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— Panasonic is ramping up its hiring efforts at its electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility in De Soto.
The company currently employs 1,400 workers at the facility, which has been operating two EV battery production lines since opening last summer. Panasonic’s goal is to hire 4,000 total employees by 2027 when all six production lines are expected to be fully operational…