Investigators launch probe into maker of Boeing 787 batteries

Cars are parked in front of the headquarters of GS Yuasa Corp., the maker of lithium-ion batteries used in the grounded Boeing 787 “Dreamliner,” in Kyoto, Japan, as Japanese and U.S. investigators launch a probe of the battery maker.

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese and U.S. investigators began a probe Monday into the maker of the lithium ion batteries used in Boeing’s grounded 787 jets.

Tsutomu Nishijima, a spokesman for GS Yuasa, the battery manufacturer, said investigators visited the company’s headquarte...

Published: 01/22/2013