TOKYO: Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co Ltd and battery maker GS Yuasa Corp will invest over ¥400 billion (US$2.99 billion) and team up to produce batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and homes, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday. The companies will start by building a new plant in Japan, targeti
TOKYO: Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co Ltd and battery maker GS Yuasa Corp will invest over ¥400 billion and team up to produce batteries for electric vehicles and homes, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday.
The companies will start by building a new plant in Japan, targeting a production capacity of at least 20 gigawatt hours , the Nikkei added, without citing sources. A joint-venture, which the companies unveiled in January, will play a central role in the development of batteries and materials as well as capital investment, the Nikkei said.
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry would provide a subsidy of about ¥150 billion, the newspaper added, without specifying whether that would be only for building the factory. A Honda spokesperson told Reuters the report was not something it had announced, and there was nothing it could answer about it at this point, while a ministry official said the same. GS Yuasa could not be immediately reached outside of regular office hours.
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