supply corporation aesc industry electric vehicle battery founded 2007 website www.eco aesc lb.com automotive energy supply corporation aesc is a manufacturer of lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles established 2007 as a joint venture between nissan nec and nec tokin . contents 1 history 2 gallery 3 references 4 external links history edit in 2007 nec corporation nissan motor company and nec tokin agreed to establish a lithium ion battery company focused on development to production of batteries for electric vehicles ; 1 in 2008 the company was established with a capital of 1.5 billion 14.3 million with a 51 42 7 nissan nec nec tokin shareholding ; the business was to establish a manufacturing site at nissan s facility in zama kanagawa c. 2009 with an initial capacity of 13 000 units per year rising to 65 000 units per year on an investment of 12 billion 114.6 million . the plant was to be supplied with lithium manganese electrode from nec tokin s factory in sagamihara kanagawa ; itself upgraded at a cost of 11 billion 128million . initial markets were to be forklift trucks followed by electric and hybrid vehicles manufactured by nissan . 2 3 initial production was based on a manganese spinel cathode with batteries formed from laminated cells . the battery l3 10 was a 251 by 144.2 by 9.2 millimetres 9.88 in 5.68 in 0.36 in unit of 13ah 3.6 v with a power density of 2060w kg 2.5 v 20 c . 4 in late 2008 the joint owners announced they were investing a further 100 billion 1.1 billion in aesc establishing an additional factory to increase capacity for around 200 000 vehicles per year . 5 trial production at zama began mid 2009 . 6 in 2010 the nissan leaf electric vehicle began production using batteries from aesc . 7 in 2014 aesc was the second largest electric vehicle battery manufacturer worldwide after panasonic with 21 % of the market . 8 in late 2014 reuters reported conflict within the nissan renault carmaker alliance over sourcing of battery packs for its sunderland tyne and wear uk and smyrna tennessee usa car battery plants due to lack of price competitiveness with rival cell manufacturer lg nissan was reported to have signed contracts to take all of nec s electrode production irrespective of sales . 9 in 2016 nissan decided to sell its 51 % stake in aes preferring external suppliers . 10 gallery edit individual cell left and packaged battery or module right tokyo motor show 2009 battery pack 2011 references edit nissan and nec to form new company for advanced batteries press release nissan 13 apr 2007 nissan and nec joint venture aesc starts operations press release nissan 19 may 2008 toudou yasuto 20 may 2008 nec group nissan announce li ion battery production plan nikkei technology aesc lithium ion batteries for nissan renault s hybrids phevs and evs www.greencarcongress.com 16 may 2008 report nissan nec to invest 1.1 b or more to increase li ion supply for evs and hevs www.greencarcongress.com 28 dec 2008 automotive energy supply corporation begins trial production of lithium ion batteries press release nissan 16 july 2009 production of 100 % electric zero emission nissan leaf begins at oppama japan press release nissan 22 oct 2010 deign jason 10 apr 2015 who is the world s biggest electric vehicle battery supplier www.greentechmedia.com frost laurence 12 sep 2014 exclusive nissan faces battery plant cuts as electric car hopes fade www.reuters.com nissan s battery pullout may energize rivals nikkei 6 august 2016 . external links edit retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title automotive energy supply corporation & oldid 733571360 categories lithium ion batterieselectric vehicle battery manufacturersnissanjoint venturescompanies based in kanagawa prefecturemanufacturing companies of japan 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 deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 8 august 2016 at 18 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