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New $4B Panasonic electric vehicle (EV) battery factory in Kansas requires so much power that the facility will need its own coal plant to run

There is nothing "clean" about producing "green" energy products like EV batteries

Newsroom October 3 12:22

A coal-fired power plant in Kansas that was slated for closure will remain open after all to provide needed power for, wait for it: a new electric vehicle (EV) battery factory producing “clean” energy storage products.

In accordance with the Biden regime’s ongoing efforts to force all Americans into an EV, Panasonic has built a $4 billion EV battery factory in the small Kansas City exurb of De Soto.

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Local media reports state that the factory will require anywhere from 200 to 250 megawatts of electricity to function. This is roughly the amount of power needed to keep the lights on in a small city.

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