Toyota using Tesla-style Panasonic batteries for China hybrids - sources
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp has started using the same type of battery that Panasonic Corp designed for Tesla Inc in some of its plug-in hybrids sold in China, sources familiar with the matter said.Toyota is using Panasonic's cylindrical batteries in its new Corolla and Levin plug-in hybrid sedans launched in China this year, one of the people said.The batteries are the same size as those that Panasonic makes for Tesla, but the composition is different, said the sources, who declined to..