In September 2020, Panasonic announced that it would increase operations at Gigafactory Nevada, preparing for a massive ramp that would expand the company’s presence at the plant. We’re excited to continue our investment in the Northern Nevada community and our people here,” Carl Walton, Vice President of Production Engineering and Facilities for PENA, stated.
Panasonic reported in its Q3 2021 Earnings Call that it had expanded global capacity for EV battery manufacturing to 50 GWh. Panasonic builds around 37 GWh of 2170-cylindrical cells at Gigafactory Nevada alone.
Gigawatt hours, abbreviated as GWh, is a unit of energy representing one billion (1 000 000 000) watt hours and is equivalent to one million kilowatt hours. Gigawatt hours are often used as a measure of the output of large electricity power stations. One gigawatt is enough energy to power about 750,000 homes.