Toyota plant manager in North Carolina offers unique perspective

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Toyota plant manager in North Carolina offers unique perspective
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@scrappy7571 Ай бұрын

Meanwhile GM is closing plants and dealerships, Chyrsler is on the skids. And nobody wants EV's.

@linusa2996 Ай бұрын

Chrysler has been on the skids for decades

@diytwoincollege7079 Ай бұрын

I just bought a RAV 4 hybrid. Toyota makes great cars.

@stephen4763 Ай бұрын

Hertz returned several thousand EV ‘s. Plus didn’t Toyota drop EVs from its portfolio?

@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb Ай бұрын

Huh?? EVs now account for 20% of all new sales - up from near-zero a decade ago. That's a massive change in demand that few saw coming - certainly not knuckle draggers...

@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb Ай бұрын

@@stephen4763 What are you blathering about? Toyota sells a ton of hybrids. They lowered their EV expectations, but still see significant yoy growth.

@andyleo8418 Ай бұрын

Toyota is a leader in hybrid technology. So these batteries can be used in their EV or hybrids. They've been hesitant in entering the EV market. They haven't gone in head first like the others . They arent dumb.

@jackfieldsjack1061 Ай бұрын

Hybrids cannot pull. If loaded it struggles constant uphill. Overpriced too.

@andyleo8418 Ай бұрын

@@jackfieldsjack1061 the Tundra hybrid max towing is 12,000lbs. More than the V8 that got replaced. What's your source that hybrids can't tow? "Trust me bro"? 😂😂🤡

@user-ci8gz3ch8i Ай бұрын

Toyota has two battery subsidiaries: Prime Earth EV Energy (PEVE), which produces nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries for hybrids (HV-RAV4), and Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc(PPES). which produces lithium ion batteries(Li-ion) for PHEVs (RAV4prime, bZ4x).

@andyleo8418 Ай бұрын

@@user-ci8gz3ch8i they're bringing battery production in-house with this facility.

@donwyoming1936 Ай бұрын

Ford is far ahead in battery tech. As is Tesla. They're already moving on from lithium ion batteries.

@harrycraviotto2375 Ай бұрын

Ask ford about how the lighting trucks are selling?

@bradc6199 Ай бұрын

And the Mach E! 😂

@tolucaheights Ай бұрын

You mean the frankentruck they tried to stick on a rivian frame and battery pack?

@DiamondBill428 Ай бұрын

I agree but also to be fair they still are fords…

@tolucaheights Ай бұрын

@@DiamondBill428 look around, hardly any new cars being sold. Interest rates sky high who can afford them

@diytwoincollege7079 Ай бұрын

Are they practical? I would say no.

@CashisKingtrucking Ай бұрын

This is awesome. While all the other auto manufacturers are running to Mexico, Toyota is investing in America.

@LeeF945 Ай бұрын

I think its disgusting

@Jasper118 Ай бұрын

@@LeeF945why?

@briscoedarling3237 Ай бұрын

Finally a very well-done local news story of importance to our community with tons of information.

@masonite1973 Ай бұрын

How much taxpayer money was forked over for this new plant

@rdperrin5854 Ай бұрын

Moren then you can imagine.

@BrianBourgeois- Ай бұрын

And how much will it generate in tax revenue over 50 years?

@rdperrin5854 Ай бұрын

Good? I guess it depends on what kind of deal that was made with state ,federal and local governments.

@seymorefact4333 Ай бұрын

the Bz4x is worthless. BRING OVER made in China BYD, NIO, Zeekr, Huawei, Xaomi, Geely, Chery, Xpeng, CATL....more advance and better design. Toyota, Honda, Nissan, GM, FORD, BENZ, bmw, vw....ALL TO EXPENSIVE AND WELL BEHIND IN TECH! BYD SEAGULL W/ 250 miles for $11k and many Chinese EVs well below $25k! Even all the toyota, honda, ford, nissan, benz, etc. use CHINESE batteries and vehicle designs to build their evs! Avg price of a EV in US is $70K! GET rid of the tax credits, IRA, subsidies, and prices will drastically decline! The Chinese WILL BRING MORE JOBS TO THE USA! rather than latin america!

