US Battery Manufacturers

Manufacturer Directory · Last reviewed 2026-09-17

Direct answer: US battery manufacturing runs in two layers: a lead-acid incumbent layer — Clarios (the world's largest automotive battery maker, Milwaukee-headquartered) and EnerSys (industrial motive and reserve power) — and an IRA-driven lithium layer of cell plants from Tesla, LG Energy Solution, SK On, Panasonic and others, pulled onto US soil by production credits and automaker demand.

Major manufacturers

CompanyBaseFocus
ClariosWisconsinLead-acid automotive (AGM/EFB) — world's largest
EnerSysPennsylvaniaIndustrial motive + reserve power
TeslaTexas / NevadaLithium cells (4680) and packs
LG Energy SolutionMichigan / othersEV cells — US plants serving GM, Honda, Stellantis
SK OnGeorgia / KentuckyEV cells — Ford and Hyundai supply
Panasonic EnergyNevada / KansasEV cells — the Tesla-anchored legacy

Directory entries are verified public-footprint companies; certifications are noted as claimed unless independently accredited — see the criteria.

The IRA pull

The lithium layer's presence is policy arithmetic made visible: section 45X production credits — roughly $35/kWh for cells plus $10/kWh for modules — plus consumer-credit local-content rules turned the US from a battery importer into a gigafactory destination inside a few years (see the US market report). The lead-acid layer needed no such pull: it is the replacement business the car parc already runs on.

Our Read

My read: The US manufacturer map is two industries wearing one flag — a mature lead-acid replacement business and a subsidised lithium build-out — and the subsidy layer is the one whose durability will be tested when the credits phase down.

Why: Clarios and EnerSys do not need policy to exist; the lithium plants do. The interesting question for the late 2020s is which of the IRA-era plants convert subsidy-era economics into subsidy-free competitiveness — because the credits decline by design, and the factories must not.

My editorial view, not investment advice.

Sources

Complete US 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
C&D Technologies Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States Lead-acid (VRLA) + Lithium Standby power for telecom and utilities Claimed
Clarios Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Lead-acid (AGM/EFB) Automotive SLI Claimed
East Penn Manufacturing Lyon Station, Pennsylvania, United States Lead-acid (flooded / AGM) Automotive (Deka), industrial and reserve power batteries Claimed
EnerSys Reading, Pennsylvania, USA Lead-acid & lithium Industrial, motive power Claimed
Exide Technologies Milton, Georgia, USA Lead-acid Automotive & industrial Claimed
Microvast Stafford, Texas, United States / China Lithium (NMC / LFP) Commercial-vehicle and bus batteries Claimed
Tesla Austin, Texas, United States Lithium (NCA / NMC / LFP) EV cells (4680) and battery packs Claimed
Trojan Battery Santa Fe Springs, California, United States Lead-acid (flooded / AGM deep-cycle) Deep-cycle golf, floor-machine and renewable batteries Claimed

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