According to foreign media reported yesterday, Panasonic has developed two new large-capacity lithium-ion batteries will be used for laptops and electric vehicles.
Matsushita said Friday that the company plans ended in March 2012 to Panasonic fiscal year to start mass production of a 3.4 ampere-hour lithium-ion batteries, and following an exercise to produce a 4-ampere-hour of the new battery. Matsushita said it formed two new battery when the battery electric vehicle could provide the necessary power.
Matsushita will invest 123 billion yen (1.3 billion dollars), aims to October 2011 before increasing production of lithium-ion batteries twice, because, according to company guidance, driven by Demand for electric vehicles to date in 2018 the global battery market will increase fivefold. To this end, earlier this month acquired the Panasonic Sanyo Electric, which is the world’s largest manufacturer of rechargeable batteries.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, a Tokyo-based analyst Masahiko Ishino, said: “The car with lithium-ion battery is still under development, so Panasonic is that innovative projects of the company in this area has its very beneficial. ”
Matsushita also said the companybattery charger， charger has developed a direct methanol fuel cell, the average output power of 20 watts, compared to previous models of similar systems twice.