List of Suppliers
Japan
- Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd.
- Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc. (PPES)
- Toyota Battery Co., Ltd.
- Toyota Industries Corporation
- AESC Group Ltd.
- Vehicle Energy Japan Inc.
- Blue Energy Co., Ltd.
- GS Yuasa International Ltd.
- Toshiba Corporation
Outside Japan
- LG Energy Solution Ltd.
- SK ON Co., Ltd.
- Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
- Automotive Cells Company SE
- Verkor SA
- Northvolt AB
Thermal Management of BEV Batteries (Europe, U.S. and China Markets) Lithium-Ion Battery (Chinese Market)
Introduction
This three-part report describes trends and activities among non-Chinese OEMs and battery suppliers of automotive LiB (lithium-ion batteries) as power sources as of August 2025 and includes a brief description of LiB technology to supplement the report. For more information on trends among Chinese battery suppliers, please refer to Analysis Report: Lithium-Ion Battery (Chinese Market).
Abbreviations
To avoid redundancy of expressions in the text, a list of abbreviations is provided.
The table can be scrolled left and right.
| Genre | Abbreviation | Content |
|---|---|---|
| Battery related | LiB | Lithium-ion battery |
| Ni-MH | Nickel-metal hydride battery | |
| SIB | Sodium-ion battery | |
| ESS | Energy storage system | |
| Vehicle related | BEV | Battery electric vehicle (vehicles clearly confirmed to be battery-powered EVs) |
| xEV | Electrified vehicle (vehicles that could not be identified as BEVs because some reports referred to electrified vehicles in general terms) | |
| HEV | Hybrid electric vehicle | |
| ICE | Internal combustion engine | |
| PHEV | Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle | |
| PF | Platform | |
| SDV | Software defined vehicle | |
| ZEV | Zero emission vehicle (Note that subject vehicles may differ in each country) | |
| gpm | grams per mile | |
| mpg | miles per gallon | |
| LDV | (EPA definition) Light-Duty Vehicle | |
| LDT | (EPA definition) Light-Duty Truck (GVWR 8,500lbs or less) | |
| MDV | (EPA definition) Medium-Duty Passenger Vehicle - GVWR less than 10,000lbs | |
| HDV | (EPA definition) Heavy-Duty Vehicle (GVWR 8,500lb or more) | |
| Names of suppliers | ACC | Automotive Cells Company SE |
| AESC | AESC Group | |
| CALB | CALB Group Co., Ltd. | |
| CATL | Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. | |
| LG | LG Energy Solution Ltd. / LG Chem Ltd. | |
| Samsung | Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. | |
| SK | SK On Co., Ltd. / SK Innovation Co., Ltd. | |
| VW | Volkswagen group | |
| Koç | Koç Holding A.Ş., Türkiye | |
| Panasonic | Panasonic Holdings Corporation / Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd. | |
| Name of organization | EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| IRS | U.S. Internal Revenue Service | |
| MIIT | Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology | |
| SAE | Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc. (USA) | |
| NHTSA | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation | |
| CARB | California Air Resources Board | |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior | |
| USTR | United States Trade Representative | |
| Other | ACC II | Advanced Clean Cars II (CARB enacted, introduced in 11 states, approved for exemption from EPA federal regulations) |
| CAFE | Corporate Average Fuel Economy (established by EPA) | |
| CBG | Compressed bio gas | |
| CFP | Carbon footprint of product | |
| CNG | Compressed natural gas | |
| CO2 | Used to refer to all greenhouse gases | |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas | |
| GWh | Annual production capacity of cell plants, gigawatt-hours; “/year” omitted | |
| IRA | Inflation Reduction Act (USA) | |
| LLC | Limited Liability Company | |
| NACS | North American Charging Standard | |
| OBBB | One Big Beautiful Bill Act |
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