Officials are celebrating the grand opening of the Panasonic electric vehicle battery plant in De Soto, Kansas.

Problems with Tesla, tariffs, and tax breaks have electric vehicle investors worried, even as Panasonic unveiled a massive ...

After two and a half years of construction, the first EV batteries have rolled off the production line at Panasonic's 4.7 million-square-foot plant in De Soto.

While Tesla sales continue to slide, its main battery supplier is going all guns blazing with local battery production in the U.S.

Panasonic's $4 billion EV plant is drawing criticism after the shutdown of a Kansas coal plant was halted in order to fulfill its' massive electricity demand.

Evergy needs to keep a Lawrence coal-fired power plant operational until 2028 to meet the energy demands of Panasonic's plant set to begin production in 2025/2026.

DE SOTO, Kan. — The four-billion dollar Panasonic EV Battery Plant in De Soto, Kansas is nearly ready to start production after more than two years of rapid construction.. Leaders say the site ...

Panasonic will build electric car batteries at a new plant in De Soto, Kansas, that the state says is worth up to $4 billion. Kansas passed the APEX Act in February, promising up to $829 million ...

DE SOTO, Kan. — Panasonic officials say they’re still on track to produce Kansas’ first electric vehicle batteries in the first few months of 2025 while constructing its $4 billion EV ...

Evergy is also citing the Panasonic plant, which will produce batteries for electric vehicles, in saying it will continue to burn coal at a Lawrence power plant until at least 2028.

Panasonic Plant to start manufacturing EV batteries in Spring, over 400 employees already on staff. By Samantha Boring. Published: Jan. 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM CST DE SOTO, Kan. (KCTV) - The ...