2011. The company specializes in the development and production of lithium-ion batteries for EVs and energy storage systems. CATL is the largest EV battery manufacturer in the world and leads the industry in innovative battery technology development for higher-energy density and safety, longer battery service life and super-fast charging. CATL is also involved in the manufacturing of cathode and other related battery materials. Through its subsidiary Brunp, it works with customers to create a closed-loop battery life cycle from production, application, to recycling.

LG Energy Solution is the third-largest battery maker for electric vehicles with about 11% global share in 2024, according to SNE Research. The EV battery segment is the largest revenue contributor, which accounted for more than 60% of total revenue in 2024. LGES also manufactures batteries for mobility, mobile phones, laptops, electrical devices, and energy storage systems. The company was spun off from LG Chem’s battery division in December 2020 and listed on the Korea Exchange in January 2022. It has global manufacturing facilities in Korea, China, Poland, and the United States. Key customers include General Motors, Tesla, Volkswagen, Hyundai, and Stellantis.

Vistra Corp. is one of the largest power producers and retail energy providers in the USA. It owns 44 gigawatts of generation capacity, including natural gas (27 GW), nuclear (6.5 GW), coal (8.7 GW), and solar and battery storage (1.4 GW). The Cogentrix acquisition will add 5.5 GW of gas generation. Vistra's retail electricity business serves 5 million customers in 20 states, including almost a third of all Texas electricity consumers. Vistra emerged from the Energy Future Holdings bankruptcy as a stand-alone entity in 2016.

SK on is a Seoul-headquartered battery maker producing prismatic and pouch lithium-ion cells for electric vehicles from its Gwangmyeong and Seosan plants. Spun off from SK Innovation in 2021, it supplies packs to Ford Mustang Mach-E and Hyundai Ioniq 5. The company advances 46-series cells with NCM cathodes and partners with Solid Power on solid-state tech. SK on targets 200 GWh capacity by 2025.

LG Chem Ltd manufactures and sells a variety of chemicals, electronics, and energy storage products. The company operates through five segments, including Petrochemical, LG Energy Solution, Advanced Materials, Life Science, and Others. The Petrochemical segment produces ABS, PC, PE, PP, acrylics, alcohols, synthetic rubber, special resins, and olefins. LG Energy Solution supplies small batteries, automotive batteries, and energy-storage batteries. The Advanced Materials segment provides engineering and display materials, cathode materials, separators, and RO filters. The Life Science segment offers growth hormones, vaccines, diabetes treatments, and pesticides, while Common & Others covers corporate management, sales, and R&D activities.

Base Power is a residential energy provider offering backup battery systems and fixed-rate electricity plans in Texas. Dallas-headquartered, its home batteries supply up to three days of whole-home power during outages with automatic failover. Plans feature transparent pricing from 9 cents per kWh plus delivery and membership fees, serving deregulated market customers seeking cost predictability.

Northvolt was a Swedish battery manufacturer founded in 2015 to build the world's greenest, sustainably sourced lithium-ion batteries. Powered entirely by renewable energy (wind and hydro), Northvolt aimed to produce batteries with the lowest carbon footprint globally. Backed by heavyweights like Volkswagen and Goldman Sachs, it aimed to supply European automakers. However, facing severe scaling challenges and massive debt, the company filed for bankruptcy in 2024–2025.

Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd develops, finances, constructs, owns, and operates utility-scale renewable energy projects. The company’s operating segments are the MENA segment, Europe segment, U.S.A segment, and Others. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Europe segment, which produces its revenue from the sale of the electricity that is produced through wind energy and solar energy in Europe.

Ecopro Co Ltd is engaged in the battery materials business, mainly serving the lithium-ion battery industry. The company operates through two reportable segments: Battery Materials business and Other business. The Battery Materials business segment focuses on cathode materials, the core components used in lithium-ion batteries, and also covers precursors, lithium, and recycling activities related to the cathode materials business.

SVOLT Energy Technology is a Chinese electric-vehicle battery maker spun off from Great Wall Motors in 2018, specializing in cobalt-free and long-life solid-state batteries. The company operates production bases across multiple Chinese cities, including Changzhou, Suining, Huzhou, Ma'anshan, and Nanjing, with plans for manufacturing capacity in Europe. SVOLT supplies battery cells to automakers including Great Wall Motors, Geely, and Stellantis, and reported operating revenue of CNY 4.47 billion in 2021, up from CNY 1.74 billion in 2020.

Canmax Technologies Co Ltd is engaged in Research and development, production and sales of new energy lithium battery materials products, anti-static ultra-clean technology products and medical equipment products.

EnerSys provides stored energy solutions for industrial applications. It also manufactures and distributes energy systems solutions and motive power batteries, specialty batteries, battery chargers, power equipment, battery accessories, and outdoor equipment enclosure solutions to customers. Energy Systems that combine enclosures, power conversion, power distribution, and energy storage are used in the telecommunication and broadband, utility industries, uninterruptible power supplies, and numerous applications requiring stored energy solutions. Its segments include Energy Systems, Motive Power, and Specialty.

Koninklijke Vopak NV is a tank storage provider for the oil and chemical industry. The company provides storage facilities and handling services for bulk liquid products and gases, including oil, chemicals, gases, liquefied natural gas, and biofuels. It operates a network of terminals located at strategic locations along key trade routes around the world. The company organizes itself into the following six reporting segments, which are principally based on its geographical markets: Asia & Middle East, China & North Asia, Netherlands, Singapore, USA & Canada, and All other Business Units (consisting of business units Brazil, North Latin America, South Africa, and Belgium). The majority of its revenue is generated from the Netherlands.

Redwood Materials is a Sparks-headquartered battery recycling company founded in 2017 that recovers over 95 percent of critical materials like lithium, nickel, and cobalt from end-of-life electric vehicle batteries and manufacturing scrap. Operating a closed-loop facility in Nevada, it supplies refined metals to battery producers such as Panasonic and Ford while deploying second-life energy storage systems. The company processes thousands of tons monthly, reducing reliance on virgin mining.

Sunwoda Electronic Co Ltd is engaged in research and development, design, production, and sales of lithium-ion battery modules. The company's Li-ion battery product covers Li-ion batteries for mobile phones, digital cameras, laptops, netbooks, electronic paper books, power-driven tools, industrial mobile lighting, and medical equipment.

Group14 Technologies is a provider of silicon-based materials for lithium-ion batteries, headquartered in Woodinville, Washington. The company's SCC55 silicon-carbon composite replaces graphite anodes, boosting energy density by up to 50 percent and enabling faster charging in electric vehicles and consumer devices. Compatible with pouch, cylindrical, and prismatic cell formats, the material supports scalable manufacturing via proprietary silane gas processes. Group14 partners with battery makers to localize supply chains in North America and Europe.

Enagas SA is a Spanish utility company involved in the transport, storage, and regasification of natural gas. Its segment include operations into Infrastructure activity, Technical system management, and Non-regulated activities businesses.