Panasonic to suspend battery production at Tesla joint venture in Nevada due to coronavirus

TOKYO (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp said on Saturday it will temporarily suspend production at its battery joint venture with U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Inc in Nevada because of the coronavirus outbreak.The Japanese electronics company, which supplies battery cells for Tesla's electric vehicles, will scale down operations at so-called Gigafactory 1 early next week before closing it for 14 days, Panasonic said in an emailed statement.A Panasonic spokeswoman declined to comment on how the..