CATL, the world’s largest battery supplier for electric vehicles and one of Tesla’s critical suppliers, had an important fire

China's CATL said a "relatively small" number of products were affected by a fire at its battery factory in southeastern Fujian province and the impact on production and operations was expected to be limited.

A FIRE broke out on Sunday at a factory belonging to Chinese battery giant CATL, which supplies electric vehicle makers including Tesla, but only a “relatively small” impact on operations is expected,

China's CATL said a small number of products were affected by a fire at its battery factory and the impact on overall production and operations will be small, in comments posted on a Shenzhen Stock Exchange platform.

China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) announced that a fire at its battery factory in Fujian province has caused limited disruption to production, with a relatively small number of products affected.