In a statement, Panasonic said it would invest 400 billion yen in "growth areas" including electric vehicle batteries and another 200 billion yen in "technical pillar areas" such as hydrogen energy over the three years to fiscal 2024. Yuan.
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According to foreign media reports, on April 1, Panasonic said it plans to invest 600 billion yen (about 31.5 billion yuan) in core growth areas such as automotive batteries and hydrogen energy.
It is reported that Panasonic said in a statement that in the three years to fiscal 2024, the company will invest 400 billion yen in "growth areas" including electric vehicle batteries, and another 2000 billion yen in "technology pillar areas" such as hydrogen energy. billion yen.
In March of this year, Japanese media also reported that Panasonic plans to build a new factory in the United States and is considering finding suitable sites in Oklahoma and Kansas to supply lithium-ion batteries to Tesla and increase production to meet the needs of electric vehicles. market demand. Some media said that the factory is expected to cost billions of dollars and will be operational as soon as 2024.
In addition, on February 28, Panasonic said that it will start mass production of 4680 batteries in fiscal year 2023 (April 2023-March 2024), and plans to add two production lines at its Wakayama plant in western Japan.
According to the latest data released by SNE Research, a South Korean research institution, the global installed capacity of electric vehicle batteries in January-February 2022 will reach 53.5GWh, a year-on-year increase of over 100%. Among them, Panasonic's installed capacity ranks fourth in the world, reaching 5.8GWh, a year-on-year increase of 28.6%, and a market share of 10.8%.
