Recently, the representative director and president of Panasonic Electric Group, Yuki Kusama, said at the 2022 China Electric Vehicle 100 Forum that Panasonic will achieve mass production of cobalt-free batteries within three years.
At the same time, 4680 batteries will become the main force of circular batteries in the future. Kusumi said that by 2030, all of Panasonic’s business companies will achieve virtually zero carbon dioxide emissions.
Panasonic will further strengthen the production and use of clean energy in 2020, thereby reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the company’s industrial chain. For on-board batteries for environmentally friendly vehicles, we will maximize capacity costs and supply power, so as to To form strong competitiveness. To this end, Panasonic strives to achieve mass production of cobalt-free batteries within three years.”
It is reported that since 2010, Panasonic began mass production of 1865 prototype batteries for vehicle power batteries; in 2016, it began mass production of 2170 cylindrical batteries, mainly for Tesla and other customers. This year, Panasonic will mass-produce the 4680 cylindrical battery. It was previously reported that the battery will be installed on Tesla’s new Model Y as soon as the end of March.