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TOKYO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Panasonic Holdings on Wednesday said third-quarter operating profit for its energy unit, which makes batteries for Tesla, fell 3.5% from a year earlier due to a weaker ...

Progress on the $4 billion Panasonic battery plant in De Soto is pictured on June 2, 2023. The plant, slated to begin operations in 2025, is expected to bring thousands of jobs to the area. State ...

On November 2, Panasonic officially began construction of its new lithium-ion battery manufacturing factory in De Soto, Kansas (rendering image above), at the Astra Enterprise Park site. This $4 ...

The energy unit of Panasonic Holdings missed its operating profit guidance for the past business year due to lower electric vehicle (EV) battery production in Japan and a fall in sales of consumer ...

Participating in a traditional Japanese ceremony — Kagami Biraki, or a sake barrel opening — dignitaries and representatives of Panasonic and Kansas conclude grand opening celebrations for Panasonic’s ...

Panasonic is reconsidering an earlier decision to scrap plans for a third battery factory in the US. The new factory might be critical for Tesla's ability to access IRA credits for its most popular ...

Panasonic, one of the pioneers of automotive lithium-ion batteries and currently one of the top three EV battery manufacturers (see report for January-July 2021 here), says that its automotive battery ...

Tesla has reached a new three-year deal with Panasonic for battery supply from Gigafactory Nevada. The growth of Gigafactory 1 in Nevada has been impressive, and the factory quickly became the largest ...

TOKYO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Quarterly operating profit for Panasonic Holdings' key energy unit, which makes batteries for Tesla, fell 3.5% from a year earlier on weaker sales in North America as ...