@azmike3572 Ай бұрын

If you want to blame someone, blame the local and state legislators. They give concessions and tax breaks in order to "bring home the bacon" (jobs) to secure reelection votes.

@TheBuckeyeFarm Ай бұрын

Would you need a factory to dispose of these batteries after they are dead!

@0ooTheMAXXoo0 Ай бұрын

Too many companies recycling batteries right now, not enough batteries for them. Redmond have community programs to collect batteries as a way to get more batteries, for example...

@Walkeranz Ай бұрын

Difficult to recycle lithium batteries here. No place to do it.

@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb Ай бұрын

Get real. They moved there because of low wages and low worker protections.

@justing6594 Ай бұрын

Exactly!

@donwyoming1936 Ай бұрын

They will likely import labor from other states. North Carolina's workforce is unskilled, unproductive & uneducated. It's why textile manufacturers left the state 25 years ago. Their workers in the midwest produced twice as much as those in the south east.

@MrKbsweeney 26 күн бұрын

Who, exactly, is Toyota in business to appeal to? Car buyers and shareholders. The only responsibility they have to employees is to pay a fair wage and safe working conditions. Toyota pays above market hourly wages with a comprehensive menu of benefits. What more do you want?

@jimedge8301 25 күн бұрын

Who do you think helped the government do this , the unions did . They can't break into Toyota with unions ,ever wonder why ,go ask the 45 dollar an hr union worker that operates automation,who was layed of 🤔

@marty1140 Ай бұрын

Nope ill keep driving what i have

@craigemmett2425 Ай бұрын

It's my understanding that if a foreign auto manufacturer build cars in the U.S. they can skirt import tariffs and dump cheap imports into the states.

@rayRay-pw6gz Ай бұрын

True. They are also providing income to many Americans which pay taxes on their income. Good pay and benefits.

@msgmak1379 Ай бұрын

Where do I go to get a cheap new car?

@tirdkat6104 Ай бұрын

Still better than what American manufacturers are doing - Building cars in Mexico with Chinese made parts.

@rayRay-pw6gz Ай бұрын

@@msgmak1379 find a Time Machine and go back to 1969. A brand new ford maverick was $1,999.00 . And it comes with a radio and hack free technology.

@rayRay-pw6gz Ай бұрын

@@tirdkat6104 most vehicles are sourced globally and assembled globally. We live in what is called a global economy. Even the American icon Harley Davidson.

@andrewj4442 Ай бұрын

And when those batteries need to be ♻♻♻♻♻♻♻♻?

@sunpwrd Ай бұрын

They will be recycled. Already happening.

@dave3657 Ай бұрын

Where are batteries being recycled? These aren’t lead acid batteries.

@sunpwrd Ай бұрын

@@dave3657 Correct, they are lithium batteries. Redwood Materials in Nevada is the world's largest EV battery recycler. They report recovery of up to 98% of the elements to be used in new batteries. This You Tube site has several informative videos on their operation: www.youtube.com/@redwoodmaterials

@0ooTheMAXXoo0 Ай бұрын

Redmond materials have programs where schools and rotary clubs collect batteries. A lot of companies are recycling all kinds of batteries with the trouble being not enough batteries for them to recycle...

@dcdanger6151 Ай бұрын

Number one selling vehicle in the US for decades are pickup trucks. Nobody wants a EV truck. I hope this plant is successful for the local economy they just may need to diversify thier product

@markjwil Ай бұрын

Toyotas trucks and SUV's are basically hybrids.

@FirstHillSeattle Ай бұрын

Not sure who “nobody” is, but Ford Lightning sales continue to increase.

