Samsung SDI (OTC:SSDIY, OTC:SSNLF) rose sharply in trading in Seoul today after more reports emerged indicating that the company is in advanced talks with Tesla Motors on a battery supply deal.

Samsung SDI declined to confirm to the Korea Herald if a deal with Tesla is about to be struck.

Shares of Panasonic (OTCPK:PCRFF, OTCPK:PCRFY) fell in Tokyo by about 2% on Monday, but tracked back higher by 1% today.

Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) is up 4.95% to a session high of $231.63. Ron Baron was talking up Tesla on CNBC this morning (nothing new) on top of the battery news.