Dreamliner probe into battery maker

Dreamliner probe into battery maker

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of GS Yuasa International Ltd. in Kyoto's Minami Ward on Jan. 22, 2013. Japanese and U.S. transport authorities resumed an on-site inspection the same day of the maker of lithium-ion batteries used in Boeing Co.'s grounded 787 Dreamliner jets, following an emergency landing by one of the aircraft on Jan. 16 at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan.

On-site probe of Dreamliner battery maker

On-site probe of Dreamliner battery maker

KYOTO, Japan - A spokesman (C) for GS Yuasa Corp. meets the press outside the company's headquarters in Kyoto's Minami Ward on Jan. 21, 2013. Japanese and U.S. transport authorities conducted an on-site inspection the same day of subsidiary GS Yuasa International Ltd., which supplies batteries for Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliners, following an emergency landing by one of the aircraft on Jan. 16 at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan, the Japanese transport ministry said.

On-site probe of battery maker over plane mishap

On-site probe of battery maker over plane mishap

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the headquarters building of GS Yuasa Corp. in Kyoto's Minami Ward on Jan. 21, 2013. Japanese and U.S. transport authorities conducted an on-site inspection the same day of GS Yuasa, which supplies batteries for Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliners, following an emergency landing by one of the aircraft on Jan. 16 at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan, the Japanese transport ministry said.

On-site probe of battery maker over plane mishap

On-site probe of battery maker over plane mishap

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the headquarters building of GS Yuasa Corp. in Kyoto's Minami Ward on Jan. 21, 2013. Japanese and U.S. transport authorities conducted an on-site inspection the same day of GS Yuasa, which supplies batteries for Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliners, following an emergency landing by one of the aircraft on Jan. 16 at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan, the Japanese transport ministry said.

On-site probe of battery maker over plane mishap

On-site probe of battery maker over plane mishap

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the headquarters building of GS Yuasa Corp. in Kyoto's Minami Ward on Jan. 21, 2013. Japanese and U.S. transport authorities conducted an on-site inspection the same day of GS Yuasa, which supplies batteries for Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliners, following an emergency landing by one of the aircraft on Jan. 16 at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan, the Japanese transport ministry said.

On-site probe of battery maker over plane mishap

On-site probe of battery maker over plane mishap

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of GS Yuasa Corp. in Kyoto's Minami Ward on Jan. 21, 2013. Japanese and U.S. transport authorities conducted an on-site inspection the same day of GS Yuasa, which supplies batteries to Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliners, following an emergency landing by one of the aircraft on Jan. 16 at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan, the Japanese transport ministry said.

Mitsuoka Motor recruits firms to road-test 3-wheel EV

Mitsuoka Motor recruits firms to road-test 3-wheel EV

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a three-wheel electric vehicle made by Mitsuoka Motor Co. in Tokyo on July 7, 2011. The company announced a plan to recruit local businesses to road-test the vehicle, called the Like-T3, which has been jointly developed with a subsidiary of GS Yuasa Corp.

Electric vehicle battery recycling

Electric vehicle battery recycling

OSAKA, Japan - A demonstrator charges Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s i-MiEV using a recycled lithium-ion battery at a charging station in Kyoto on Jan. 25, 2011. The automaker and battery maker GS Yuasa Corp., as well as two other firms unveiled a new method to recycle lithium-ion batteries in the carmaker's electric vehicles.

Honda to expand hybrid market through battery JV with GS Yuasa

Honda to expand hybrid market through battery JV with GS Yuasa

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Yoda (L), president of GS Yuasa Corp., and Takeo Fukui, president of Honda Motor Co., shake hands during a groundbreaking ceremony for their joint venture plant to produce lithium batteries for hybrid cars in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 21.

Honda to expand hybrid market through battery JV with GS Yuasa

Honda to expand hybrid market through battery JV with GS Yuasa

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Yoda (L), president of GS Yuasa Corp., and Takeo Fukui, president of Honda Motor Co., shake hands during a groundbreaking ceremony for their joint venture plant to produce lithium batteries for hybrid cars in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 21. (Kyodo)

Mitsuoka Motor recruits firms to road-test 3-wheel EV

Mitsuoka Motor recruits firms to road-test 3-wheel EV

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a three-wheel electric vehicle made by Mitsuoka Motor Co. in Tokyo on July 7, 2011. The company announced a plan to recruit local businesses to road-test the vehicle, called the Like-T3, which has been jointly developed with a subsidiary of GS Yuasa Corp. (Kyodo)

Electric vehicle battery recycling

Electric vehicle battery recycling

OSAKA, Japan - A demonstrator charges Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s i-MiEV using a recycled lithium-ion battery at a charging station in Kyoto on Jan. 25, 2011. The automaker and battery maker GS Yuasa Corp., as well as two other firms unveiled a new method to recycle lithium-ion batteries in the carmaker's electric vehicles. (Kyodo)