Sources say Panasonic will build another $4 billion battery factory in the United States to ensure the supply of Tesla batteries.

CTOnews.com8 news on March 26, due to the short supply of electric vehicles in the market, many car companies are trying to increase production capacity. At the same time, power battery manufacturers are also increasing the scale of battery production.

Panasonic is in talks with the Oklahoma government about a new $4 billion (27.4 billion yuan) electric car battery factory, according to a person familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported today. Through the new plant, Panasonic will further increase production capacity to ensure the supply of batteries for Tesla and other electric car manufacturers.

In July, Panasonic announced a new power battery plant in Kansas. This means that if the negotiations are successful, Panasonic will build a $4 billion battery plant in Oklahoma on top of the Kansas power battery plant.

Panasonic believes that the battery production business of electric vehicles will play a vital role in its development, as consumers have begun to take the initiative to choose new energy vehicles, the report said.

In addition, although Panasonic has been supplying batteries to Tesla for a long time, Panasonic has been expanding more slowly than South Korea's LG New Energy Company and China's Ningde era.

CTOnews.com learned that Panasonic Kansas Power Battery Plant plans to invest $4 billion (about 27.4 billion yuan) and is expected to add 4000 jobs. Panasonic chose to build a new battery plant in Kansas because of its proximity to Texas and higher tax breaks, according to NIKKEI Asia.