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March 17, 2021 at 5:00 pm
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Kazuhiro Tsuga, Panasonic’s upcoming chairman and ex-CEO, told the Financial Times (FT) that his company wants to supply more carmakers with batteries because Panasonic is evolving. Tsuga elaborated his company’s position in the following during an interview with the FT:
“At some point, we need to graduate from our one-legged approach of relying solely on Tesla[.] We are entering a different phase and we need to keep an eye on supplying manufacturers other than Tesla.”
The automaker's decision to switch to a different type of battery cell in two years came as a shock to LG Energy Solution and SK Innovation, Reuters reported.
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