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NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Panasonic Energy began construction on a new lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in De Soto, Kansas. The project will drive significant economic activity and opportunities for the local Kansas economy making the state a key player in the domestic electric vehicle (EV) industry.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Tesla battery partner Panasonic has stated that it intends to start the buildout of its Kansas, US plant this November. With its Kansas plant, Panasonic is making a serious play for the United States’ fast-growing electric vehicle segment. In a statement, Kazuo Tadanobu, president of Panasonic Energy Co.,

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MARCH 3, 2022

Tesla battery partner Panasonic has decided to acquire a factory site in the United States for “high capacity lithium-ion batteries,” according to the Nippon H?s? Panasonic is reportedly looking at factory sites in either Oklahoma or Kansas. The facility would produce the 4680 lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Ford Pro has begun shipping the all-new E-Transit from Kansas City Assembly Plant—the company’s first US plant to assemble both batteries and all-electric vehicles in-house. It is Ford’s most recent electric vehicle, following Mustang Mach-E. Photo by Dave Kaup Dave Kaup Photography.

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MARCH 2, 2023

After a competitive search, the United States Postal Service (USPS) awarded a contract for 9,250 Ford E-Transit battery electric vehicles (BEVs) as well as initial orders for more than 14,000 charging stations to be deployed at Postal Service facilities. The Ford E-Transit BEVs are manufactured in Kansas City, Missouri.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Tesla battery supplier Panasonic is accelerating plans to increase battery cell production at Gigafactory Nevada. Increasing battery production at Giga Nevada would likely help Tesla increase its vehicle production capacity and benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) electric vehicle (EV) tax credits.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Redwood will draw upon this milestone-based financing in tranches that support phased construction and allows the company to unlock funding as it accelerates the construction and expansion of its first battery materials campus. This will provide enough battery materials to produce more than one million electric vehicles a year domestically.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Panasonic has agreed to purchase cathode materials and copper foil from Redwood Materials for its battery factories in Nevada and Kansas.

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OCTOBER 30, 2023

Japanese company and Tesla supplier Panasonic announced plans on Monday to cut domestic production of electric vehicle (EV) batteries due to some vehicle sales being slower than initially planned. for EV battery operations. “We are thinking of many uses [for the battery capacity].”

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JULY 25, 2023

Panasonic Energy announced the signing of an agreement to purchase silicon anode material for automotive batteries from U.K.-based based Nexeon to boost the performance of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). In general, achieving a higher energy.

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JULY 24, 2022

Amazon has begun deploying its custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian for package delivery, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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JUNE 23, 2023

Panasonic Energy and Mazda have entered into discussions regarding a medium- to long-term partnership for lithium-ion battery cell supply. The discussions include Panasonic Energy supplying Mazda with automotive cylindrical lithium-ion batteries made in the battery supply plants in Japan and North America.

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APRIL 17, 2023

Tesla battery supplier Panasonic has teased a new battery production facility in the United States that would help with the increasing demand for electric vehicles. built battery packs and structure EV production domestically. The post Tesla battery supplier Panasonic teases new U.S.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

battery factory this month, another executive has cautioned that the manufacturer should first boost output at its current plants before debuting an additional site. location at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Nevada, and the manufacturer is building a second site in Kansas. Currently, Panasonic has a U.S.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

The 2024 Model 3 / Source: Tesla Panasonic, makers of batteries for Tesla in the US, is delaying its plan to build a third battery plant in North America, according to Reuters. Panasonic Group CEO Yuki Kusumi told Reuters that the company is holding off on building a third plant as “demand for electric vehicles cools.”

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MARCH 27, 2009

Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation ( SEV US ) has selected Kansas City as the site for its US assembly plant. The new assembly plant will be located at a portion of an airline overhaul base at Kansas City International (KCI) Airport and is expected to create 120 jobs by 2010. The SEV US Newton. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 24, 2019

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) has aded two BYD battery-electric buses. The vehicles carry 22 passengers and luggage; the vehicles they replaced only carried 14 passengers. The vehicles carry 22 passengers and luggage; the vehicles they replaced only carried 14 passengers.

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JANUARY 15, 2024

Tesla could potentially offer cheaper prices on electric vehicles in the near future as Panasonic expects to roll out its updated and refined versions of the 2170 and 4680 battery cells as early as this year, its Chief Technology Officer for EV batteries said. Tesla battery supplier Panasonic teases new U.S.

