27 Jan 2026 12:40:16 ET │ 26 pages Ac t i o n | China Battery Materials Bumpy Road to Price Recovery CITI'S TAKE Since our call on battery price upcycle on back of ESS demand boom (note Sep-25), LFP battery cell price has risen by 8% while battery cost (LFP, spot based) went up by 30%, resulting in lower calculated battery margin. Battery companies are supposed to pass through most of metal-linked cost to downstream and share some of the non-metal cost inflations. This, alongside with concerns from EV sales ...