We'll need hundreds of people at the start, we should actually see that starting around the autumn. Yoshio Ito More Quotes by Yoshio Ito More Quotes From Yoshio Ito At the research and development level, we've already achieved such batteries, but we need to go through various evaluation processes. Yoshio Ito business I wouldn't say the delay (in Tesla's Model 3 production) had no impact on our business, but we are in close communications with Tesla and working to steadily improve production. Yoshio Ito business We just don't want to be a bottleneck. Yoshio Ito company-news There are some possible deals on the table. Yoshio Ito company-news We have the sensors...But in the future we'll see technology that gets the data and informs the driver or sets off automatic controls, and those are areas where we don't have expertise, those are areas where we can collaborate. Yoshio Ito company-news