According to Japan Media, China's large vehicle battery company Ningde Times New Energy Technology will enter the Japanese market. It will set up a sales office in Japan in late May, and will send battery technicians to be stationed in 2018 to provide support for the development of customers. Ningde Times It is planned to double the global battery capacity to 50GWh by 2020 (Gigawatt hours, 1 GWh = 1 million kWh).
According to a report on May 10, the company will receive orders through supportive development, approaching Japanese auto companies that accelerate the transition to pure electric vehicles (EVs).
According to reports, the Ningde Times will set up an office in Yokohama City in late May. It will strive to become the world's largest vehicle battery company by 2020. The company believes that in order to expand its business, it must increase the supply of batteries to Japanese automakers.
The Japanese office will strengthen the sales of Toyota, Honda, Nissan and other Japanese car companies. In addition, it will also increase the number of battery technicians stationed in Japan in phases, and send technical personnel to visit R&D centers in various companies to provide support for development. Mechanism. In terms of staff size, dozens of people are planned to be deployed first. The Ningde era previously had business contacts with Japanese car companies mainly in China.
After the Ningde era was established in 2011, it quickly grew and expanded in the automotive battery field. In FY2017 (as of December 2017), sales increased by 34% year-on-year to RMB19.9 billion, and net profit increased by 31% to RMB3.9 billion. BMW, Volkswagen, GM and other European and American car companies have deepened their cooperation. Establishing relations with Japanese car companies has become a topic that needs to be resolved.
The Ningde Times held a meeting in Shenzhen Stock Exchange in April and will raise 13.1 billion yuan for increasing production of batteries. In addition to China, it also plans to build battery production plants in Europe and the United States. In 2017, the company’s battery capacity was 23GWh. It will increase to 30GWh by the end of 2019, and will increase to 50GWh by 2020.
Reported that the Ningde generation battery shipments in 2017 seems to reach 12GWh. Survey company Techno Systems Research pointed out that 'Ningde Times' shipments increased to about twice of the previous year in 2017, the fastest growing in the automotive battery area. As a production capacity More than 10GWh of manufacturers, it is becoming the world's largest battery company Panasonic'.
According to the report, China will implement the 'New Energy Vehicle Integration Policy' in 2019. It requires auto manufacturers to produce and sell a certain percentage of new energy vehicles such as pure electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHV). To avoid the largest car in the world The competition in the market lags behind people. For Japanese car manufacturers, strengthening cooperation with Chinese battery companies has become an important business issue.