@dcdanger6151 Ай бұрын

@@FirstHillSeattle Anybody that actually uses thier truck to haul loads, pull trailers or actually drive farther than 300 miles in a day

@mikehc6159 Ай бұрын

@@dcdanger6151 90% of pickup truck owners never tow anything

@phubarnow5388 Ай бұрын

@@dcdanger6151 You are way to generous with the mileage, all of the major car / truck mags tested the lightning in real world applications, many who never came close to the full towing capacity , motor trend did tow 7000 lbs, never exceeded 100 mile range.

@markjwil Ай бұрын

What attracted Toyota to the area = abatements on taxes and utilities. The residents are going to pay the taxes and utilities of this foreign big corporation for years to come. Another win for billionaires and politicians.

@sharonmenzel7791 Ай бұрын

I live in ky, Toyota came to Georgetown,ky years ago making the Camry. That small town now has stores, restaurants, more schools, and people than before. Yes more traffic when it’s time for them to go to work, but it’s made that town better, and every 4th of July toyota puts on a hell of a fire works show

@MuniTechnology Ай бұрын

Make all the EVs you want. I won't own one, and I don't know anyone else who will who doesn't already and some of them seem done.

@steveb796 Ай бұрын

Why?

@psychafunkapus Ай бұрын

They'll probably have some sweetheart deal where any excess the government will just purchase..

@steveb796 Ай бұрын

@@psychafunkapus I recall several legacy automakers getting bailed out by the government.

@du24pont70 Ай бұрын

@psychafunkapus like China's EV market. Their numbers are fake. EV's are registered off the line, so it shows false numbers of ownership. There are endless fields of unsold, but registered, EV's just rotting away with time.

@andrewmellon5072 Ай бұрын

I won't own an e v. I bought my first diesel car in 79. People were very scathing. By 2020, Ireland where I live, had nearly all cars were diesel . I would love to see the West independent of foreign Oil and gas producers, what ever about global warming, which is happening for what ever cause.

@DavidRaines-jg2tl 20 күн бұрын

Are there any US manufacturers in Japan?

@joescola7498 Ай бұрын

Toyotas factories are super clean and super safe. I've been to the transmission plant in WV and it's SPOTLESS and incredibly well run/maintained.

@camgere Ай бұрын

5S: Sort, Straighten, Scrub, Systematize, and Standardize.

@LeeF945 Ай бұрын

How sad!

@virgilpalmer2427 Ай бұрын

Making lithium batteries... That's going to be a huge debacle...

@rdperrin5854 Ай бұрын

Your tax dollars at work.Another biden fuc- up.

@marathonlogistics9943 Ай бұрын

The chemical run off for sure. Have you seen the roads they are building in Indiana to charge your phone, it will be for Cars as well. I work at Huntsville, AL site where we make cars

@seymorefact4333 Ай бұрын

@sunpwrd Ай бұрын

Why do you say that? Demand globally for EVs is growing all the time. Here in CA, over 1 in 4 new cars is an EV. If Toyota does not build this factory, they will be even further behind Tesla and others that are moving fast to get battery supplies.

@rdperrin5854 Ай бұрын

I live in Minnesota where it gets down to 20-30 below zero and if there is any kind of bad weather during rush hour, you're sitting on a freeway for 2-3 hours trying to get home. Also trying to stay warm running heat or a defroster. no battery is made to last long in our conditions of winter weather. Batteries do not like cold or are efficent.Plus the resources to pull all these raw materials out of the ground to make them is ridicules and not cost effective. Add that the electrical grid cannot support a society all on EV cars at this point. You should know that living in CA. who have rolling black outs and a government who during heat waves tells people to cut back on power usage and controls the power grid. Sorry i will take a ICE car any day of the week. In my view you live in one of the worst states in America. High taxes and a dumb ass for a Govenor. High crime, large homeless population business leaving well you get the picture maybe. Besides no matter what we do like all things in in the progression of life this plant will die to.

