The batteries produced at the facility will be used in hybrids, plug-in hybrids and fully electric vehicles built in North America.

Toyota’s first in-house battery manufacturing plant outside Japan, is ready to begin production and will start shipping batteries for North American electric vehicles in April.

The company will hire more than 5,000 workers to make batteries for hybrid and electric cars as part of Toyota's approach to encouraging EV ownership in the United States.

Toyota Motor Corp. said during Wednesday's third-quarter analysts presentation that production preparations are completed at the Liberty plant and shipments will begin in April.

Ensuring it has enough of these energy reservoirs to electrify its future U.S. product portfolio, on February 5, Toyota announced its brand spankin’ new manufacturing facility in North Carolina will begin shipping battery packs starting in April.

Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina (TBMNC) is set to commence production at its new battery manufacturing facility, marking the company's first in-house battery plant outside of Japan. The facility is scheduled to begin shipping batteries for North American electrified vehicles in April.

Toyota has unveiled plans to accelerate its electrification initiatives in the US and China, according to its latest financial report. The Japanese automaker will begin producing batteries for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV),

Toyota is set to open its $14 billion battery plant south of Greensboro in April. As part of the automaker’s third-quarter financial report given yesterday in Japan, Toyota Chief Financial Officer Yoichi Miyazaki said the sprawling plant near Liberty has finished preparations for production and will start shipping batteries in April.