SEOUL (Reuters) – Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) has supplied electric vehicle (EV) batteries to South Korea’s Kia Corp, a CATL spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday.
South Korean automaker, an affiliate of Hyundai Motor Co, has chosen batteries from CATL for its electric Niro crossover SUV in a move to expand its range of battery suppliers, a South Korean newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The CATL spokesperson confirmed the report without elaborating further.
(Reporting by Zhang Yan in Shanghai and Heekyong Yang in Seoul; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
