SK Energy to sell car batteries to local firm -paper

South Korea's SK Energy will supply rechargeable auto batteries to CT&T, a local maker of small electric vehicles, the Korea Economic Daily reported citing industry sources.

SK is expected to sell up to 50,000 units annually to CT&T, which produces 60,000 electric vehicles per year in South Korea and China.

An SK Energy spokesman said the company was looking into the report.

It would mark the first car battery deal for SK Energy, the country's top oil refiner that also operates in the battery business.

A source told Reuters last week that SK Energy was close to supplying batteries to Daimler's Japanese truck unit Mitsubishi Fuso.