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    • Saturday, 31 December, 2022
      Interview
      Tesla supplier Panasonic seeks to balance US and China in tech war

      Chief says Japanese group will study shifting its battery materials supply chain

    • Sunday, 11 September, 2022
      InterviewBatteries
      Electric vehicles will have to wait for solid-state battery ‘game-changer’

      Liquid-based lithium-ion will dominate for the next decade, says Prime Planet chief

    • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
      Panasonic to build $4bn battery plant in Kansas to meet Tesla demand

      Japanese conglomerate deepens relationship with Elon Musk’s carmaker as it races to roll out EV technology

    • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
      Interview
      Panasonic bets on bigger electric vehicle battery to wean itself off Tesla

      CEO Yuki Kusumi says Japanese conglomerate will prioritise device after strategic shake-up

    • Monday, 13 December, 2021
      Lex
      Panasonic: outsourcing TV production is a good decision made too late Premium content

      Unfocused strategy puts group at risk of becoming a target for activist investors

    • Friday, 25 June, 2021
      Lex
      Panasonic/Tesla: share sale will further fray relationship Premium content

      Automakers know that batteries are central to lowering the cost of electric cars

    • Friday, 25 June, 2021
      Panasonic offloads Tesla stake for $3.6bn

      Sale comes as Japanese group looks to raise cash to finance $7.1bn Blue Yonder deal

    • Monday, 21 June, 2021
      Panasonic defends $7bn Blue Yonder deal after questions over price

      Japanese company says supply chain specialist will boost software push after investor scepticism

    • Monday, 10 May, 2021
      Lex
      Panasonic: profits depend on Tesla as client not competitor Premium content

      Japanese electronics group may be upbeat but its reliance on carmaker remains a concern

    • Friday, 23 April, 2021
      Panasonic to pay $7.1bn for supply chain software specialist Blue Yonder

      Deal is Japanese conglomerate’s biggest overseas acquisition and the first under its new chief executive

    • Sunday, 14 March, 2021
      Batteries
      Panasonic to reduce Tesla reliance as battery tie-up evolves

      Outgoing chief executive steers company away from ‘one-legged’ dependence on US carmaker

    • Sunday, 28 February, 2021
      Leo Lewis
      Panasonic signals a break from its conservative past

      An ad campaign depicting Japanese same-sex couples is a cautious step in the right direction

    • Monday, 25 January, 2021
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Panasonic enters $22bn vaccine storage race with freezer boxes

      Logistics companies to trial new product that can store jabs at minus 70C for 18 days

    • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
      LexCovid-19 vaccines
      Vaccine storage: cold call Premium content

      Delivery around the world is a new line of potential business

    • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
      Inside BusinessKana Inagaki
      Panasonic needs to be bolder under new chief to restore confidence

      Management is still grasping for core strategy at sprawling Japanese conglomerate

    • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
      Batteries
      Tesla supplier Panasonic to make big battery bet in Europe

      Japanese group plans to set up its first plant in Norway with Equinor and Norsk Hydro

    • Monday, 9 November, 2020
      Panasonic plays down fears over Tesla’s battery ambitions

      Group bets that carmaker will rely on its technology after moving production in-house

    • Friday, 26 June, 2020
      Workplace diversity & equality
      How Panasonic turned around its compliance culture

      General counsel Laurence Bates helped manage corporate scandals and improve diversity

    • Thursday, 21 May, 2020
      LexBatteries
      Panasonic/Blue Yonder: running low Premium content

      Japanese group’s reliance on its battery business with Tesla is a problem that its stake in Blue Yonder cannot solve

    • Tuesday, 4 February, 2020
      Panasonic’s joint venture with Tesla turns first profit

      Shares in Japanese group rise 10% on signs of payoff for its $1.6bn investment in US ‘gigafactory’

    • Monday, 30 December, 2019
      Panasonic says Tesla gigafactory plant labour shortages resolved

      Joint venture electric battery project in Nevada had suffered from lack of engineers

    • Thursday, 23 May, 2019
      Huawei Technologies
      Panasonic halts some component shipments to Huawei

      Taiwan chipmaker TSMC says it will continue supplies despite US ban

    • Wednesday, 8 May, 2019
      News in-depthNikkei Asia
      Sparks fly: inside the strained Tesla-Panasonic relationship Premium content

      Mindful of past losses, battery maker sets limits on Tesla-related investment

    • Sunday, 14 April, 2019
      News in-depthNikkei Asia
      Tesla and Panasonic freeze Gigafactory expansion plans Premium content

      Risk of major investment in electric vehicle battery plant at this time highlighted

    • Thursday, 11 April, 2019
      Electric vehicles
      Tesla steps back from joint Panasonic battery production plans

      Companies freeze moves to raise capacity at US group’s Nevada factory

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