Lithium Energy Japan (LEJ) has announced in Japan chestnut East Market (Ritto) build a new factory to mass produce lithium-ion battery electric vehicle.
The plant will be fully operational in 2010, the investment amount of 375 billion yen. Plant early, one year to produce 4.4 million lithium-ion battery group, or at least be able to produce the 5000 Mitsubishi i MiEVs (electric vehicles) supply a complete battery pack module.
LEJ was in June 2009 began mass production of lithium-ion battery electric vehicle. In order to meet growing market demand, its always been at full capacity. The present rate, the company’s annual output of 200,000 lithium-ion battery group, or at least be able to supply electric vehicles for the 2300 battery.
The company will plant this year in the Japan Kusatsu (Kusatsu Plant) building a second production line to double production capacity. While the Kyoto Factory (Kyoto) from December 2010 onwards, annual production of 1 million additional group of cells (enough for 11,000 l electric cars are used).
These figures may seem large, from the current view, the electric cars such as Nissan, Mitsubishi i MiEVs and there are hybrids such as the Honda Insight LEAF abundance Prius (Prius) the demand for lithium-ion batteries are increasing , this point of view, the future production of the battery will continue to increase.
The second half of fiscal year 2012, when Li Dong Chang began operations, through Kusatsu, Kyoto, and Li Dong specially designed three large-scale production line, and with increasingly sophisticated research techniques, LEJ group will be an annual output of 6 million lithium-ion batteries (enough for 67,800 vehicles use electric vehicles). The company expects the mid-year before, continues to expand its business in Japan to achieve an annual production of 100 000 electric vehicles for the use of lithium-ion battery that goal.
