Panasonic completing 3 new cell production lines at Tesla’s Gigafactory

Enlarge / An automobile chassis sits on display inside a Tesla Motors Inc. store in Munich, Germany, on Monday, March 30, 2015. (credit: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images) In a Tuesday interview with Bloomberg, the head of Panasonic’s Automotive Division said that the company was on track to complete an additional three battery-cell production lines at […]

Toyota’s Prius Prime gets a solar roof from Panasonic, but only in Japan

This is probably not what most people have in mind when they think of a “sunroof.” Panasonic has developed a full-length solar roof for the Japanese version of the Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid. While solar roofs have been tried on production cars before, Panasonic claims this new version can generate more power than before, […]

Panasonic is building the solar roof for Japan's Prius plug-in

Panasonic has developed a full-length solar roof available on the Japanese version of the Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid. According to Panasonic, the roof is a significant improvement over past solar automotive solar panels due to its significantly improved output. The panel is capable of producing 180 watts of electricity, which is apparently enough to […]