Status
Cancelled: Panasonic chose De Soto, Kansas over Oklahoma in 2022; no Oklahoma plant was built
Panasonic Energy battery cell plant in TBD, Oklahoma, United States. Products: cells. Anchor customer: TBD.
Plant record
Plant record
| Owner or operator | Panasonic Energy |
| Plant | Oklahoma Announced Plant |
| Location | TBD, Oklahoma, United States |
| Region | North America |
| Owner home country | Japan |
| Products | cells |
| Capacity (GWh per year) | 30 |
| Capacity basis | legacy figure, not re-verified |
| Status | cancelled |
| Status checked 2025-2026 | yes |
| Opened or target year | 2027 |
| Investment | $2.0 billion |
| Anchor customer | TBD |
| Strategic tier (1 highest) | 1 |
| China supply exposure | low |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
Official site: na.panasonic.com/us/energy-solutions
In context
Where it fits
Listed in Battery Cell Gigafactories. Owner profile: Panasonic Energy.
| Plant | Location | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gigafactory Nevada (cells for Tesla) (Panasonic Energy) | Sparks, Nevada, United States | battery cell plant | operational |
| Hyogo Cell Plant (Panasonic Energy) | Himeji, Hyogo, Japan | battery cell plant | operational |
| Osaka Cell Plant (Panasonic Energy) | Osaka, Japan | battery cell plant | operational |
| Tokushima Cell Plant (Panasonic Energy) | Tokushima, Japan | battery cell plant | operational |
| Wakayama Cell Plant (Panasonic Energy) | Wakayama, Japan | battery cell plant | operational |
| De Soto Kansas Gigafactory (Panasonic Energy) | De Soto, Kansas, United States | battery cell plant | ramping |
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Fremont 3D Silicon Pilot (Enovix) | Fremont, California, United States | battery cell plant | operational |
| Fremont Silicon Anode (Amprius Technologies) | Fremont, California, United States | battery cell plant | operational |
| Gigafactory Nevada (Tesla) | Sparks, Nevada, United States | battery cell plant | operational |
| Gigafactory Texas cell and pack operations (Tesla) | Austin, Texas, United States | battery cell plant | operational |
| Holland Michigan Plant (LG Energy Solution) | Holland, Michigan, United States | battery cell plant | operational |
| Jacksonville Plant (Saft America) | Jacksonville, Florida, United States | battery cell plant | operational |
| Joplin Missouri Plant (EaglePicher) | Joplin, Missouri, United States | battery cell plant | operational |
| Kentucky Battery Plant 1 (ex-BlueOval SK) (Ford) | Glendale, Kentucky, United States | battery cell plant | operational |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Oklahoma Announced Plant (Panasonic Energy)
- Sources
- ElectronsX gigafactory dataset; company releases and trade press
- Updated
- 2026-10