Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

General Motors (GM) has shut down a manufacturing plant in Kansas and laid off the site’s roughly 2,000 workers after the automaker stated plans to do so last week. The company predicts a similar situation at a transmission and casting plant in Kokomo, Indiana. “As the past has clearly shown, nobody wins in a strike.

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Teslarati

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. Kansas officials have shared their excitement for Panasonic’s new battery plant.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Kansas wasn’t just wooing Panasonic with a $1 billion state incentive package, but also an original song inspired by its seven principles. In November, Panasonic, which is a battery cell supplier for Tesla, broke ground on its new lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Kansas. You can l isten to the song here.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Kansas City International Airport and BYD, North America’s largest electric bus manufacturer, announced delivery of the airport’s four battery-electric 30-ft. BYD customized the buses for Kansas City Airport to include luggage racks for passenger use. Kansas City Council approved the order of four 30 ft. Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

MARCH 3, 2022

Panasonic is reportedly looking at factory sites in either Oklahoma or Kansas. Both companies operate Gigafactory Nevada outside of Reno, Nevada. On February 28, 2022, Panasonic announced that its Energy Company plans to establish a production facility at Wakayama Factory in western Japan.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Ford Motor Company confirmed that it will build the full-size Transit van at its Kansas City Assembly Plant when the new product joins its North American lineup in 2013. The company is investing $1.1 Ford is investing $16 billion in its U.S. operations—including $6.2

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2011

Ford Motor Company will build a new vehicle at its Kansas City Assembly Plant in Missouri after Ford Escape production moves to Ford’s Louisville Assembly Plant and retooling of the Kansas City facility is complete. Ford will invest $400 million in the Kansas City plant to install a new body shop, new tooling and other upgrades.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Third Panasonic EV battery plant in the US is still possible The new supply agreement between the two companies is for Panasonic Energy’s facility in Kansas, which is expected to start operations by March 2025. H&T plans to install state-of-the-art production lines at Panasonic’s Kansas facility.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2015

The first 2016 Ford F-150 with the ability to run on compressed natural gas has rolled off the assembly line in Kansas City. With production of the 2016 F-150 now under way, Ford Motor Company offers eight factory-available vehicles with a gaseous-fuel prep option—more than any other North American automaker. liter V8.

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InsideEVs

JUNE 2, 2023

The Japanese company already operates a factory in Nevada and is building a second facility in Kansas.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 14, 2022

Panasonic expects to achieve a 20% boost in energy density for EV batteries by 2030, the company's CTO said in an interview with Reuters published Wednesday. The interview preceded the company's announcement to build the largest battery plant in the world in Kansas City.

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Green Car Congress

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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Electrek

AUGUST 26, 2022

Panasonic just announced that it is building a $4 billion battery cell factory in Kansas to supply Tesla, but we now learn that the Japanese company is considering greenlighting another large-scale US battery cell factory to build simultaneously.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2011

Oklahoma-based oil and gas company SandRidge Energy, Inc. has entered into a joint venture with a subsidiary of Spain-based Repsol YPF, S.A.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 22, 2024

At CES earlier this month, Panasonic North America President Allan Swan highlighted the company’s potential for an additional future battery plant, in hopes to substantially boost annual production capacity between now and 2031. location at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Nevada, and the manufacturer is building a second site in Kansas.

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Teslarati

APRIL 9, 2024

Tesla also notes that Prototype Vehicle Operators must provide feedback and suggest ways to improve the company’s data collection processes. Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently stated in a post on X that the company will be unveiling its dedicated Robotaxi on August 8, 2024.

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InsideEVs

MARCH 15, 2022

The company is reportedly in talks over several sites for the plant that could open as early as 2024, including Oklahoma and Kansas.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Redwood Materials, a company founded by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, announced that it will supply high-nickel cathode material for battery cell production in Panasonic’s new Kansas plant. The company believes that this will be the first time cathode material will be produced in North America at “Gigafactory scale”.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2021

The announcement includes investments in California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas and Wisconsin. In Ohio, United Dairy Farmers Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2021

stoichiometric) air-fuel ratio, the company explains. Previously, ClearFlame has received $4 million in non-dilutive and grant funding from the Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas and Illinois Corn Growers Associations, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and others. —BJ Johnson, ClearFlame CEO and co-founder.

