Panasonic announced earlier this week that it will produce the new 4680-type cylindrical lithium-ion batteries in Japan, but it might be just the first step before something bigger.
Reuters and Bloomberg report, after Japanese public broadcaster NHK, that Panasonic is looking to purchase land for a battery factory in the US, which would produce a new type of battery cell for Tesla. It's not an official report and NHK's sources were not disclosed.
