Tesla 'backing' panasonic in China do it!

Overseas media, according to Japan's matsushita ( 松下) Will invest hundreds of millions of dollars, battery factories in China to increase two new % capacity of production line.

according to Taiwan when the electronic newspaper website reported on December 27th, panasonic is the sole supplier, tesla battery may and tesla ( Tesla） Chinese factories Gigafactory 3 cooperation again.

reported that panasonic battery capacity in the mainland of China currently has close to 5000 mw. Besides have two factories in dalian, panasonic has find construction land for building, expanding factory can at any time after the new capacity for the order.

hkej finance website, according to Hong Kong on December 27, reports, analysis, points out that if the panasonic hope for Gigafactory 3 supply battery, the need to start production of cylindrical batteries in China, or import batteries from other factories.

car batteries are the pillar of panasonic's growth strategy, and tesla is the biggest partner, panasonic take great pains to keep proper distance with tesla.

'Japanese economic news' site previously reported that in addition to the factory to supply the tesla from Japan panasonic battery, Nevada in the United States have run battery factory together with the tesla. This factory in 2017 formally put into production, annual production capacity will be increased by thirty percent before the end of March 2019, reached 35 GWH Gw, 1 gw = 1 million KWH) 。

in the panasonic consolidated annual sales of about 8 trillion yen, enterprise sales account for about seventy percent, automotive battery is the main business. Although in 2017 by Chinese enterprises take the location of the global share of car batteries, but panasonic still is a leader in the field of passenger car batteries.

day car makers of hybrid vehicles in the us and Europe about 70 model with panasonic battery. Among them, 1 car carrying thousands of pieces of cylindrical battery tesla's usage is ahead, about the destiny of panasonic automotive battery business.