Isigebenga se-elektroniki saseJapan u-Sony waqukumbela ngoMvulo ukuthengiswa kweshishini layo lebhetri ye-lithium-ion ehlawulelwayo kumntu wayo u-Murata, intengiselwano esayinwe ngo-Oktobha 31. Le ntengiso ikhokelela ekwehleni kwexabiso okungaqhelekanga, kubonisa iqela elohlise uqikelelo lwalo lwengeniso eseleyo yonyaka.
Ukulahlwa kwalo msebenzi kuvala amashumi amane eminyaka yembali ngaphakathi kweSony. Ikhatshwa yimfuneko yokurekhoda ilahleko eyinkunzi enciphisa i-net profit forecast ukuya kwi-yen ye-60 yezigidigidi (i-525 yezigidi zee-euro) endaweni ye-80 yezigidigidi. Leyo yenzuzo yokusebenza ithotywa ukuya kwi-270 yeebhiliyoni zeebhiliyoni endaweni ye-300 yeebhiliyoni, kodwa ukuhlolwa kwengeniso kugcinwa kwi-7.400 yen yen.
Emva kwesibhengezo sokuqala ekupheleni kukaJulayi, u-Sony uthe usayine namhlanje isivumelwano sokugqibela sokuthengiswa kwe-Murata yemisebenzi yayo yebhetri, equka i-subsidiary eJapan, i-Sony Energy Devices, iisayithi e-China naseSingapore kunye nezixhobo ze-R & D. kunye nentengiso kwiziqithi. Yonke into iya kuthengiswa I-17,5 yeebhiliyoni zeeyen (i-150 yezigidi zee-euro).
Inkxalabo yonke malunga nabasebenzi be-8.500 abaya kudluliselwa ku-Murata, ingcali kwiinkalo ze-elektroniki ezaziwa ngokukodwa nge-gyrosensors. Lo msebenzi weebhetri zakwaSony uzakuba yimbuyekezo yonyaka emalunga ne-160 yeebhiliyoni zee-yen (i-1,4 yeebhiliyoni zee-euro), ngokutsho kwedatha enikezelwe ngaxesha lithile liqela lolwazi lwezoqoqosho uNikkei. Kwelinye icala, iimveliso ezinje ngeebhetri ze-USB zokutshaja iselfowuni nangaliphi na ixesha, iibhetri zealkaline kunye neebhetri zeqhosha azibandakanyi ekuthengiseni, iqela lathi.
U-Sony wayenguvulindlela kwihlabathi leebhetri ezinokutshajwa kwakhona, elingena kulo ngo-1975. Yayiyeyokuqala ukubonelela ngeemodeli ze-lithium-ion ekuqaleni kwe-1990, ixesha apho liqhuba uphando olubanzi, ngokukodwa kunye nomvelisi weemoto ze-Nissan.
Ukudityaniswa kwemisebenzi yebhetri yakwaSony kunye naleyo ye-NEC yakowabo kunye neNissan bekukhankanyiwe kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo. Nangona kunjalo, u-Sony emva koko ubeke bucala le ndawo yemoto ngokuthanda iibhetri zeemveliso ze-elektroniki, eyona ndawo iphambili yobuchwephesha.
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