Table of Contents
Executive Summary .................................................................3
Why Rechargeables, and Why Now?......................................7
HEV/EV Rechargeable Batteries............................................11
Consumer-use Rechargeable Batteries................................29
Automotive Lead-acid Batteries............................................35
Industrial-Use Rechargeable Batteries.................................44
Individual Companies ............................................................48
Sanyo Electric (6764) .............................................................49
GS Yuasa Corporation (6674)................................................86
Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery (6934)..................................104