UPDATE 1-CATL has supplied EV batteries to S.Korea's Kia - CATL spokesperson
UPDATE 1-CATL has supplied EV batteries to S.Korea's Kia - CATL spokesperson
The South Korean automaker, an affiliate of Hyundai Motor Co(Adds background details)
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SHANGHAI/SEOUL, June 23 (Reuters) - Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) has supplied electric vehicle (EV) batteries to South Korea's Kia Corp
上海/首尔6月23日电（路透社）— 中国电池巨头当代新能源技术有限公司（CATL）已向韩国起亚公司提供电动汽车（EV）电池
000270.KS , CATL said on Thursday, marking Kia's first use of non-Korean EV batteries for sales at home.
000270.KS，CATL周四表示，这标志着起亚首次使用非韩国电动汽车电池在国内销售。
The South Korean automaker, an affiliate of Hyundai Motor Co
这家韩国汽车制造商是现代汽车公司的子公司
005380.KS , has chosen batteries from CATL for its electric Niro crossover SUV, aiming at expanding its range of battery suppliers, a South Korean newspaper reported on Wednesday.
韩国一家报纸周三报道，005380.KS已从CATL为其电动Niro跨界SUV选择了电池，旨在扩大其电池供应商范围。
A CATL spokesperson confirmed the report without elaborating. Kia did not have an immediate comment when contacted by Reuters.
CATL发言人证实了该报道，但没有详细说明。路透社联系起亚时，起亚没有立即发表评论。
CATL, whose clients include Tesla Inc TSLA.O and Volkswagen AG VOWG_p.DE , is the world's largest battery maker.
CATL是全球最大的电池制造商，其客户包括特斯拉公司TSLA.O和大众汽车集团VOWG_P.DE。
Industry tracker SNE Research says the company has a share of more than 35% of the booming global EV battery market. Analysts say the market is worth tens of billions of dollars a year.
行业追踪机构SNE Research表示，该公司在蓬勃发展的全球电动汽车电池市场中占有35％以上的份额。分析人士说，该市场每年价值数百亿美元。
For domestic EV sales, Hyundai Motor and Kia have previously used only batteries from two South Korean firms - LG Energy Solution Ltd 373220.KS and SK Innovation Co Ltd's 096770.KS SK On.
在国内电动汽车销售方面，现代汽车和起亚此前只使用了两家韩国公司的电池——LG Energy Solution Ltd 373220.KS和SK Innovation Co Ltd的096770.KS SK On。
Those battery makers and domestic peer Samsung SDI Co Ltd
那些电池制造商和国内同行三星SDI有限公司
096770.KS together command more than a quarter of the global EV battery market, according to SNE Research.
根据SNE Research的数据，096770.KS加起来占据了全球电动汽车电池市场的四分之一以上。
(Reporting by Zhang Yan in Shanghai and Heekyong Yang in Seoul; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Bradley Perrett)
（上海的张燕和首尔的杨熙京报道；由 Muralikumar Anantharaman 和 Bradley Perrett 编辑）