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    Panasonic selects Kansas City for what it claims will likely be largest battery plant on the earth

    Editor - The Auto JournalBy Editor - The Auto JournalJuly 14, 2022Updated:July 14, 2022No Comments3 Mins Read
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    The battery maker Panasonic Energy has introduced plans to construct an electrical automobile battery manufacturing unit within the Kansas City space. And this plant, which will likely be Panasonic’s first within the U.S. outdoors of its Tesla partnership, it claims would be the largest battery plant on the earth. 

    Panasonic says that the plant, which can create as much as 4,000 jobs and mirror an funding of about $4 billion, will make lithium-ion batteries for electrical automobiles—with its clients prone to be Tesla in addition to different automakers planning to make use of cylindrical cells. Those behind the plant announcement have not but replied to Green Car Reports about whether or not the “largest” declare pertains to the realm of the plant, the meant GWh yearly, or each.

    The announcement comes after months of experiences that Panasonic was contemplating a “mega factory” both in Oklahoma or Kansas, aimed toward “mass producing new high-capacity lithium-ion batteries that significantly increase the range of EVs,” in response to Japan’s NHK in March. 

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    Panasonic and Tesla broke floor in Sparks, Nevada, on a joint battery Gigafactory in 2014—that on the time was breathtakingly giant—with the manufacturing unit ramping up in 2017. According to Nikkei, the Gigafactory turned worthwhile for Panasonic beginning final 12 months. 

    Tesla and Panasonic renewed their battery dedication in 2020 however opted to not broaden the Gigafactory previous its present capability of almost 40 GWh yearly. 

    From Kansas City, it may very well be in a very good place strategically—for supplying Tesla in Austin, or supplying Rivian in Illinois. Panasonic will likely be supplying cells to Canoo, which lately introduced a contract with Walmart. Ford additionally assembles E-Transit vans within the Kansas City space, and Panasonic has a historical past with Ford because the cell provider for its hybrids just like the Escape Hybrid. 

    Panasonic batteries

    Panasonic batteries

    The firm hasn’t confirmed precisely what cell varieties can be produced on the new plant—and whether or not eventual plans there embrace making Tesla’s 4680 format, though it has been extensively speculated that that is the rationale behind the plant’s location and timing. All the pictures supplied with the announcement had been of cylindrical cells.

    The plant is topic to approval from Panasonic Holdings’ board of administrators, and in response to a launch from the corporate and regional financial improvement organizations, it might be the most important financial improvement mission within the state’s historical past.

    Source: www.greencarreports.com

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