{"id":169802,"date":"2025-03-26T09:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T00:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=169802&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-03-26T09:42:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T00:42:01","slug":"toyota-delays-ev-battery-plant-agreement-in-kyushu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/toyota-delays-ev-battery-plant-agreement-in-kyushu\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Delays EV Battery Plant Agreement In Kyushu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toyota Motor has informed Fukuoka Prefecture that it will delay the signing ceremony for a planned electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Kanda Town, originally scheduled for April. The postponement, expected to last until autumn, comes amid slowing global EV demand. However, Toyota confirmed to media that the project itself remains intact. The plant, to be built in the Shin-Matsuyama Coastal Industrial Park, is expected to produce next-generation EV batteries with improved range, cost-efficiency, and charging speed. The facility is still scheduled to begin operations in 2028. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250325\/5010027533.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-169798\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_toyota-car-emblem-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Toyota Delays EV Battery Plant Agreement In Kyushu\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_toyota-car-emblem-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_toyota-car-emblem-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_toyota-car-emblem-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_toyota-car-emblem-unsplash_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christina Telep<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsplash<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toyota Motor has informed Fukuoka Prefecture that it will delay the signing ceremony for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":169801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-169802","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/169802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}