Manufacturing 2024 Top 400 Sourcebook: EV Battery Plant Nears Production Start Turner and Yates are building Panasonic Energy's $4-billion Kansas facility James Leggate September 19, 2024 No Comments Panasonic Energy Co.’s $4B electric vehicle battery plant in De Soto, Kan., is taking shape with the aim of beginning production early next year.Read More
2023 Top 500 Sourcebook: Panasonic Boosts Plant Capacity James Leggate July 13, 2023 No Comments Company says it will need more manufacturing plants to reach targeted EV battery production capacity, as a $4-billion electric vehicle battery assembly plant is advancing in De Soto, Kan.Read More
Manufacturing Panasonic Picks Turner-Yates JV for $4B Kansas Battery Plant James Leggate March 1, 2023 No Comments Panasonic plans to produce electric vehicle batteries at the 30-GWh-capacity plant in De Soto, Kan.Read More
Manufacturing Panasonic Picks Team for $4B Kansas EV Battery Plant James Leggate December 28, 2022 No Comments CM Industrial Project Innovation and architect SSOE Group are among the firms Panasonic hired for its 30-GWh battery plant west of Kansas City.Read More
Manufacturing Panasonic Energy to Build $4B EV Battery Plant in Kansas James Leggate July 14, 2022 No Comments A Wichita State University economic impact study estimated the project could support 16,500 construction jobs. Read More
