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South Korea’s L&F says value of battery material supply deal with Tesla cut to $7,386

By Thomson Reuters Dec 29, 2025 | 2:12 AM

SEOUL, Dec 29 (Reuters) – South Korean battery material ‍maker L&F said on Monday the value of its 2023 ‌supply deal ‌with Tesla has shrunk to $7,386 from an earlier projection of $2.9 ​billion.

In 2023, L&F said ‍it ​had signed a ​deal to supply ‍high nickel cathode materials to Tesla and its affiliates in ‍the United States and other regions ‍starting ‍from January ​2024 through ​until ⁠December 2025.

(Reporting by ‌Hyunjoo Jin and Heekyong Yang; Editing by Christopher Cushing and Tom ⁠Hogue)