Panasonic has been working on the construction of a massive EV battery plant in Kansas since 2022, and after myriad delays in the interim, it could finally be approaching completion. The facility, which will be the largest such plant in the world, could be operational as soon as August, according to one of Panasonic’s construction suppliers. The plant will be the company’s second U.S.-based manufacturing plant, following one embedded within the Tesla Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada, that builds cells and battery packs for the automaker’s Cybertruck and Model X vehicles.
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