is the supplier of the nickel metal hydride battery nimh packs for toyota s hybrids as well as for honda civic hybrid and first generation insight hybrids . the company also provides the nimh prismatic battery modules for the general motors 2 mode hybrids . the company currently offers only nimh products . the company was known as panasonic ev energy co until 2 june 2010 . the company was formed in 1996 as a joint venture between toyota and panasonic with panasonic holding 60 % of the capital . panasonic sold 40.5 % of the company to toyota as a condition of purchasing sanyo . panasonic decided to reduce its stake in panasonic ev energy co to speed up approval from anti trust authorities in china and the u.s. the planned purchase of sanyo would give panasonic a market share of around 80 % in nickel hydride batteries . 1 in early 2011 it is reported that prime earth ev energy will start mass producing lithium batteries for plug in hybrids of toyota at a factory in shizuoka prefecture south of tokyo japan . 2 see also edit sony energy devices corporation references edit panasonic reportedly to reduce stake in toyota hybrid battery jv . marketwatch . 2009 10 28 . aditi sharma tim kelly 2011 01 12 . toyota to make lithium batteries for hybrids . reuters . external links edit official website this technology article about a corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title primearth ev energy & oldid 717895241 categories electric vehicle battery manufacturersmotor vehicle battery manufacturerspanasonictechnological company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 30 april 2016 at 10 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view