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REPORT: Panasonic will supply batteries for the Tesla Model S

The battery pack powering the Tesla Model S down the road will reportedly be supplied by Panasonic. Greentech Media broke the news after talking to "sources close to the Japanese electronics maker." Tesla had no comment. Earlier this week, Panasonic said it had developed a cheaper way to string small laptop batteries together to provide enough power for an automobile. Currently, the Tesla Roadster uses 6,831 small cells (like those used in portable computers) in its battery pack. The Model S is expected to use three different packs, ... Read more →

REPORT: Panasonic to follow the Tesla model of laptop batteries in cars Sam Abuelsamid

While the lithium ion battery technology that everyone expects to be at the heart of the upcoming generation of electric vehicles was initially used in consumer electronics devices, only one ...

Panasonic working on a home network for electric cars Sebastian Blanco

Panasonic is a growing player in the electric car business, as the recent purchase of battery-maker Sanyo and its partnership with Toyota. It also at one time had big plans for 2009. The electronics ...

Panasonic buying Sanyo, consolidation in the battery market? Sam Abuelsamid

Bloomberg is reporting today that Panasonic has decided to buy rival Japanese consumer electronics company Sanyo. While this in an of itself is not particularly important in this space, it does pose ...

Matsushita to triple capacity with new lithium ion battery plant Domenick Yoney

The Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., better known to us in the west under the Panasonic brand, has "informally decided" to spend about $951 million (100 billion yen) constructing what would be one ...

Panasonic introduces lithium ion-powered bicycle 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/Panasonic_introduces_lithium_ion_powered_bicycle'; On this site Panasonic has mostly received attention for their relationship with Toyota as a supplier of batteries. In particular, we've discussed their difficulties with lithium ion batteries. While the ...

Across Australia on 40% water and 60% waste mineral oil (Bios Fuel H2W+) 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The 20th World Solar Challenge took place in Australia in October. One of the more unusual fuel types in the Greenfleet Class of the Darwin to Adelaide race was used by a "Troupy," a lightly modified 1989 Toyota Landcruiser. According to Pure Energy Systems, the diesel-engined Troupy made the 3,000 ...

Matsushita suspends LiIon battery production after fire at plant 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Matsushita Battery Industrial Co has stopped production of lithium ion batteries at their plant near Osaka Japan after a fire at one of the two manufacturing lines. The line that had the fire makes batteries for laptop batteries while the adjacent line that makes cell phone batteries was also shut ...

Hybrid Fest VIDEO 5: Horacio Calvento and his 88 mpg plug-in Prius 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Now here's a guy that knows how to build a plug-in Prius. I don't mean he just has the technical expertise, which Horacio seems to have in spades, I mean he knows how to build one for only $4000. I met Horacio at HybridFest. He doesn't consider himself a hypermiler, but he is concerned about the ...

Battery powered record of 75 MPH on AA cells! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There hasn't been much good news recently for Panasonic on the automotive battery front with reports of delays to Toyota's plans to use lithium ion batteries in the next-generation Prius. However there was one recent bright spot when driver Takashi Sudo piloted the 84 lb. Oxyride racer to a record ...

Toyota: Lithium ion not ready for prime time! At least not ours anyway 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota may be on top of the world right now having the brought the first practical modern hybrid cars to production and selling more hybrids than anyone else, but that doesn't mean they are in the lead on everything green car related. They just announced a test fleet of plug-in hybrids but thanks to ...

Panasonic EV Energy expanding NiMH capacity by 50% 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There is more evidence that Toyota isn't ready to give up on NiMH batteries just yet. Panasonic EV Energy, the joint venture of Toyota and Matsushita to produce batteries for hybrid vehicles is putting up a new plant next their existing facility Shizuoka Prefecture to crank up capacity by fifty ...

Hybrids pushing shift in car battery industry 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

An upstart company based in Indianapolis hopes to ride the wave of high-tech battery development. With the growth of hybrids and expectation of plug-in hybrids hitting the dealers soon, there is a global rush to design durable lithium-ion batteries with extended capacity and quick-charging ...

Green car all over: Bamboo speakers by Panasonic 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Via Treehugger, we’ve learned you can make your car even more environmentally sound (*ahem*) by installing Panasonic’s newly-developed speakers, made partially out of bamboo fibers. Panasonic developed the speakers in conjunction with Doshisha University. Bamboo is one of the ...


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