According to foreign media reports, in view of the Chinese government's relaxation of restrictions and foreign manufacturers taking advantage of the wave of new energy vehicles, Japan's Panasonic and South Korea's LG Chem have successively announced that they will increase their electric vehicle battery production capacity in China.
Panasonic will invest millions of dollars in China to increase lithium-ion battery production capacity by 80%, and the two production lines of its only battery factory in China will be put into production as soon as next summer. LG Chem plans to start production in 2020 The construction work of the new factory in Nanjing was completed previously.
Panasonic is currently3v button batteryThe output is close to 5 gigawatt hours. In addition to the two factories in Dalian, the company has found land for the construction of two or more factories. In order to meet the growing needs of orders, Panasonic is also considering adding more in the future. Production capacity. This capacity increase will increase the production of prismatic batteries, which can be used in pure electric vehicles, gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Prismatic batteries and Panasonic’s exclusive supply of cylindrical batteries to Tesla different.
After the construction of LG Chem's Nanjing factory is completed, it is expected that the annual output can meet the needs of approximately 500,000 electric vehicles. LG Chem also plans to form a joint venture with Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co., Ltd. to produce cathode materials, a key component of batteries. 3 Star SDI, also from South Korea, is also considering establishing an automotive battery factory in Wuxi, Jiangsu.
Chinese automobile manufacturers are also trying to meet the challenges posed by Japanese and Korean companies. CATL plans to quadruple its production capacity to 50 gigawatt hours by 2020 compared to 2017 levels. BYD said it will invest 30 billion to increase production capacity to 60 gigawatt hours.
Global battery component manufacturers have also joined the market competition. Shenzhen Xingyuan Material Technology Co., Ltd. announced an investment of 5 billion yuan to increase the production of separators, and the new factory in Changzhou has also begun production. Once completed in 2020 , compared with the current factory covering an area of ​​200 million square meters, the production capacity of the new factory will be increased by four times. Japan's Asahi Kasei Co., Ltd. (Asahi Kasei) and Toray Industries, the market leaders of separators, also plan to increase production capacity.
China's sales of electric vehicles and other new energy vehicles increased by 91% year-on-year in the first ten months of this year, with 726,000 units sold. A survey by Japan's Mizuho Bank shows that China's new energy vehicle sales account for only 3% of new car sales, but in 2030 This proportion should exceed 30% before the year.
As new energy policies are relaxed, willingness to take certain risks and invest in production facilities while continuing to invest in research and development and increase the output of new generation batteries may become an important factor in determining the success or failure of industry players.
The Chinese government’s decision to abandon stricter requirements for plug-in hybrid plants has also benefited Japanese car companies such as Toyota and battery manufacturers such as Panasonic. Panasonic can also use this to reduce its dependence on Tesla The goal. Very few foreign car companies in the Chinese market are currently producing plug-in hybrid vehicles, because compared with ordinary hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles require larger and more compact batteries.
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