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Toyota will invest $5.6 billion in EV battery production

Toyota bZ4X driving down steep incline 2022
Toyota's first full-electric vehicle, the bZ4X, was launched earlier this year.
August 31, 2022 08:22 AM

TOKYO – Electric vehicle laggard Toyota says it will plow about $5.6 billion into making more EV batteries in the U.S. and Japan, including increased capacity at a recently-announced plant in North Carolina, as the automaker plays catch up on all-electric offerings.

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