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Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL)
宁德时代
Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL), founded in 2011 in Ningde city of Fujian province, is the world's largest manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries, used in a range of consumer products such as cellular phones, robots and drones, and electric vehicles.
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