12 companies such as Toyota Motor, Nissan Motor, and Panasonic jointly start the development of the next generation battery used for a hybrid vehicle, an electric car, and a domestic power supply in cooperation with Kyoto University etc

12 companies such as Toyota Motor, Nissan Motor, and Panasonic jointly start the development of the next generation battery used for a hybrid vehicle, an electric car, and a domestic power supply in cooperation with Kyoto University etc.It aims for the government to invest about 21 billion yen in the septennium, and to extend the mileage of the electric car to three times now by 2020. In the battery field where demand rises in the background of measures for controlling global warming, the international competitiveness of Japan company is hardened.

New Energy Development Organization (NEDO) of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry jurisdiction announced for the tenth. 22 as the battery manufacturer, Waseda University, and Touhoku University such as Sanyo Electric and GS Yuasa Corporation besides the car major, etc. enterprise and institutions work in participation and "All Japan" system.

The research base is set up in Kyoto University, 50 people or more reside from the participating company etc. , and each company develops a necessary common background technology.

http://www.nikkei.co.jp/news/main/20090610AT1D1007U10062009.html

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