Mazda to build battery module plant in Iwakuni
After the battery cooperation was initially announced in the summer of 2023, when the companies announced a medium- to long-term cooperation in the area of batteries, they fully signed the deal in April of 2024. At the time, no concrete details were revealed, instead they wrote that “details regarding this partnership will be communicated at the appropriate time.” In September, Mazda also invested further into battery production capacities, alongside several other Japanese manufacturers.
This announcement now has revealed the planned format for the cylindrical lithium-ion battery cell packs, as well as that Mazda will be employing the packs in a “dedicated EV platform,” and that the packs “will be manufactured at Mazda’s vehicle plant in Japan.”
Mazda has been ramping up electrification efforts around the globe in the past year, releasing a new EV in China in September, before announcing that the Mazda EZ-6 would also be heading to European markets. For North America, the only major announcement was that Mazda would integrate NACS charging ports into its vehicles.
For its part, Panasonic has been gearing up the series production of its 4680 format cylindrical battery cells. Interestingly enough, the battery manufacturer also downgraded its plans for battery production in North America citing weaker demand.
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