@danielcrane991 Ай бұрын

I drive a Lexus (Toyota ) hybrid and it is a six cylinder engine with 310 HP, average about 30 MPG, and the reliability and comfort is great. My daughter who leased a Volkswagen Tiguan last year has brought the car back to the dealer more than several times and continues to have problems! With over 50 years of driving I always thought Made in America was the best I was wrong! Lexus (Toyota) is the most reliable and best made cars period.

@Imnotyourdoormat Ай бұрын

In just a few years they'll only be hiring through Temporary Agencies offering less than 40 hrs. per week so they don't have to pay Full-Time wages turning that great big factory into 1 giant sweatshop. Just like they did, and are doing right now today in Georgetown Kentucky. Why does anybody think they strictly pick these places to build their factories anyway?

@Jasper118 Ай бұрын

Where would you rather them be built?

@camgere Ай бұрын

Toyota could triple the number of Prius PHEVs and RAV4 PHEVs and sell them all. They could also offer PHEV versions of the Camry, Highlander, Grand Highlander and Crown (probably my next car).

@williamrossetter9430 Ай бұрын

Hopefully, Toyota's solid state batteries will eventually be a part of this operation. With the recent waning interest in electric vehicles, I would imagine that many hybrid lithium ion batteries will be their first move. Go Toyota!

@Agislife1960 Ай бұрын

It's a lot of money for what seems to be a declining market, the consumers attitude about EV's has shifted and they're not willing to spend that kinda money on a inferior product

@jacobuszwanenburg1629 Ай бұрын

Batteries !!! Newest fad Canada is giving deals to companies for the same thing Battery plants that pay no taxes. Taxpayers do that and watch CEO’s take home millions. What a scam

@winslowbrewer821 Ай бұрын

Same at the Moncure area

@vm722 Ай бұрын

FJB and his evs

@oliverrojas3185 Ай бұрын

Toyota, thanks so much for your generosity. Toyota is setting a positive tone. It's importing technology to the United States. United States citizens in the North Carolonia and neighboring states are going to receive a massive dose of growth opportunity as Toyota exports higher paying jobs out of it's country of origin.

@phubarnow5388 Ай бұрын

HaHaHa keep on drinking that Kkkoolaid brother!

@burtlewand5915 Ай бұрын

Oh boy, quite the opposite. They see you as the replacement for China, where they know the government will muzzle workers at the drop of the hat and because the south the center of corporate welfareism.

@user-oe8vv8cb1t 23 күн бұрын

This explains a little more about what the new Syrah Resources Limited graphite plant in Louisiana is all about. The people buying the Syrah stock SRHYY saying it’s going to make them rich must know about this new battery plant that will buy graphite from Syrah.

@johnreese3762 Ай бұрын

WOW!!

@gary.s7759 Ай бұрын

This is a mega win for the area and NC. Let's hope that the Corporate jobs are also occupied by locals not just the shop floor positions.

@seymorefact4333 Ай бұрын

@azmike3572 Ай бұрын

It's harder, since well-educated and experienced applicants for the corporate jobs will come from all 50 states and possibly beyond.

@LeeF945 Ай бұрын

I think its sick

@sky4you2b Ай бұрын

Where are they going to get all of the workers ?

@waynemurphy7394 21 күн бұрын

The new workers are crossing the border now !

@seanrhone5306 22 күн бұрын

Can't imagine having her job! No way could I do that.

@billyrock8305 Ай бұрын

Toyota- Topgun #1 🥇 🇯🇵

@LeoTalks_RealTalk Ай бұрын

No more markups, dealerships……..

@pat5882 Ай бұрын

Not long after the hybrid was introduced to the market, the state of Oregon was seriously considering a mileage tax. Why? There are a good deal of hybrid vehicle owners In that state and a few years on, the state noticed a decline in the gasoline tax revenue. The residents were ok with a mileage tax only if the gasoline tax was dropped. The state dropped the mileage tax idea.

