Overview
- Toyota launched production at its Liberty, North Carolina lithium‑ion facility, the company’s eleventh U.S. plant and its first battery plant outside Japan.
- The nearly $14 billion project is projected to create up to 5,100 jobs as Toyota expands domestic battery manufacturing.
- Initial output centers on hybrid modules already shipping to Toyota Kentucky and Mazda Toyota Manufacturing in Alabama to power Camry, Corolla Cross and RAV4 hybrids.
- Three of 14 planned production lines are operating with a fourth being installed, and the site is designed for end‑to‑end work from materials processing to cells, modules and packs.
- Toyota announced up to $10 billion in additional U.S. investment over five years, lifting total U.S. investment near $60 billion, and it says the plant will also supply a future U.S‑built three‑row electric SUV.