Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., the world’s largest battery manufacturer, has at least two customers lithium-ion battery powered plug-in hybrid cars won, an official said.
The company will begin a cell vehicle, including the Japanese auto manufacturers and overseas, as in the second half of 2011, “the head of the mesenchymal Sanyo Dell Inspiron E1705 battery group, yesterday in an interview that the company is in Osaka, western Japan Headquarters. Honma no fixed customers.
The latest electronics manufacturer Matsushita acquisition is to accelerate the development of lithium-ion battery plug-in hybrid vehicle in the expected growth in demand for vehicles and reduced emissions. The company estimates that global sales of hybrid cells using lithium-ion battery, which will increase to 2 million in the year 2015 7.48 million in 2020.
“Lithium-ion batteries used in cars to a winner on the rapidly growing market, Sanyo has been paid, the core of the corporate strategy,” said Nobuo Kurahashi, an analyst at Mizuho Investors Securities in Tokyo. “Such an agreement is a very positive development.”
Most hybrid cars currently use nickel-metal hydride VGP-BPS10A batteries, and automobile manufacturers are trying to develop plug in models and electric vehicles using lithium-ion batteries are lighter and stronger, but they were more expensive than the models Nickel metal hydride.
Sanyo fell 1.9 percentage points to ¥ 156 from 11 clock trading break in Tokyo Stock Exchange to expand its dropped to 6 percent this year. The Nikkei 225 index fell 0.2 percent today.
Toyota, General Motors Hybrid
To build Toyota Motor Corporation, manufacturer of the automotive world’s most popular hybrid, Prius, plans, a model of the plug-in retail customers in 2012. General Motors Corp. is planning a 60,000 Chevrolet Volt plug-in electric vehicles than a year in November 2010 to build.
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. plans to offer lithium-ion battery powered plug-in hybrid vehicles in Toyota, Japan’s Asahi Shimbun, 21 October, there is no doubt where she received the information. Honma Hideaki Toyota spokesman today refused to confirm or deny that Sanyo’s suppliers.
Worldwide sales of lithium-ion VGP-BPS9A/B batteries to 2.0 billion yen (230 billion U.S. dollars to achieve) in 2020 to ¥ 84,000,000,000, in 2008, estimates the demand for fuel cells in electric vehicles and hybrid cars, Daiwa Institute of Research, used in January. Lithium-ion batteries can be more than the nickel-metal hydride batteries in the car market in 2014 or so, says the researcher.
The future is plug-in
Plug-in hybrids will be the engine of growth pattern of low-emission vehicles in the years to fully develop the new technology batteries, motor vehicles and charging stations by power driven, said Honma. “Around 80 to 90 percent of environmentally friendly vehicles in 2020 will likely be either male or mixed.”
Sanyo can make any 300000-400000 per month if these cells in 2011, began with the production of its new nuclear power plant under construction Kasai said Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, among these, in October.
Battery manufacturers are planning to build factories in Europe, China and the United States in 2012 began producing car VGP-BPS9/B battery module, the international told a press conference in October.
Sanyo production of vehicle in Japan, to reduce transportation costs, the battery plant foreign auto plants in the vicinity.
Prices declined slightly since
Average cost reduction for lithium-ion batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles by half by 2014, research organizations, economic groups, “said Fuji, 6 November. The technological development and mass production can reduce costs in the global market for lithium-ion vehicles to 2.25 million yen in 2014 until 2, 5 billion yen this year, according to researchers.
Automobile manufacturers such as Mitsubishi Motors Corp. The goal is to reduce the purchase price of electric vehicles in order to stimulate demand.
Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn says electric car in August will be provided by at least 10 percent of global demand by 2020, which include the cost of oil more than $ 70 per barrel. Nissan will start selling electric cars in the next year to leave.
Sony negotiated supply “several companies” with lithium-ion battery car, Executive Vice President Hiroshi Yoshioka said last week refused to identify potential customers. Yoshioka 19th November, said Sony plans ¥100000000000 research and development of rechargeable batteries, electric cars, and invest so on.
“The plan is natural that Sony in this market because of high growth potential type,” said Honma. “With or without competition from Sony in this market, both technical as well as prices will strengthen.”