Panasonic finalising choice of U.S. state for battery plant - exec

Panasonic Energy India

03/06/2022 06:55

TOKYO, June 3 (Reuters) - Japan's Panasonic Holdings Corp
 6752.T , which makes batteries for electric car maker Tesla
 TSLA.O , is finalising a decision on which U.S. state it will
choose as the site for a new battery plant, a top executive said
on Friday. 
    "We've been making various considerations, but we are
starting to finalise," said Panasonic Energy Chief Executive
Officer Kazuo Tadanobu, speaking to reporters during a round
table event. No decision had been made yet, he added.
    The Japanese conglomerate is looking at potential factory
sites in Kansas and Oklahoma to supply the batteries to the U.S.
electric automaker's plant in Texas, two people with knowledge
of the plan have said.
    

 (Reporting by Satoshi Sugiyama; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell)
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