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                • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
                  Lex
                  Panasonic: TV finale clears way for happier sequel in electric car batteries Premium content

                  Long weighed down by the LCD arm, focus is finally shifting to its profitable unit

                  Visitors look at Panasonic LCD TVs at a trade show
                • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
                  Special ReportAsia-Pacific Climate Leaders
                  Panasonic makes the case for measuring ‘avoided emissions’

                  It’s not what you emit, it’s what you enable others not to emit that counts, argues CEO Yuki Kusumi

                  Employees of the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin Brandenburg work on a production line of a Model Y electric vehicle
                • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
                  #techAsia
                  Panasonic’s gigafactory expansion and south-east Asia’s funding chill Premium content

                  The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

                  A Panasonic Corp’s lithium-ion battery and the Tesla logo
                • Friday, 19 May, 2023
                  Lex
                  Panasonic: finding new clients should come before heavy spending on capacity Premium content

                  Pivot to electric vehicle batteries pays off but ambitious plans are a risk

                  A man walks past the Panasonic logo in Tokyo
                • 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

                  The production line at Prime Planet
                • 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

                  A picture of the Panasonic logo on a door
                • 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

                  Tesla logo
                • 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

                  Panasonic’s lithium-ion batteries, which are part of Tesla’s Model S and Model X battery packs
                • 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

                  Yasuyuki Higuchi
                • 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

                  Panasonic’s lithium-ion batteries displayed in front of a poster of a Tesla Model S
                • 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

                  A Panasonic surveillance camera on display at an expo in 2014
                • 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

                  The Panasonic ad, which shows young Japanese people unselfconsciously enjoying life as LGBT+ people, is online only
                • 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

                  Laurence Bates from Panasonic
                • 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’

                  FILE PHOTO: A Panasonic Corp's lithium-ion battery, which is part of Tesla Motor Inc's Model S and Model X battery packs, is pictured with the Tesla Motors logo during a photo opportunity at the Panasonic Center in Tokyo, Japan, November 19, 2013. REUTERS/Yuya Shino/File Photo
                • 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

                  An aerial view of the Tesla Gigafactory near Sparks, Nevada, U.S. August 18, 2018. REUTERS/Bob Strong - RC1F1AEEAE00
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