Panasonic considers building new EV battery plant in Oklahoma

Someone in Panasonic must have got the memo 'CATL - parking tanks on our front lawn'.

This is good news for Panasonic shareholders, but gee whizz, they don't act like like own the EV battery show despite being a Tesla partner since the ground floor.

How about building a plant in Japan? Somewhere outside of Aichi, Tokyo and Osaka. The workers and population could use a little help here.

The workers and population could use a little help here.

No one builds a plant for a help needing population. There has to be an outlook and fact based prospects of very big demand for EV cars and batteries, before they build such a new factory. And now the question, how could there be any demand, if the workers and population already need help in your area? That’s a dog hunting own tail in circles.

Pro-business low regulation environment, cheap energy, low taxes, available labor, improved access to raw materials, huge growing demand of North American market etc.

What's not to like, seems a winner!

How about building a plant in Japan? Somewhere outside of Aichi, Tokyo and Osaka. The workers and population could use a little help here.

no customer could be a problem. Whereas in USA, Tesla can't buy enough.

One can afford MUCH more there, due to lower cost of living and higher average wages than ANYWHERE in Japan but it's not perfect!

Please tell where this utopia is as that's the place to go!

ClayToday  09:46 am JST

One can afford MUCH more there, due to lower cost of living and higher average wages than ANYWHERE in Japan but it's not perfect!

Except for the part that it’s not correct.