Toyota added $8 billion to its battery plant under construction on a 1,825-acre site in Liberty, North Carolina, bringing the total to about $13.9 billion. The expansion adds 3,000 jobs, for more than 5,000 in all, and adds lines for battery-electric vehicle batteries alongside hybrid batteries. The plan This was the third and largest step-up for Toyota's battery plant on a 1,825-acre site in Liberty, North Carolina. First announced at $1.29 billion in 2021, it grew to $3.8 billion in 2022 and to about $13.9 billion with this $8 billion addition. The extra money added lines for fully electric vehicle batteries alongside hybrid batteries and 3,000 more jobs, for more than 5,000 in all. Opening Toyota started production on November 12, 2025, at what it calls its first battery plant outside Japan and its 11th US plant. It has 14 production lines and about 30 GWh of yearly capacity at full output, with more lines planned by 2030. The first batteries go into the Camry, Corolla Cross and RAV4 hybrids, and later a three-row electric SUV built in Indiana. About 1,200 people worked there at the opening, with about 5,100 jobs planned. Hybrids and EVs Toyota bet on hybrids as well as EVs when rivals went all-in on EVs, and the plant is built to make both. At the opening Toyota also pledged up to $10 billion more for its US operations over five years.
