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Residents who live on the street next to the battery plant are still under an evacuation for the next few days. Those homeowners said there is a lot of confusion about when they can go back inside.
In December 2021, Toyota first announced plans for a major North Carolina battery plant on a 1,800-acre megasite about 20 miles southeast of Greensboro near the town of Liberty.
Thousands of Liberty residents lost power because of a transformer fire.
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Toyota announced the plant on December 6, 2021, with groundbreaking taking place in mid-2022. [7] The plant will cost Toyota US$13.9 billion to build, [5] with the company officials saying they selected North Carolina for the new plant based on the availability of renewable energy from Duke Energy.
Originally named Liberty Oak, the town was founded in 1809 near the plantation of John Leak. [5] The first church within the town was the Liberty Christian Church (now the United Church of Christ) founded on October 11, 1884.
Toyota announced it would invest an additional $8 billion into its North Carolina battery plant, creating an additional 3,000 jobs. Toyota’s $13.9 billion battery plant now being built in NC ...
The blaze also shook up the young battery storage industry. The fire at the Vistra Energy lithium battery plant in Moss Landing generated huge flames and significant amounts of smoke Thursday but had diminished significantly by Friday, Fire Chief Joel Mendoza of the North County Fire Protection District of Monterey County said.