China Lead-Acid Battery Manufacturers

Battery Manufacturer Directory · Last reviewed 2026-09-15

Direct answer: China is the world's largest lead-acid battery producer and exporter, and the leading manufacturers are concentrated in the automotive SLI and e-bike segments. The major names — Camel (骆驼), Fengfan (风帆), Tianneng (天能) and Chaowei (超威) — are large, listed or near-listed companies. Below them sits a long tail of smaller, regionally strong producers that compete on price and OEM/private-label supply.

Major manufacturers

CompanyChinese nameBaseSegment
Camel Group骆驼集团Xiangyang, HubeiAutomotive SLI / AGM
Fengfan风帆Baoding, HebeiAutomotive SLI
Tianneng Power天能动力Changxing, ZhejiangAutomotive + e-bike
Chaowei Power超威动力Changxing, ZhejiangAutomotive + e-bike

Company-level facts (base and segment) are cross-verified; production capacity and revenue figures vary by year and source and are intentionally omitted here rather than stated without a linked source.

The long tail and the OEM/private-label model

Beyond the majors, a large number of mid-size and small lead-acid producers operate in Hebei, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Guangdong. Their business model is typically OEM and private-label supply — they make batteries to another brand's specification, often for export. Their products are usually interchangeable in specification but vary in quality control, certification and documentation. The consequence: in this long tail, the documentation is the differentiator, not the brand, because the batteries themselves look alike.

How to verify a claim

When a supplier states a factory area, production lines, certifications or CCA values, verify each against a source rather than taking the marketing page at face value. The key checks are listed in the verification criteria: the company registration, the certification (IATF 16949, ISO) with its issuing context, and the product-level test data (CCA per a named standard).

The China share

China's lead-acid industry produces the majority of the world's output — on the order of 70%+ by volume — with the majors feeding both the domestic replacement market and the export channels documented in the production and export report. The share is the industry's defining fact: price, capacity and technology roadmaps for lead-acid are effectively set in China.

Our Read

My take: In Chinese lead-acid, the brand name matters less than the documentation — because the long tail makes interchangeable batteries, and the differentiator is the test data and certification a supplier can actually show, not the logo on the case.

Supporting logic: The majors have scale; the long tail has price. A buyer who verifies CCA (with its standard), certification and batch test data can source from either confidently. A buyer who trusts the marketing page is gambling on claims that are cheap to make — and in OEM/private-label supply, that gamble is the whole game.

My editorial view, not a purchasing guarantee.

Sources

Complete China list

Every profile recorded for this region, including the long tail. The verification label describes the evidence held at the review date, not a quality ranking.

CompanyHeadquartersChemistryProductsVerification
AESC Wuxi, Jiangsu, China / Japan Lithium (NMC) EV cells & packs Claimed
BYD Shenzhen, Guangdong, China Lithium (LFP) EV Blade battery, energy storage Claimed
CALB Changzhou, Jiangsu, China Lithium (LFP/NMC) EV cells & packs Claimed
Camel Group Xiangyang, Hubei, China Lead-acid Automotive SLI/AGM Claimed
CATL Ningde, Fujian, China Lithium (LFP/NMC) EV cells & packs, energy storage Claimed
CBAK Energy Shenzhen / Dalian, China Lithium (NMC / LFP) Cylindrical cells, EV and tool batteries Claimed
Chaowei Power Changxing, Zhejiang, China Lead-acid Automotive & e-bike Claimed
Coslight Harbin, China Lead-acid + Lithium Telecom and industrial batteries Claimed
EVE Energy Huizhou, Guangdong, China Lithium (LFP) Cells, power & storage Claimed
Farasis Energy Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China Lithium (NMC/LFP) EV cells & packs Claimed
Fengfan Baoding, Hebei, China Lead-acid Automotive SLI Claimed
Ganfeng Lithium Xinyu, Jiangxi, China Lithium (LFP / NMC) + lithium materials Lithium chemicals and battery cells Claimed
Gotion High-Tech Hefei, Anhui, China Lithium (LFP) EV cells & packs, storage Claimed
Hithium Xiamen, China Lithium (LFP) Stationary storage cells and systems Claimed
Leoch Shenzhen, Guangdong, China Lead-acid & lithium Automotive & industrial Claimed
Lishen Tianjin, China Lithium (NMC / LFP) EV, power tool and storage cells Claimed
Microvast Stafford, Texas, United States / China Lithium (NMC / LFP) Commercial-vehicle and bus batteries Claimed
Narada Power Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China Lead-acid & lithium Industrial & storage Claimed
REPT Battero Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China Lithium (LFP) EV & storage cells Claimed
Sacred Sun Qufu, Shandong, China Lead-acid Industrial & telecom Claimed
Shoto (Shuangdeng) Jiangsu, China Lead-acid + Lithium Telecom, data-centre and storage batteries Claimed
Sunwoda Shenzhen, Guangdong, China Lithium Consumer & EV cells Claimed
SVOLT Changzhou, Jiangsu, China Lithium (LFP/NMC) EV cells & packs Claimed
Tianneng Power Changxing, Zhejiang, China Lead-acid Automotive & e-bike Claimed

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