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Toyota Starts Battery Production at $13.9 Billion North Carolina Plant

The launch anchors Toyota’s multi‑pathway electrification strategy with a new U.S. hub for lithium‑ion batteries.

Overview

  • The Liberty, North Carolina facility is Toyota’s first in‑house battery plant outside Japan.
  • Toyota announced up to $10 billion in additional U.S. investment over five years, bringing its total U.S. outlay to nearly $60 billion.
  • The site is engineered for 14 production lines and up to 30 GWh of annual capacity at full scale.
  • The plant is expected to employ about 5,100 people, with hybrid modules already shipping to Toyota Kentucky and Mazda Toyota Manufacturing in Alabama.
  • Batteries from the facility will power Camry, Corolla Cross, and RAV4 hybrids, with packs planned for a future U.S.-built three‑row all‑electric SUV.