The world's largest manufacturer of EV batteries has just been blacklisted in the US. What do tariffs and blacklists mean for the auto industry - and the U.S. consumer?

Other battery suppliers do exist, but CATL still holds the largest market share. Directly behind CATL is another Chinese supplier, BYD/FinDreams, which also doubles as an EV manufacturer. Korea-based LG Energy Solution sits as the third-largest supplier, while Panasonic, a Japanese-based electronics company, is the fourth-largest.

Ford has a licensing agreement to manufacture electric vehicle batteries with technology from a Chinese company that's under scrutiny at the Pentagon.

The Department of Defense added Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., or CATL, to a list of "Chinese military companies." The company is fighting the

The addition of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) to a Chinese military-linked entities list has thrust Tesla’s reliance on the Chinese battery giant into the spotlight. While the designation currently imposes no direct sanctions,