Company Profile: BYD - Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage

Vertically integrated producer of battery raw materials, cells, packs, and vehicles

Categories	Lithium-ion batteries, Lithium-ion battery cells, Plug-in vehicles
Competitors	Saft, Tesla, Samsung SDI, Panasonic, NEC, Nissan Motor, Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC), LG Chem

Strategy & Markets

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