Matsushita will once again set up a superbattery plant in China in partnership with Trass

Panasonic, a key member of Trass's first two superbattery plants, said it was considering working with Trass again to build a superbattery plant in China, according to foreign media reports.

As Tesla's exclusive supplier of car batteries, Panasonic currently produces batteries for Tesla cars in Japan and the United States. In January 2016, Matsushita and Tesla jointly invested 5 billion U.S. dollars to build a super battery plant in Nevada, becoming the world's largest automotive battery factory. It has been put into production. In addition, since the summer of 2017, Panasonic has also produced solar cells for Tesla's partner SolarCity in gigamory, Buffalo, Tesla, New York.

In 2017, Tesla confirmed that it had cooperated with the Shanghai government to establish a production base in the area, but the plan that should have been announced at the end of 2017 did not proceed as scheduled. At the CES this week, Panasonic President Jinheyihong said the company is currently considering producing batteries for Tesla's future Chinese plant, equivalent to its Nevada plant. Mr Heyihong said that Tesla already planned to launch local production of pure electric vehicles in Shanghai. Panasonic is also considering boosting investment in Chinese factories, and while it has yet to finalise a detailed plan to produce batteries in the country, it is already considering the possibility of producing Tesla batteries in the country.

It is understood that China is now the largest market for electric vehicles and other vehicles. Tesla's sales in China reached US$ 1 billion in 2016. In 2017, although sales were not announced, the data seems to be more. It can thus be seen that building a factory in China is the same move. Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said the company's Chinese plant would be established within three years, when Panasonic could be involved in battery and vehicle production.

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