Sanyo Electric company announced an join agreement with Suzuki Motor to supply lithium-ion battery systems for plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) - "Swift Plug-in Hybrid". Suzuki has already announced its intention to start manufacturing the vehicles.
The "Swift Plug-in Hybrid" will serve as a model supported by Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The new model will serve as a demonstration experiment and the experiment will be implemented at Suzuki dealers from this autumn.