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Toyota to build $50M automotive battery lab at Michigan R&D headquarters

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Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Toyota) will invest nearly $50 million to construct a new laboratory facility at its North American R&D headquarters in York Township, Mich. In addition to working with current battery production, lab engineers will explore new battery configurations for future products.

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Toyota to invest $1.3B to build EVs at its Kentucky plant

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Photo: Toyota Toyota just announced a $1.3 billion investment in its Kentucky factory to build EVs, including its three-row electric SUV for the US market. The investment supports the previously announced future battery EV assembly at Toyota Kentucky. The post Toyota to invest $1.3B

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Toyota invests billions in EV production at Indiana and Kentucky plants – Charged EVs

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Usually this sort of cognitive dissonance is considered a bad thing, but in Toyota ’s case it may be otherwise—the company’s leaders have long been the auto industry’s most prominent anti-EV voices, even as the company itself has quietly but steadily prepared for the electric future. Case in point: Toyota recently announced $1.4

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Toyota ups investment in Kentucky plant set to make 3-row electric SUV

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Toyota on Tuesday announced an additional $1.3 billion investment in its Georgetown, Kentucky, assembly plant to prepare for production of a 3-row electric SUV. It also adds a battery pack assembly line to the facility, with batteries to be supplied from a Toyota facility currently under construction in North Carolina.

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Toyota, Kenworth tout fuel cell electric truck capabilities with completion of truck operations for ZANZEFF

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The primary goal for Toyota and Kenworth’s participation in the project was to match nearly the performance of diesel-powered drayage trucks while eliminating emissions to provide a sustainable solution in heavy-duty transportation. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). The Ocean trucks reduced Greenhouse Gases (GHG) by 74.66

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Toyota alternatives Kentucky plant for its first U.S.-made EV

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Toyota Motor Corp. made electrical car in Kentucky origination in 2025, the automaker mentioned Wednesday. Toyota will create the three-row electrical crossover at its biggest manufacturing plant globally, in Georgetown, Ky. The EV’s batteries will come from a Toyota complicated underneath building in Sovereignty, N.C.

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Toyota invests more in the United States for battery & BEV production

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Toyota is taking the leap and investing more in the United States. Toyota’s electric SUV will be assembled in the United States, qualifying for the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) electric vehicle (EV) tax incentives. Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc (TMMK) will produce the all-electric, three-row SUV starting in 2025.