Gov. Josh Stein announced on Wednesday that Toyota will be opening its first battery plant in North America in North Carolina.
The $13.9 billion investment in Liberty is creating more than 5,100 jobs in Randolph County.
“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.”…