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Panasonic puts productivity boost ahead of new EV plant in US – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Panasonic Energy has a plant in Nevada and has broken ground on a second one in Kansas. The unit expects the Kansas plant to take its annual auto battery capacity to 80 gigawatt hours (GWh) a year. In December it said Oklahoma – where it was previously exploring building a factory – was no longer a candidate site.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

There’s ease of operations, ease of maintenance benefits. Charged : Tell me about your Kansas City International Airport project. Charged : I suppose maintenance is also less than with a wired system? Imagine the maintenance requirements on moving robotic arms, pantographs, catenary systems or cable-drop systems.