INTERVIEW: Idemitsu to Enhance All-Solid-State Battery Business
Tokyo, May 11 (Jiji Press)--Idemitsu Kosan Co. will strengthen materials business for all-solid-state batteries, considered to be next-generation electric vehicle batteries, President Noriaki Sakai said in a recent interview with Jiji Press.
The Japanese oil company is in talks with domestic and foreign automakers on possible collaboration in all-solid-state batteries, said Sakai, who became Idemitsu president on April 1. "We will work together if we agree on the direction to work," he said.
(2025/05/11-14:00)
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