Panasonic picks Kansas for $4b EV battery plant
, who was allegedly going to build a plant near De Soto, but the Kansas administration remained tight-lipped: Governor Kelly only said"it's an incredibly reputable company."
Also mentioned in February was the economic boost the mystery company would bring: 4,000 jobs and $4 billion in investments, the same figures announced along with today's Panasonic deal.Oklahoma was also fighting to attract the Panasonic factory: it created a $698 million incentive package and a 3.4 percent, five-year rebate deal on capital expenditures however it wasn't enough to sway the battery maker to set up shop in the Sooner State, which borders Kansas to the south.
Andrej Karpathy had been with Tesla since 2017 and oversaw its computer vision teams responsible for Autopilot and groups responsible for data labeling and deployment of Autopilot. Karpathy announced his resignation in aKarpathy said his time with Autopilot saw it graduate"from lane-keeping to city streets and I look forward to seeing the exceptionally strong Autopilot team continue that momentum."for undisclosed reasons.
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