Panasonic has announced that it will be breaking ground on its $4 billion battery plant in De Soto, this month. The facility will produce cylindrical ion batteries for electric vehicles. Mass production of panasonic’s 2170 EV batteries at the plant, which the corporation says are in high demand, is set to begin before April 2025. The plant’s peak power capacity will be 30 gigawatt hours, which is over 40.2 million horsepower.
The Kansas Department of Commerce projects the project could create a total of 20,000 jobs, with 4,000 planned jobs, 16,500 construction jobs and a potential additional 4,000 jobs from suppliers and community business. Panasonic officials say the plant will accelerate the nations and the world’s efforts to achieve zero emissions in the future.
