Equipment suppliers aim for 70% cost cuts to challenge China rivals

The partners will containerize battery-manufacturing equipment. A client can link roughly 1,000 such containers together to build a factory that can churn out batteries for about 50,000 electric vehicles a year. (Illustration by Nikkei)

TOKYO -- Japanese suppliers of battery-manufacturing equipment are joining forces to offer a cost-effective manufacturing model for battery makers, shipping devices in container modules for easy installation at customers' factories.

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