"Champions for sustainability:" Olympic athletes promote Panasonic at CES

Record ID: 1705199

  • Title: "Champions for sustainability:" Olympic athletes promote Panasonic at CES
  • Date: 4th January 2023
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) ALLAN SWAN, PRESIDENT OF PANASONIC ENERGY OF NORTH AMERICA, SAYING: "We've been working in batteries for over 100 years, and today we specialize in EV batteries and production technologies." WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (English) ALLAN SWAN, PRESIDENT OF PANASONIC ENERGY OF NORTH AMERICA, SAYING: "So back in November, we broke ground on our new production facility, just outside Kansas City, as Kal mentioned. This will increase our capacity by around a further 60% to what we already have, so we can meet the surging customer demand." WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (English) ALLAN SWAN, PRESIDENT OF PANASONIC ENERGY OF NORTH AMERICA, SAYING: '"Just a couple of things to add: In this industry, which is new, and it takes shape, we at Panasonic are at the forefront of that technology." WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE)(English) ALLAN SWAN, PRESIDENT OF PANASONIC ENERGY OF NORTH AMERICA, SAYING: "66 batteries per second. 5.5 million batteries a day. That's 2 billion batteries per year. And in the next 24 hours, we will deliver our seven billionth battery in Nevada. So it's an awesome scalability that Panasonic has delivered." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR AND HONORARY PANASONIC CLIMATE ACTION AMBASSADOR, KAL PENN, SAYING: "Let's move on to creating great sustainably sound experiences inside your EV." (SOUNDBITE) (English) INTRODUCTION OF ARIANNE WALKER, CHIEF EVANGELIST OF AMAZON SMART VEHICLES, ZOOMS IN TO HER, SAYING: "For the first time ever in a collaboration between Amazon and Panasonic, you will have simultaneous access to both Alexa and Siri voice assistance, simply by speaking either service's wake word. Today, 123 million adults in the U.S. use voice assistance and that number keeps growing." WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (English) ARIANNE WALKER, CHIEF EVANGELIST OF AMAZON SMART VEHICLES, SAYING: "Voice interoperability is a key pillar in Amazon's broader vision to scale ambient intelligence. Providing simultaneous access to multiple voice services gives more choices to customers and device makers. And this new integration furthers this by enabling customers to use multiple voice services simultaneously on SkipGen by Panasonic." VARIOUS OF KAL PENN CONCLUDING EVENT AND CROWD LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 18th January 2023 23:02
  • Keywords: INNOVATION PANASONIC TECHNOLOGY
  • Location: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES
  • City: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: US
  • Topics: Information Technologies / Computer Sciences,North America,Science
  • Reuters ID: LVA006038904012023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Panasonic unveiled new plans on Wednesday (January 4) at CES in Las Vegas that focused on the climate and reducing their impact.
    "Solving global environmental issues is our top priority and achieving net zero by 2030 is only the beginning," said Panasonic Group Chief Technology Officer Tatsuo Ogawa at the event. "Our goal is to lower emissions on the planet by 1% of total emissions by 2050. That's 300 million tons of CO2 saved from our atmosphere. It's an ambitious goal but an achievable one."
    The company also recently opened a new electrical vehicle battery plant and aims to produce more infrastructure for vehicles in the years ahead.
    "66 batteries per second. 5.5 million batteries a day, that's 2 billion batteries per year," said President Allan Swain of Panasonic Energy of North America, boasting about the company's new plant in development in Kansas, as well as their plant in Nevada. "In the next 24 hours, we will deliver our seven billionths in Nevada. So it's an awesome scalability that Panasonic has delivered."
    In addition to the climate-focused plans, the company released its plans for a new version of its OLED televisions, photographic equipment, and an all-in-one shaver that wastes less plastic than others currently on the market.
    (Production: Matt McKnight)
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