@donaldcary7259 Ай бұрын

Can you say bankruptcy?

@hzilla5550 Ай бұрын

How's that Ford battery plant in Elizabethtown, KY doing? Now all we need is zillions of miles of copper wire and natural gas/ solar/wind electricity generation and grid build out for all these supposed charging stations these thirsty batteries will require. My instinct tells me there will be a portable diesel generator behind every charging station.

@InnisArden Ай бұрын

Battery fully charged weight’s fifty pounds, same battery fully discharged weight’s fifty pounds, what does energy weigh ?

@martycech5844 Ай бұрын

Toyota and Honda Will Dominate this industry!

@theacn5308 Ай бұрын

Who's the GC?

@psychiatry-is-eugenics Ай бұрын

Toyota is mainly hybrid

@TheGuyMullins Ай бұрын

You realize that the electric car is not doing well.

@RideWNC Ай бұрын

Toyota Japan is going to make a fortune off the US tax payers. Thanks Joe Biden!

@js-wq6zy Ай бұрын

Toyota is the biggest and best for plenty of reasons....

@mattd.4133 Ай бұрын

She's probably getting a couple million dollars a year and will hire all the new.employees making $12.00/hour. Lol and houses around there cost $300,000 and up. "But it's the young people who don't want to work."

@OmarOsman98 Ай бұрын

Toyota doesn’t have a union but they moved starting pay to $30+ per hour. Plus benefits, it’s not bad

@dougharding5231 23 күн бұрын

I'm very disappointed in Toyota for making such a decision. They should look around a little bit. Ford, for example, has delayed building 2 of 3 battery plants.

@ExpeditionNomadicAdventures Ай бұрын

Building batteries for world wide use, is a plus for the local economy. Those nay-sayers have ancestors who resisted driving cars and kept riding their horses until they died and so goes the evolution of humanity.

@user-fk4rc4dm7r Ай бұрын

Go get a booster

@frankroper3274 Ай бұрын

In SC they charge a blanket fee just for owning a battery vehicle! I bought one thinking they were more economical and ecologically friendly and I got slammed with a fee! It doesn't matter if you just let it sit in the driveway you have to pay a fee in SC! They call it a blanket fee since it screws everybody that owns one! Just be aware of it!

@rstokes8044 Ай бұрын

I would like to see the plan for when they have a battery fire..

@scottshaw986 13 күн бұрын

No you wouldn’t! And the the local neighbors don’t either!

@richardchildress9031 Ай бұрын

still investing in lithium , lol

@seymorefact4333 Ай бұрын

@Jenda-ld8dj 29 күн бұрын

All for $11.00/hr. with swing shifts and layoffs.

@paulm6481 Ай бұрын

Great video. This is how Toyota can make all next gen Camrys hybrids.

@215618680 19 күн бұрын

How about building a factory to alleviate the shortage of ICE cars? Ain’t no cars on dealers lots!

@aeejr394 Ай бұрын

Might think about turning this in to an auto paint shop… Batteries will die a slow death…..

@ProcJimi Ай бұрын

I agree the Greensboro workforce is alive and kicking! Let's keep the #GsoHeartbeat alive!

@seymorefact4333 Ай бұрын

@rudydedogg6505 Ай бұрын

I'm just a dumb blue collar guy so what do I know? Well, for one, I think investing huge sums of money into ANYTHING, including battery manufacturing, having to do with EVs is an incredibly stupid move. Look at Ford, GM, Rivian, Polestar and Tesla and you'll see that each of them are teetering on the edge due to massive financial losses. EV sales are down, the world economies are falling, car loan defaults and vehicle repossessions in the US are at an all-time high and Toyota wants to invest in batteries?!?! Lord, give me strength!