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Green Car Congress

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. Transit and E-Transit: Also adding an additional crew in April is Kansas City Assembly Plant, which manufactures the Transit and the E-Transit vans, America’s best-selling gas and electric vans in 2022.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2015

Kansas City, Missouri, will become the latest municipality to gain an electric-car charging infrastructure this year. A local utility company is leading the effort to build a comprehensive network of charging sites for drivers of plug-in vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2022

In Texas, White Energy Holding Company is receiving a $21 million payment for production at two facilities. Its biomass-based diesel production suffered a market loss on almost 3.5 million gallons. Its ethanol production suffered a market loss on 98 million gallons.

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Green Car Congress

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. Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

JUNE 5, 2023

Elon Musk and other Tesla executives have always been clear that the company would still buy battery cells from its partners, including LG Energy Solutions, Panasonic, and CATL in China. The Japanese battery supplier already selected Kansas as the site for a 4680 plant. Panasonic shifted its plans for the Kansas facility.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 15, 2024

In an effort to remain at the top of the EV landscape, which is growing quickly with new competitors and modern technology, the long-standing companies in the sector are forced to continuously improve their products or risk falling behind the hungry up-and-comers. Panasonic wants to increase production output by roughly 10 percent.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2021

million in additional financing from several investors, including the Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas and Illinois Corn Growers Associations. The company plans to have demonstration trucks on the road by the end of 2021. The new funding will help ClearFlame deploy pilot Class 8 trucks with its patented technology.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This decision will not impact our operations in Nevada or Kansas; we have made a long-term commitment to investing in and advancing the EV industry in the United States, and we remain focused on delivering the highest quality batteries for our customers,” the company added. billion) between January and September 2023.

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Green Car Congress

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.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Redwood Materials will supply Panasonic with recycled battery cathode material starting in 2025, shipping remanufactured components to the battery maker’s recently-announced Kansas factory. The companies announced on Tuesday that the multi-billion dollar deal will be the first time companies will produce cathodes at a Gigafactory scale.

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Electrek

MARCH 2, 2022

Norway-based eSmart Systems , which provides AI-powered solutions for the inspection and maintenance of critical infrastructure, will work with Topeka, Kansas-headquartered Evergy , an electric company that serves more than 1.6 million customers in Kansas and Missouri, to digitize Evergy’s power transmission system. .

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

NextChem, an Italian renewable energy technology company, is partnering with Kansas-based Saola Energy to support the production of renewable diesel from vegetable oils and residual fats. Companies handling waste oils and residual fats will have access to new opportunities in the market for second-generation renewable fuels.

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Teslarati

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. He also alluded to the fact that the company may be looking beyond the auto industry for additional customers.

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Teslarati

MAY 11, 2022

The company has reportedly shortlisted Oklahoma and Kansas as potential sites for its upcoming factory. . Oklahoma and Kansas have reportedly been doing their best to attract Panasonic. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg noted that Panasonic will be manufacturing 4680 cells in its upcoming US plant.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

Panasonic Group CEO Yuki Kusumi told Reuters that the company is holding off on building a third plant as “demand for electric vehicles cools.” In December, the Japanese-owned electronics company turned down nearly $700 million in state incentives to build in Oklahoma.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2017

Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between BP and DuPont, acquired Nesika Energy, LLC and its ethanol facility in Scandia, Kansas. DuPont, BP and Butamax worked collaboratively with the state of Kansas on the acquisition opportunity. —Stuart Thomas, Butamax CEO.

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Green Car Congress

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. Phase One of copper foil is now complete and later this year, the company expects to begin cathode qualification.

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