Sanyo’s lithium-ion manufacturing plant completed

Eco-friendly vehicles of the future will now have something more to make them closer to reality. Out go the days of gasoline guzzling carbon emitting cars that we’ve been using for decades. The world is now rolling out a red carpet for these clean green cars that are receiving technology boosts day by day. Sanyo now has a sparkling new factory that will chisel out lithium-ion batteries for EVs at the Kansai Plant. The plant, spanning an area of 42,831m2 will produce an astounding number of 1 million cells a month in the beginning. To construct this plant, Sanyo spent a whopping 13 Billion yens.

Currently, Sanyo supplies Ford, Honda and Volkswagen with nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries for their hybrid electric vehicles. The company also plans a tie up with Volkswagen to develop lithium-ion batteries for hybrids.
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