Why it matters
The battery manufacturing context.
US battery-cell manufacturing capacity has roughly doubled every 18 months since 2022. Plants in this sector are foundational to the domestic electric-vehicle supply chain and to grid-scale energy storage required by the renewable build-out. Inflation Reduction Act §45X tax credits underwrite a significant fraction of the operating margin, making the economics workable at US labor costs.
Project record
At a glance
- Company
- Panasonic Energy
- Industry
- Battery Manufacturing
- Location
- De Soto, Kansas
- Investment
- $4.00B
- Expected jobs
- 4,000
- Status
- Under Construction
- Announced
- Jul 13, 2022
- Expected opening
- Apr 1, 2025
- Added to tracker
- Apr 15, 2025
Sources
Official references
- Primary source https://news.panasonic.com/global/press/
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