@samsammy6210 Ай бұрын

Go green cut down 1800 acres of trees to plant a plant that makes lithium batteries. Thought trees was natural filtration system to clean the air ? This is not the only battery plant to be built in North Carolina. Another one in Wilmington might be on the way. NC was a beautiful state from the coast to the Blue Ridge mountains. I call this growth to be the death of North Carolina. More is coming as far as mega plants. Btw where are they mining for these precious metals. The Blue Ridge Mountains maybe ?

@justing6594 Ай бұрын

Yea no one else thinks of all that. They just like the feel good story the news tells you. Goggle lithium mine. See what they do to land. They completely destroy it. And what about the run off from the mines?

@jamesmcdonald6047 Ай бұрын

30 years as an Executive and can’t figure out how to comb her hair 😂

@abdul-kabiralegbe5660 Ай бұрын

It might have been windy. Remember, the longer the hair, the more susceptible it is to the wind. In any case, women don't have to be picture perfect. Or maybe she's the Toyota equivalent of Boris Johnson hairwise. 😆

@soyuz281 Ай бұрын

She is definitely very good at her job. No time for looking good.

@arney444 Ай бұрын

She is a promoted "diversity" executive... And her hair is the most important feature of her "Diversity".... ):)

@megp.8420 Ай бұрын

Would you ever call an overweight or bald male executive out on his looks? Who are you and what are you doing anyway?

@feelnrite Ай бұрын

I am not impressed with her.

@blomegoog 14 күн бұрын

Toyota. Too late. What a feeling.

@anthonytran7566 Ай бұрын

I like everything being made in the good USA and not China Com.

@timphillips9594 21 күн бұрын

AND WHERE WILL THE ELECTRICITY COME FROM 🤔

@freddieqmercury5961 Ай бұрын

Honda is planning an EV battery plant in Ontario Canada, yet EV sales are tanking. I thought Toyota’s pst CEO, didn’t believe in EVs and he is still a big boss in Toyota.

@DMUSA536 29 күн бұрын

Ask Hertz how their EV’s are. Oh yeah, they’re selling all of them.

@LeeF945 Ай бұрын

How sad!

@davehaggerty3405 Ай бұрын

All these doubters that are reluctant to go electric have a champion in Lauren Boebert. If that tells you anything.

@stussels Ай бұрын

it may work out for you but for many its simply not viable. now go champion AOC.

@davehaggerty3405 Ай бұрын

@@stussels America is going electric. You can buy Tesla stock and make money. Or you can fight it and loose. Bobert is a curse on society. AOC is an angel sent from heaven to save us from ourselves. That’s how I see it. An old white guy in the rural part of a solid red state. But danm! Facts are facts! Live with it.

@reedjacksonmaccom Ай бұрын

you mean Marilu Henner?

@user-qq3tq7hg6e Ай бұрын

And where will the materials come from to make the batteries? China of course. We better start learning Mandarin.

@mikehc6159 Ай бұрын

lmfao you've gone off the deep end and there's probably no hope for you

@larrrevenga49 Ай бұрын

Foolish very foolish move I’m surprised with Toyota plane on a declining EV shim sham Glad I’m not a stock holder

@CraigerAce 21 күн бұрын

Just wait until the EV battery disposal problem happens. Just wait until current EV owners realize how little their vehicle is worth when they try to sell it or trade it in. Just wait until it becomes even more glaringly apparent that the electricity grid will never be able to come anywhere near the required capacity for EV’s to replace internal combustion powered vehicles. Just wait.

@chrisbelsito4231 Ай бұрын

They’ve burned millions of gallons of gas and diesel building it!!!!

@hawkeyetec Ай бұрын

Nice for nc to have this investment. How are batteries going to be made when there arent enough raw materals to make the batteries needed to replace the existing automotive market?. Never mind that we dont have the power plants for the electricity demand. But were planning on closing about 16 percent of power plants..... This is a twilight zone move for the usa and or the planet.

