Earlier this month, Gov. Josh Stein and Commerce Secretary Lee Lilley stopped by Liberty, North Carolina, to celebrate the start of production at Toyota’s first North American battery plant. Workers at the plant will produce batteries for hybrid electric, fully electric, and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
“Today we celebrate historic progress as Toyota scales battery production right here in North Carolina,” said Stein. “This groundbreaking investment will create more than 5,000 new jobs for North Carolinians and will strengthen our clean energy economy.”
In addition to the 5,100 jobs coming to Randolph County, Toyota announced it would donate $2.7 million to Guilford County Schools, Asheboro City Schools, and Shift_ed as part of community investment in STEM education.
“This is an exciting time for Toyota, the region, and the Tar Heel state,” said Toyota North Carolina President Don Stewart. “This significant milestone reflects our continued commitment to the thousands of North Carolinians Toyota will employ and the future economic growth of the Triad region.”
The opening of the new Toyota plant is part of the Stein administration’s push to invest in clean energy jobs. Since taking office in January, Gov. Stein has announced more than $20 billion in new investments and more than 28,000 new, good-paying jobs coming to North Carolina.
