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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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