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Gigafactory · China

CATL Ningde Plants

The largest battery manufacturer in the world by installed capacity.

ComponentGigafactory

What happens here

CATL's scale is the reason lithium iron phosphate went from a second-tier chemistry to the majority of new cells: cheap, cobalt-free and durable enough once the pack engineering caught up.

In and out

Goes in

Copper Graphite Lithium Phosphate Rock

Comes out

Outputs for this site are not itemised in the atlas.

Operator

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL)

The largest lithium-ion battery manufacturer in the world by installed capacity.

Manufacturer

Journeys that pass through this plant

Chilean brine to a battery in a car The ore is water. The first year and a half of processing is done by the sun, for free.

Chains that pass through here

Lithium to Electric Vehicle

From a salt flat or a granite pegmatite to the pack under a car floor.

Supply chain

CATL Ningde Plants

What happens here

In and out

Operator

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL)

Journeys that pass through this plant

Chains that pass through here

Lithium to Electric Vehicle

Materials

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