Just a month after Mazda and Panasonic entered discussion for EV batteries, Subaru has now done the same.
Subaru and Panasonic have now started talks to build a medium- to long-term partnership to meet the demand for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and automotive batteries in a rapidly expanding market.
The discussion entails Subaru using next-generation automotive cylindrical lithium-ion batteries on its planned battery electric vehicles from the latter half of the 2020s, including at a dedicated BEV plant scheduled to be constructed in Gunma, Japan.
Currently, most EVs use rigid, rectangular prismatic cells which are more prone to swelling. Cylindrical cells also have more power making it ideal for high-performance applications.
Subaru is accelerating its electrification and other initiatives by setting a roadmap toward 2050, with the aim of contributing to the realization of a carbon-neutral society. Panasonic Energy will work to achieve this goal as a partner by supplying its high-quality, high-performance cylindrical lithium-ion batteries, which have had a successful track record in the market for years.
I wonder what will Subaru be like(as well as other automakers that have unique features such as Boxer engine, Inline-6, V8, etc.) in the EV era, how they can be unique in character and be differentiated from one another.
ReplyDeleteI think that could be difficult for Subaru to do that as Subaru is still a small car manufacturer whose size is even not a par with Mazda however, as while Mazda is also a small carmaker unlike Toyota and Nissan, so-called "EVs" therefore aren't much of an interest to Japanese carmakers because making them ("EVs") could just decrease their sales performance and even engineering success as when you look at the Nissan LEAF which instead sells poorly compared to other "EVs" — which majority of them are "Western" and later Chinese and Korean. So for Subaru, they used to make cars without boxer engines but none of these were previously sold in the Philippine market on the other hand — although Subaru had sold a "multicab" (similar to Suzuki Carry) in the Philippines but its only an import from Japan and also Subaru isn't much of interested to building commercial vehicles and economy cars unlike Subaru's fellow small-scale partner (which are both aready under Toyota) Mazda. (Which also sells commercial vehicles but most yet half of these Mazdas are built from Isuzu instead.)
DeleteEventually they will find a distinct motor feature within the future.
ReplyDeleteI hope not by artificial sounds.
Deletewho knows, maybe they will explore nuclear energy in cars for infinite power, but will irate billionaires in the petrol business
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