Cell supplier
Cell supplier identifies the company providing the battery cells. It matters because the battery sets the car's range ceiling, charging behaviour, weight, price and long-term risk. Read the number together with chemistry, cooling, usable capacity and warranty.
How to compare it
Supplier can hint at chemistry, quality history and parts availability, but the car maker's pack engineering is still decisive.
- Start with usable capacity, not only gross capacity.
- Connect pack size to consumption and charging curve.
- Read chemistry and warranty before judging long-term value.
What changes it
Battery figures move with pack design, chemistry, buffer size, temperature control and the car maker's software limits.
- Chemistry affects cost, durability, cold behaviour and charging habits.
- Cooling affects fast charging and repeated high-load use.
- Buffers affect usable energy and long-term protection.
Common trap
The same supplier can provide different chemistries and grades to different vehicles.
- Bigger packs can hide worse efficiency.
- Gross and usable capacity are not interchangeable.
Cell supplier: inside the pack
The useful number is shaped by cell chemistry, hidden buffers, cooling and the warranty strategy.
Cell supplier across EVRadar
Based on 793 published cars
CATL288 / 36%
BYD (FinDreams)172 / 22%
LG Energy Solution115 / 15%
Panasonic47 / 6%
GAC14 / 2%
CALB13 / 2%
Samsung SDI11 / 1%
Toyota11 / 1%
Tata AutoComp Gotion9 / 1%
Stellantis9 / 1%
SK On8 / 1%
Sunwoda7 / 1%