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Panasonic’s decision to build a $4 billion electric vehicle battery plant in De Soto is extraordinarily good and important news for the region, and for the state of Kansas — with a caveat or ...
The Panasonic factory will be taking over the old 9,000 acre Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, which closed in 1992. In January, De Soto annexed 6,000 acres of land from the site, in preparation ...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday hailed the massive Panasonic battery plant planned for De Soto as part of a wave of industrial production centered on electric vehicles that ...
On July 13, 2022, state officials announced during a press conference that Panasonic was the company in question, and had selected De Soto for its planned $4 billion electric-vehicle battery manufacturing facility, to be constructed on the northernmost portion of the former plant. The facility is expected to provide 4,000 direct jobs, with an ...
On July 13, 2022, state officials announced during a press conference that Panasonic was the company in question, and had selected De Soto for its planned $4 billion electric-vehicle battery manufacturing facility, to be constructed on the northernmost portion of the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant. [41]
Panasonic is expected to invest some $4 billion in a new De Soto battery plant, but it could receive twice that amount in taxpayer incentives.
In early 2022 Tesla battery suppliers CATL and Panasonic were reportedly scouting sites for battery factories in North America, including Kansas, Oklahoma, Mexico and Canada. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Panasonic announced in July 2022 that the company selected De Soto, Kansas (at the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant ) to build a battery factory.
In 1998, De Soto annexed Clearview, making it part of the city. In 2001, Rhodes bought the complex. A street sign has toppled over in front of rundown houses at Clearview Village in De Soto.