Friday, February 3, 2017

Battery Makers 2016 (Cars)

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Batteries had a faster production growth rate (+66%) than EV's (+40%) in 2016, as the market became more BEV-oriented and a number of models had their batteries super-sized.

Panasonic continues to lead the charge, but has dropped share, as Tesla is effectively pulling the boat all by itself, with Toyota back in 2017 with the Prius Prime, this time with a decently-sized battery (For a PHEV, at least), expect Panasonic to recover share this year.

As for BYD, with the Second Place secured, it just continues to win market share, but production slowed down in the last quarter of 2016, as the brand prepares itself for their new Li-ion batteries.

LG followed the market while waiting for the battery-hungry Chevrolet Bolt, but AESC lost significant share, as they grew slower and with rumors saying that Nissan will prioritize LG batteries in the next Leaf, it seems AESC will start to drop in the ranking in a not-so-distant future. 

After a close race with the Chinese CATL, Samsung ended the year in Fifth, profiting from the BMW sales boom and in minor part also from Mercedes stepping up production of their PHEV's, with BMW setting ambitious goals for this year, Samsung battery division should have a splendid 2017, maybe even outrunning AESC. 

Now consider this, if we add Buses batteries to the tally, BYD goes straight to #1 and CATL jumps from #6 to Third Place...

PlBattery Makers2016 MWh2015
MWh
% '16    % '15
1Panasonic 6.6654.5523338
2
3
4
5

BYD
LG Chem
AESC
Samsung SDI
Others
4.020
2.285
1.622
1.157
4.651
1.652
1.432
1.272
504
2.877
20
11
8
6
23
14
12
11
4
21

TOTAL20.40012.289100100



A small remark, these are provisional numbers, based in some battery-size assumptions (eg, Tesla) and should serve as an indication, not as carved in stone values.

14 comments:

  1. Can you also add a short tally chart inclusive of car and buses' batteries - please. (Since they are automotive)

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    1. I would, but unfortunately do not know the suppliers of the remaining Bus makers.

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  2. Can I know the CATL's 2016 score?

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  3. Hello Jose, do you also have the data for the SK Group et GS Yuasa which where both in the last august ranking?

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  4. Would it be possible to have the top 10 battery makers like the 2014 and 2015 articles? I would really appreciate it for a better comparison.

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  5. If you don't mind me asking, where do you find your information for which battery manufacturers supply batteries for which models? I found this i.imgur.com/UzvjxVI.png table but it's not a complete list and has several suppliers for each model, let alone manufacturer.

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  6. What is your source of information? So I can be able to refer them in a paper. Thanks!

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  7. It's my own compilation of data.

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  8. Hello,
    what are the methods of battery life prediction?
    Can anybody explain me in details?

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  9. Hi Jose,

    Do you have the Top 20 list of Car Battery Manufacturers for 2016 and 2017 for comparison.

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    1. It is cooking, to be released sometime this month.

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  10. The various battery capacity measurements are; milliampere-hours (mAh) - which is used for smaller cells and the ampere-hours (Ah) used for large cells. IEC 62133 standard

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