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Toyota announces third battery plant in Japan

Toyota announces third battery plant in Japan

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As would-be rivals Nissan and Volkswagen begin their first tentative steps into the hybrid and electric arenas, veteran Toyota has announced it is taking the first steps toward building a third hybrid battery plant. The second plant was announced last week.

Toyota's stated goal of increasing hybrid production to over 1 million vehicles per year in the near future means the company must develop more battery capacity, reports the Associated Press. Because the timeline for reaching the million-hybrid mark is a short one, Toyota expects to have the new plant online by 2010.

Curiously, both of the new plants are designed to manufacture nickel-metal hydride batteries rather than the next-generation lithium-ion batteries competitors like Nissan and VW are working on.

The new plant will be responsible for 200,000 batteries assemblies per year once it is at full capacity. Ramp-up will take some time, and until then production will be nearer 100,000 units. That leaves about 80-90% of Toyota's requisite production to the other two plants.



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  1. By chris Posted: 5/30/2008 7:26am PDT

    1.... WHAT THE HELL. M.A... ARE YOU TRYING TO GIVE ME A HEART ATTACK!?!?! honestly. 3 plants.. all NMH... GOD i hate this company.

    2.... WHAT THE HELL?!?! why are you building two new battery plants that are producing the same damned thing? you'd think the company that is known for flex, lean, and cost effectiveness would friggen build one large facility. there's gotta be some environmental concerns, or zoning restrictions.. or even employment concerns. What surprises me is that neither of these battery plants have been slated to be built IN toyota city. thats a bit of a question on my mind.
     
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  2. By bambam Posted: 5/30/2008 8:38am PDT

    well if one country has a problem, I'm sure theres another plant somewhere in the world.
    LOL, not my decision and its probably just tales and not facts.
     
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  3. By Raptor Posted: 5/30/2008 1:58pm PDT

    Why NiMH batteries? What's wrong with Li-ion? Instead of making new plants they could use money to develop new batteries.

    Interesting decision.
     
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