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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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