Spain in talks with Mitsubishi on li-ion batteries in Vigo

mitsubishi_logoThe Spanish government said Thursday it is in negotiations with Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors over the possible construction of a plant in Spain to produce lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles.

“We are working to get a confirmed decision,” Finance Minister Elena Salgado said. “Obviously we have conditions under which the plant can be set up in Spain … one of the countries which is pushing hardest for electric vehicles,” she told Cadena Ser radio.

Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is currently visiting Japan where he has met Mitsubishi chairman Mikio Sasaki. The lithium ion batteries plant would be constructed in the northwestern Spanish town of Vigo, near that of French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen. The two groups already cooperate in the production of electric cars.

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9 September 2010 Industry News

 

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