The news allegedly comes from sources close to Panasonic, but when reached for comment, the company was not willing to confirm anything.
“We are examining various growth strategies for our automotive battery business,” a Panasonic spokesperson told WSJ, “but there is no further information that we can share at the moment aside from what we have already announced.”
Should the Oklahoma development prove true, it would match the claimed investment in Kansas and likely create as many jobs.
It all makes sense when you consider the Oklahoma Department of Commerce has been working hard on ‘Project Ocean’ as a means of attracting an unnamed multi-billion dollar business to the state. At the time when the legislation was pushed through in April this year, Panasonic was rumored to be that company.
