Nissan’s LFP battery development and production receives government certification in Japan
06 September 2024
Nissan Motor announced that its development and mass production of in-vehicle, lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries has been certified in Japan by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).
Through the development and mass-production of LFP batteries, Nissan intends to establish a base in Japan by strengthening the supply chain of storage batteries, a Japanese government policy, and promoting the use of electric vehicles fitted with LFP batteries.
Nissan will adopt LFP batteries to meet the diverse needs of customers and to provide more affordable electric vehicles. The batteries, to be developed and mass-produced in Japan, will be installed in electric minivehicles starting in fiscal year 2028. We aim to establish a base for LFP batteries in Japan by making the most of the government support approved by METI.
—Nissan president and CEO Makoto Uchida
Projected production capacity in Japan is 5 GWh.
Its pretty late for FLP batteries fir Japan, Japan has been too conservative on EV front and other hitec industries. They should go for safe sodium batteries for economical EVs.
Posted by: Nirmalkumar | 07 September 2024 at 06:55 PM
There's a cathode formulation LFP with manganese it sounds rather promising these days it brings the energy density up.
Posted by: SJC | 08 September 2024 at 12:37 PM
Japan is know for high added-value products...I don't think they can compete with these super cheap LFP rpoducts from china.
Maybe they would have a better shot in high performance exotic batteries.
Posted by: peskanov | 09 September 2024 at 03:28 AM