BEIJING, July 25 (Reuters) - Chinese battery giant CATL (300750.SZ) on Tuesday recorded a 63.22% rise in net profit for the second quarter, as the company scrambled to maintain its industry leadership amid intensifying competition in the electric vehicle (EV) battery market.
This compared to a 558% surge in its net profit in the first quarter.
China's battery makers including CATL are facing challenges of weakening demand and bigger cost reduction pressure from EV makers amid a price war and a slowdown in auto sales this year.
The EV battery market grew at a much slower pace this year with a 36.8% increase in battery installation volume in the first half compared with the 176.4% growth in the same period in 2022, data from China Automotive and Battery Alliance showed.
($1 = 7.1379 Chinese yuan renminbi)Reporting by Qiaoyi Li, Zhang Yan and Brenda Goh; Editing by Sam Holmes, Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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Tesla, Qiaoyi Li, Zhang Yan, Brenda Goh, Sam Holmes, Kirsten Donovan
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