Toyota’s triptych IP strategy on batteries to conquer the EV market
…AIST). Toyota also secures its battery composition and corresponding future supply by means of IP collaborations with companies producing electrode active materials (Sumitomo Metal Mining, Tanaka, etc.), binders and polymers (Zeon, Kansai Paint, etc.), liquid or solid electrolyte components (Central Glass, Adeka, Idemitsu Kosan, Ohara, Mitsubishi Chemical, etc.), separators (Nitto…