Honda to buy hybrid batteries from Toyota’s $13.9B N.C. complex as tariff workaround, report says

Toyota's $13.9 billion battery complex in Liberty, N.C., will reportedly also make batteries for American Honda hybrids. (RUDY SCHORK/AUTOMOTIVE NEWS)

March 17, 2025 02:36 PM

American Honda will procure batteries for its hybrid vehicles from Toyota Motor North America’s new $13.9 billion battery complex coming online in Liberty, N.C., Japan’s Nikkei news service reported March 17.

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