SEOUL, July 25 (Reuters) - South Korean battery firm LG

Energy Solution (LGES) on Thursday posted on a 58%

drop in quarterly profit, hit by weakening demand for

battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs).

The company, which supplies Tesla, General Motors ( GM )

, Hyundai Motor ( HYMTF ) and other automakers, reported

an operating profit of 195 billion won ($141 million) for the

April-June period, in line with an earlier forecast.

The result compares with a 461 billion won profit a year

earlier.

($1 = 1,383.9100 won)