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Panasonic 4680 Battery Plant in the United States

Planned · United States · Last reported Mar 2022

Source: Shanghai Metals Market

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Panasonic plans to build a large factory in the United States to produce 4680 lithium-ion batteries for Tesla's new electric vehicles. The company is considering spending billions of dollars to build the plant in Oklahoma or Kansas, near Texas where Tesla is preparing a new electric car factory and has a new headquarters in Austin. Panasonic also plans to build two new production lines at its Waka

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Prospective
Sector
Energy Storage, Automotive, Electric Vehicles (EVs), Manufacturing (Industrial)
Location
United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Shanghai Metals Market

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The project “Panasonic 4680 Battery Plant in the United States” is an infrastructure initiative in the Energy Storage sector, located in United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Shanghai Metals Market.

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2026-07-22

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Panasonic plans to build a large factory in the United States to produce 4680 lithium-ion batteries for Tesla's new electric vehicles. The company is considering spending billions of dollars to build the plant in Oklahoma or Kansas, near Texas where Tesla is preparing a new electric car factory and has a new headquarters in Austin. Panasonic also plans to build two new production lines at its Wakayama plant in Japan to start mass production of these batteries by the end of March 2024.

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Energy

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United States of America (USA)

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Energy Storage, Automotive, Electric Vehicles (EVs), Manufacturing (Industrial)

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2026-02-05

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