Mazda is Building a Brand New Factory in Japan. Not to build cars, but battery packs. It is Mazda’s First New Japanese Factory Since 1992.
It Became QUITY CLEAR ON Two years ago that Mazda would be working with panasonic for so-called cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells. In The Meantime, It has all Become Much More Concrete. Panasonic Will Indeed Supply Battery Cells to Mazda, and Mazda Will Prepare Them for Use in Electric Cars.
It will happen in A New Facility in Iwakuni, Southeast or Hiroshima. The Factory Should Be Operational in 2027, and Anyally, 10 GWH or Battery Capacity Should Be Produced Annually. That amounts to enough battery packs for, for example, 100,000 cars with a 100 kWh battery pack.
Mazda is working on its own evs on a modular EV platform. The First Model On This Basic Should Appear Sometime In The Next Two Years. Given the opening of the new battery factory in 2027, that could well be the year. Mazda Wants at Least a Quarter of its sales to consist of fully electric cars by 2030 and to have an ev in its range in all its current segments. A lot is going to happen.