Panasonic's upcoming 4-million-square-foot battery plant in Kansas will double the utility Evergy's load, requiring significant upgrades to infrastructure. Evergy ...

Panasonic inaugurates new EV battery plant in De Soto, Kansas, which will focus on production of cylindrical lithium-ion batteries for EVs. This is Panasonic's second US battery plant, after Nevada, ...

Panasonic Energy Co. selected a joint venture of Turner Construction Co. and W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co. to build a 2.7-million-sq-ft electric vehicle battery assembly plant in De Soto, Kan., ...

Panasonic, the Japanese manufacturing giant, says it is working on a new battery cell that can add 90 miles of range to the Tesla Model Y – pushing it to over 450 miles (725 km). Of course, it could ...

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.

While Tesla sales continue to slide, its main battery supplier is going all guns blazing with local battery production in the U.S. Panasonic opened its second battery plant in the U.S. on Monday. It's ...

Thinking about getting a home battery? There are other options besides the Tesla Powerwall. A home battery can help keep the lights on during an outage and offset your electricity usage, which can be ...

Panasonic is reconsidering an earlier decision to scrap plans for a third battery factory in the US. The new factory might be critical for Tesla's ability to access IRA credits for its most popular ...