DE SOTO — Area leaders joined Panasonic Energy CEOs in the official groundbreaking of its new manufacturing facility Wednesday.
The facility will manufacture lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and is one the largest of its kind in the United States.
The project is expected to create up to 4,000 jobs and is a $4 billion investment in the local economy, according to a press release from the office of Gov. Laura Kelly.
It’s the largest singular economic development project in the state’s history.
Gov. Kelly predicted the Panasonic…
