“Kansas has an impressive history of being home to a skilled manufacturing workforce,” said Kris Takamoto, Executive Vice President of Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd., Head of EV Battery Business. “We appreciate Kansas’s dedication to sustainability and its commitment to and growth in the clean ...
Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd, announced the senior leadership spearheading the company’s new lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in De Soto, Kansas. The Japanese electric vehicle battery makerbroke ground on its 30 GWh cell factoryin November 2022. The Kansas-based battery manufacturing facility...
Located in the city of De Soto, Kansas, the factory is expected to commence production by the end of March 2025 and will have an annual production capacity of approximately 30 GWh. The factory constitutes a crucial part of Panasonic Energy’s strategy to boo...
Workers prepare the site of a $4 billion Panasonic EV battery plant Thursday, March 30, 2023, near DeSoto, Kan. Economic incentives offered by Kansas state and local governments beat out those offered by neighboring Oklahoma to help lure the project to the site on land formerly occupied by an...
(CBS DETROIT) - A battery recycling and minerals recovery facility, part of the EV materials supply chain, has been announced for the Detroit Gateway Industrial Center. This will be the first U.S. factory for Envergia, which is an industry leader in lithium-ion and electric vehicle ...
Clean technology fueled by innovation will have health benefits for ourselves, our children and our planet. BYD, the world’s leading manufacturer of electric vehicles, not only manufactures battery electric cars sold all over the globe, but it builds electric buses and trucks in its Lancaster, ...
Kansas isn’t the only state GM is investing in for EV production. In April 2024, the legacy automaker committed to building a$3.5 billion battery plant in Indiana. General Motors started preparing the battery plant’s site for heavy construction. The battery plant will help GM build Ultium ...
Bernardino and the City of Commerce as well as three units at Daylight Transport, LLC in the City of Fontana. Use of those vehicles and feedback from operations personnel provided a wealth of information, allowing BYD to push the state-of-the-art in battery electric trucks to the next ...
The adoption of NACS by Lucid is a reflection of a broader industry trend, signaling a gradual phase-out of the CCS1 charging standard. Previously,Lucidhad reservations about NACS, particularly regarding compatibility with their high-voltage battery systems. However, any such concerns have been reso...
Touring, which will have a starting price of$79,900and is planned for late 2025, will also use Panasonic Energy's 2170 batteries. Panasonic Energy's 2170 battery cells, key to both models, are produced inJapan, with expected future production at Panasonic's new production facility inKansas....