The EV battery plant construction market is expanding due to growing EV demand, investments, renewable energy adoption, and ...

The $4 billion Panasonic plant opened this summer in the Kansas town, but has delayed its goals for full production. But its ...

Participating in a traditional Japanese ceremony — Kagami Biraki, or a sake barrel opening — dignitaries and representatives of Panasonic and Kansas conclude grand opening celebrations for Panasonic’s ...

DE SOTO, Kan. (WIBW) - Officials gathered Monday morning to celebrate the grand opening of a $4 billion plant that will manufacture electric-vehicle batteries in the Johnson County city of De Soto.

This story is part of an ongoing series, Powering Change: Panasonic and De Soto. If you'd like to share your excitement or concerns about the electric vehicle battery plant, you can do so here.

Panasonic Corp said on Thursday it is working to develop a new battery cell for Tesla Inc based on the U.S. electric vehicle maker's new cell format, as the Japanese company moves forward its ...

Since 2024, the value of De Soto, Kansas, has more than doubled. Most of that is because of the construction of the Panasonic EV battery facility.

The Panasonic electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant in DeSoto, Kansas. Experts say the plant could delay hiring while it waits out economic uncertainty. Experts say the Panasonic plant could ...

Chuck Saunders, an automation engineering technology instructor at Kansas City Kansas Community College, prepares a demonstration for his students. Credit: Zac Clingenpeel for The Hechinger Report The ...