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Toyota Seeks to Boost NiMH Battery Production Capacity 10%

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wants to expand the production capacity for the NiMH battery packs it uses in hybrids by 10%. The automaker is now seeking access to enough NiMH batteries to equip 1.1 Panasonic EV Energy is capable of churning out roughly 700,000 NiMH battery packs a year. Tags: Brief. Toyota Motor Corp.

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Panasonic Presents First Li-ion EV Battery to Tesla

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Panasonic Energy Company President Naoto Noguchi presented Tesla Chief Technology Officer JB Straubel with the first production Lithium-ion cells manufactured at the new facility during a recent visit. In January, the two agreed to collaborate to develop next-generation battery cells for electric vehicles. Tags: Brief.

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Tesla and Panasonic Collaborate to Develop Next-Generation Battery Cell Technology

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Tesla Motors and Panasonic will collaborate to develop next-generation battery cells for electric vehicles. Tesla will use Panasonic cells featuring a Nickel-based Lithium ion chemistry in their newest battery packs. Panasonic is one of the world’s largest producers of Lithium-ion battery cells. Ah and 4.0

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Report: Toyota To Increase Stake In Battery Joint Venture with Panasonic

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will increase its stake in Panasonic EV Energy Co., its joint venture with Panasonic for hybrid batteries, from the current 60% to more than 80.5%. The move follows Panasonic’s acquisition of Sanyo Electric Co. Panasonic EV supplies most of its output to Toyota. Panasonic EV supplies most of its output to Toyota.

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Sanyo Completes New Factory for Automotive Li-ion Batteries; Initial Capacity of 1M Cells Per Month

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has completed its new factory for automotive lithium-ion batteries in its Kasai Plant (Kasai city, Hyogo prefecture, Japan.) The factory will start with a production capacity of 1 million cells per month, with the aim to expand the production scale depending on demand. Tags: Brief. Sanyo Electric Co.,

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Panasonic Starts Mass-Production of High-Capacity 3.1 Ah 18650 Li-ion Cells

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Panasonic Corporation has developed an 18650-type high-capacity 3.1 Ah lithium-ion battery and began mass production of the battery this December. The layer prevents the battery from overheating even if a short circuit occurs. Capitalizing on this technology, Panasonic commercialized a high-capacity 2.9

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Toyota Motor and partners start NiMH battery-to-battery recycling in Japan

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PEVE, formerly Panasonic EV Energy) have launched what they say is the first business to recycle nickel in used hybrid-vehicle nickel-metal-hydride batteries for use in new nickel-metal-hydride batteries. Business structure of battery-to-battery recycling. Tags: Brief. Click to enlarge.