Daimler could sell lithium-ion batteries from its new joint venture with Evonik to third parties, in direct competition with suppliers such as Bosch.
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The company’s head of development, Thomas Weber, told Handelsblatt third party sales were being considered in the medium term.
Daimler announced a strategic alliance with Evonik in December to set up a 90-10 joint venture company to manufacture and sell the batteries.
The company could compete with Bosch, which formed an alliance for lithium-ion batteries with South Korea’s Samsung last summer, and with Nissan, which has an alliance with Japan’s NEC to invest at least US$1.1m in such batteries.
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