Cataline times and Tesla voiced separately: the news is not true

At noon on February 13, CATL issued an emergency statement clarifying rumors related to Tesla. Among them, CATL said that it had "reported the case to the public security organs on February 12" for the relevant malicious rumors that appeared on the recent online platform. At the same time, Tesla responded to reporters: The news is not true.

In the clarification statement, CATL said that a series of malicious rumors such as the recent ningde era being sanctioned by the United States, being excluded by the ChiNext weight index, and negotiating with Tesla have recently appeared on the network platform, which has caused market misunderstanding and distortion and affected the reputation of the company. Rumors are unfounded, unfounded, and of a bad nature, and the Ningde times have reported the case to the public security organs on February 12, and will pursue legal responsibility for the rumor-mongers according to law. CATL also said that the report on malicious rumors belongs to the territorial report and has been accepted by the public security organs.

The reporter noted that the stock price of Ningde Times continued to fall last week, with a cumulative decline of about 17.32%, and the market value evaporated by nearly 230 billion yuan. As the stock price adjusted, some rumors began to appear in the market, including a rumor about the "C (Ningde) and T (Tesla) price negotiations" began to spread. In this regard, the relevant person in charge of Tesla said in response to the reporter's consultation that the Ningde era and Tesla talked about collapse, "it is indeed not true." ”

According to public information, the main customers of the current Ningde era include Tesla, Weilai, Xiaopeng, SAIC, FAW, GAC and other well-known domestic car companies. Among them, in the total orders of catheter times in 2021, Tesla's total installed capacity reached 13.91GWh, accounting for 20% of the total orders of CATL last year.

For recent related events, CATL also strengthened its interaction with investors on the interactive platform on the evening of February 13. Some investors asked, "The recent sharp rise in the price of some products on the front end of the battery has had an impact on the company's profits?" When will the company's current sodium-ion batteries start commercial? " and other issues. In this regard, CATL replied that the company has started the industrialization layout of sodium-ion batteries and is expected to form a basic industrial chain in 2023.

Despite the recent fluctuations in the stock price, according to the performance forecast previously released by CATL, the company expects the net profit attributable to the shareholders of the listed company in 2021 to be 14 billion yuan to 16.5 billion yuan, an increase of 150.75% to 195.52% year-on-year.

Text/Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City Reporter: Deng Li

Photo/ Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City Reporter: Deng Li

Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor: Li Guangman