Japanese electric battery maker to expand new energy sector in Wuxi

An economic delegation of Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC), the electric battery operations and production branch of Nissan Motor Co, visited Wuxi on Sept 25.

The company had earlier announced that it had come under the control of Shanghai-based digital energy company Envision Group, which plans to develop an electric vehicle battery plant in Wuxi, Jiangsu province.

Following the acquisition of AESC, Envision is designed to use its energy internet of things operating system EnOS, which connects more than 50 million devices used for wind, solar and energy storage, charging networks for electric vehicles, home energy management and beyond, to make batteries and charging processes more intelligent.

Huang Qin, acting mayor of Wuxi, told the delegation that as the leader of the internet of things industry, Wuxi is the best place to develop the electric vehicle battery storage sector and the new energy industry. The municipal government is glad to give full support to the project.

AESC's lithium-ion batteries are among the most advanced, safe and reliable in the industry, and have powered more than 340,000 Nissan electric vehicles without a single critical incident.