Primearth Says Toyota Eyes U.S. Battery Plant

Just wanted to post this in the news and saw it here.

Interesting quotes:

The facility’s Li-ion production line operates at about 50% of capacity, producing around 100,000 units annually separate from its NiMH lines.

Before expanding Li-ion production outside of Japan, Primearth will add a second Li-ion line in 2019 at its Taiwa plant with an expected capacity of 200,000 units
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Currently Prime batteries are made by Panasonic, but will be made by Primearth by the next decade.
In 2016 Toyota produced 920,000 NiMh batteries and 520,000 Li-ion

Apparently Panasonic still produces a large amount of Li-ion batteries for Toyota, but only until Primearth expands production capacity.