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Toyota to assemble new 3-row electric SUV in Kentucky; additional $2.1B investment in North Carolina battery plant

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Toyota will assemble an all-new, three-row, battery electric SUV at Toyota Kentucky starting in 2025. The company’s first US-assembled BEV will be powered by batteries from Toyota North Carolina. The new battery plant, which is currently under construction, will receive an additional $2.1

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VinFast to build EV and battery factory in North Carolina

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Vietnam-based VinFast and the government of North Carolina signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the establishment of VinFast’s first North American manufacturing plant. —North Carolina Commerce Secretary Machelle Baker Sanders.

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Toyota Supercharges North Carolina Battery Plant with New $8 Billion Investment

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Toyota today announced a new investment of nearly $8 billion that will add approximately 3,000 jobs at Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina (TBMNC). This brings total investment to approximately $13.9

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Finland’s Kempower just opened a DC fast charger factory in North Carolina

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Photo: Kempower Finnish EV charger manufacturer Kempower officially opened its first US DC fast charger factory in Durham, North Carolina. Kempower already has three DC fast charger factories in Lahti, Finland, and the new factory in North Carolina, a leased 14,000-square-meter (154,000-square-foot) space, is its fourth.

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Toyota selects North Carolina Greensboro-Randolph Site for new US automotive battery plant; 1.2M electrified vehicles/year

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Toyota Motor North America has selected Greensboro-Randolph Megasite as the location for Toyota’s new $1.29-billion billion automotive battery manufacturing plant, to be named Toyota Battery Manufacturing, North Carolina (TBMNC). million vehicles per year.

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Vietnamese EV brand Vinfast announces North American manufacturing site will be built in North Carolina

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Following entry into the North American market and plans for an HQ on American soil, Vietnamese EV automaker Vinfast, announced that North Carolina will be its new home for US manufacturing.

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Toyota to invest up to $5.6B in battery production in Japan and US

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billion in Japan and the United States toward supplying automotive batteries for battery electric vehicles (BEVs), for which demand is growing. The company aims to begin battery production between 2024 and 2026. and 10% by Toyota Tsusho Corporation) toward increasing automotive battery production.

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