Toyota using made-for-Tesla Panasonic batteries for China hybrids: Nikkei
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[TOKYO] Toyota Motor Corp has started using batteries that Panasonic Corp designed for Tesla Inc in some of its plug-in hybrids sold in China, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday.
Toyota is using Panasonic's cylindrical batteries in its new Corolla and Levin plug-in hybrid sedans launched in China this year, the Nikkei said, without citing sources. Toyota is believed to have ordered about 50,000 of the batteries, the paper said.
A Panasonic spokeswoman said the company was not in a position to comment as a supplier, while Toyota declined to comment.
REUTERS
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