Panasonic Energy announces leaders of Kansas EV Battery Facility

By Maria Merano Posted on September 28, 2023 Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd, announced the senior leadership spearheading the company’s new lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in De Soto, Kansas.  The Japanese electric vehicle battery maker broke ground on its 30 GWh cell factory in November 2022. The Kansas-based battery manufacturing facility will be dedicated to 2170 cylindrical cell …

Tesla highlights remote cabin and battery preconditioning

By Zachary Visconti Posted on September 27, 2023 Tesla’s vehicles come with various unique features, including the ability to use the mobile app to perform several different functions remotely. In a repost of another account pointing to the ability to set cabin temperature remotely, Tesla highlighted that preconditioning will also warm up the vehicle’s battery, …

Elon Musk shows off Tesla’s finished Giga Texas entrance, reception desk

By Zachary Visconti Posted on September 26, 2023 Tesla completed the main entrance to its Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, as can be seen in a photo posted by CEO Elon Musk. In addition to the photo of the entrance, Musk also showed off the new reception desk, featuring an angular design not unlike the forthcoming …