The Panasonic Energy Co. headquarters in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, on Thursday, Jan. 11, 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, or GWh, a year.
Given the human resources requirements of a new plant, Kusumi said it was generally better to have fewer production sites.
Persons:
Kentaro Takahashi, Yuki Kusumi, Kusumi
Organizations:
Panasonic Energy Co, Panasonic, EV, Bloomberg, Getty, Panasonic Energy, EVs, General Motors, Ford, U.S
Locations:
Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, North America, Tokyo, United States, Nevada, Kansas, Oklahoma, Europe