Panasonic, together with Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, officially announced today an agreement related to the location of the company's new US lithium-ion battery cell factory. The Japanese company intends to build the plant in De Soto, Kansas, investing $4 billion and create up to 4,000 new ...
Panasonic had already put its pilot line in Japan into operation and also delivered thefirst 4680 sample cells to Tesla. Officially, however, the Kansas plant has remained a pure 2170 production facility to this day.
According to anofficial announcementfrom the Kansas government, Panasonic would be building its battery plant at a site in De Soto. The project is estimated to result in an investment of up to $4 billion, and createup to 4,000 new jobs. “The development will have ripple effects throughout...
If approved, it may be one of the first tangible signs of the impact Panasonic’s pending 4,000-job, $4 billion electric vehicle battery plant in De Soto will have on Lawrence’s east side. The project would be on 17 a...
produce 4680 battery cells by 2030, as a spokesperson toldReuters. Following a strategy presentation, Panasonic CEO Yuki Kusumi indicated that they had yet to decide where exactly where in North America to expand. “It could be Nevada, it could be Kansas or it could be somewhere else”, he...