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MAY 10, 2022

Longtime Tesla battery partner Panasonic is reportedly weighing the idea of building a new battery plant in the United States. The new facility would be built to supply Texas-based electric vehicle maker Tesla. The company is reportedly looking at either Oklahoma or Kansas as potential sites for its new plant. .

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APRIL 11, 2022

Ford Pro is now shipping the first production units of its all-electric E-Transit van to customers across Europe from the Ford Otosan factory in Kocaeli, Turkey, a milestone that closely follows the start of deliveries to US customers from Kansas City Assembly Plant in February. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 17, 2022

Tesla’s use of cylindrical batteries appears to be inspiring other automakers. As per recent reports, German luxury car maker BMW will reportedly be supplied with Tesla-like cylindrical batteries for its EVs in Europe. EVE is not the only battery maker that is ramping its cylindrical battery production.

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MARCH 4, 2023

The company is also preparing to launch all-new versions of four significant vehicles in 2023: Super Duty, Ranger, Mustang and Escape. Ford electric vehicle sales are up 68%. in 2022 versus 2021, led by the Bronco family of vehicles. Ford F-Series is America’s best-selling truck for 46 consecutive years DEARBORN, Mich.,

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JULY 25, 2023

Before you ask, it’s not clear who Panasonic will be producing these batteries for. Rather, the focus is on Panasonic getting this special silicon anode material from the UK company Nexeon, and stated reason is “to boost the performance of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs).”

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MAY 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil-fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is a member of a team that was recently awarded a $7-million contract from the US Army Corps of Engineers to demonstrate integration of electric vehicles, generators and solar arrays to supply emergency power for Fort Carson, Colo. electrical power and. consumption at military.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

Power US Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX) Ownership Study. Following are key findings of the 2021 study: It’s mostly about range: When deciding which electric vehicle to buy, the most-often-cited factor in the purchase decision is battery and driving range.

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AUGUST 12, 2022

IKEA US announced a collaboration with Electrify America and Electrify Commercial to bring ultra-fast public charging stations and delivery fleet electric vehicle (EV) charging to more than 25 IKEA retail locations throughout the US. The first locations are expected to open in late 2022 and be completed by the end of 2023.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Smith Electric Vehicles Corp. Smith will manufacture the battery electric Newton, its medium-duty vehicle with a range of up to 150 miles at the new facility beginning in 2012. will expand its US operations by adding a manufacturing facility in the South Bronx in New York State. New York Gov.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Meanwhile, the states with the lowest levels of EV adoption—Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Wyoming, Louisiana, South Dakota, West Virginia and North Dakota—have gone in the opposite direction, with adoption rates declining on average in the first half of 2023. Each month, the J.D.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The US Departments of Transportation and Energy announced nearly $5 billion that will be made available under the new National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program to build out a national electric vehicle charging network. 29,315,442. 19,978,342. 21,998,178. 14,743,125. 10,280,470. 10,859,512.

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DECEMBER 24, 2010

Smith Electric Vehicles US (SEVUS) will finalize the purchase of its United Kingdom-based parent company, Smith Electric Vehicles (UK), creating the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial electric vehicles. —Bryan Hansel, CEO of Smith Electric US.

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MAY 4, 2021

It will be built alongside the Transit at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri. Ford data shows that in the US, 70% of the full-size bus and van business is going all-electric by 2030—that represents more than 300,000 vehicles annually.

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MAY 14, 2014

Smith Electric Vehicles may be rebounding after it suspended operations last month. The Kansas City-based maker of electric trucks announced that it has secured a $42 million investment commitment from Sinopoly Battery Limited--a producer of lithium-ion batteries and other electric-car components.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

The battery unit, Panasonic Energy , had previously said it aimed to decide on building the factory by the end of March. 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.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Tesla is partnering with electric vehicle charging reliability platform ChargerHelp! is an app-based dispatch and deployment system that helps to resolve issues with downed or inoperable electric vehicle charging stations. Panasonic announced a $4 billion plant in De Soto, Kansas that will create 4,000 jobs.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Vehicles eligible include the Ford Transit 350HD Passenger Van and Ford E-450 Shuttle Bus, both of which are offered by Lightning Systems, a Colorado-based developer and manufacturer of zero-emission, Buy America commercial electric vehicles.

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JUNE 29, 2021

FTA’s Low-No Program supports transit agencies in purchasing or leasing low- or no-emission buses and other transit vehicles that use technologies such as battery electric and fuel-cell power to provide cleaner, more efficient transit service in communities across the country. Kansas City Area Transportation Authority.

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