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There is probably nobody left doubting that electric vehicles in the future will be a huge market, and now it seems that Sony agreed, too. The company announced yesterday it will make lithium ion batteries for electric cars and hybrids "in the middle of this decade."
Vice President of Sony said his company expects that demand for such batteries sharply in years to come, adding big s ready to build special plants in Japan and other countries, if necessary. Details are scarce at the moment, but the first prototype batteries for electric vehicles, which was shown to the press yesterday measures 257 x 182 mm and it boasts a long life.
According to reports in several Japanese newspapers today Sony has already started offering their battery life for large electric car in Japan and other countries.
In the figure above shows the Tesla, which uses batteries Panasonic (Panasonic is also an investor).
A Mainichi Shimbun [JP]
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