supercat
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CATL makes batteries for Tesla. For example, it's building a battery factory next to Tesla's Shanghai gigafactory to supply batteries for the gigafactory. I don't think they are really in competition with each other.Does CATL have any newer batteries to compete with tesla?
Tesla to Locate China Design Center in Beijing (to design cars for the global market)
The electric-car maker’s placement for the center, which it first disclosed in 2020, was cited in a Beijing government document
The electric-car maker had said it would build a design-and-engineering center to develop China-designed vehicles for the global market, but hadn’t said where the center would be.