@psychafunkapus Ай бұрын

So you only need to destroy one facility to end battery manufacturing in America. I'm sure no one will do anything with that kind of information.

@nicolewembley3093 Ай бұрын

Wow 14 billion investment to make lithium batteries for EV cars that nobody seems to want any more, batteries for Hybrids yes. EV's will never replace internal combustion engines, in cars. EV's will only be a small percentage at best.

@jml9550 Ай бұрын

Toyota needs a lot more batteries for their hybrids, especially PHEVs. I believe eventually Toyota will offer PHEV in every models in the US once they scale up the battery plant capacity.

@seymorefact4333 Ай бұрын

@sunpwrd Ай бұрын

EVs are already over 25% of the new cars sold in CA and that number is growing fast. Instead of denigrating EVs from ignorance, you should drive a Tesla and see what you're missing. They make the best cars in the world. By 2035, there will likely be no more gas cars made anywhere in the world. After that date, no new gas cars can be sold in CA and many other states, all of China, and most of Europe.

@tristenklein5940 Ай бұрын

@@sunpwrdEVs are more dangerous and damaging to the environment than any ICE vehicle, you are driving a lithium firebombs waiting to explode and none of the toxic batteries are recyclable. They also are completely useless in cold weather climates and conditions and are impractical for commercial construction industry they also REQUIRE FOSSIL FUELS to manufacture distribute and use. Where do you think electricity comes from, plastic, steel aluminum rubber electric motors and all the components involved in building them, FOSSIL FUELS, Oil, Natural Gas and Coal! They are also 3x more expensive to operate than any ICE vehicles on the market. This entire movement has nothing to do with the environment it’s all about power and control over the people by tyrannical politicians.

@mgronich948 Ай бұрын

In Toyota's battery roadmap, they will be making Lithium NMC batteries until 2027, when they will switch over to LiFeP chemistry. The problem is Chinese EV switched over to LiFeP 2 years ago and the public will soon understand that Li NMC is an obsolte technology and no one will buy them. In summary, NMC batteries are the type used in your cell phone/laptop. They can be recharged 300~500 times. That means the very expensive battery for your EV will be dead after 100,000 miles. LiFeP batteries can be recharged ~5000 times, they will last a million miles. This is a big gamble for Toyota, especially if they understand no one will buy those batteries will 2027.

@user-ln7of9gs4s Ай бұрын

I’ve iPhone for years with the same battery, no problem. There are plenty of Teslas out there with 200k on the original batteries with minimal degradation.

@seymorefact4333 Ай бұрын

@LWRC Ай бұрын

Nobody wants these battery cars. They're still charged by fossil fuels and a waste of time to charge! Don't even talk about performance in freezing weather!!!

@hotshotsunnyz Ай бұрын

They are making hybrid vehicles. Do you know what are hybrids?

@frankcoffey Ай бұрын

Fantastic. That’s the kind of jobs that create a really healthy community.

@petersipp5247 Ай бұрын

The workers will be wise to go union from the start. They will make more $ and will be able to have more say in everything that affects them. The lies that employers use so they can yank the workers around with...can not be used. Unions are what gave us the 40 hr week for example. Unions are what helped the middle class. Unions pay enough so one parent working is all that is needed to make ends meet. Is this not enough reason to start out union ?

@beboboymann3823 Ай бұрын

You must be a democrat. Unions take union dues from hard working families and give it to democrat politicians. If workers don’t pay union dues they get to keep their earnings for themselves. Why do you thinkToyota located to North Carolina? Unions are not needed. Property taxes and cost of living is very competitive in North Carolina.

@stephen4763 Ай бұрын

🥱. That would be the death knell for that plant. Unions were a good idea back in the day to right several wrongs. Today? Way overboard on their agendas. One gets looked down upon for exceeding the “average” work pace. Unions do not appreciate individual initiative. It makes others “look bad”. That’s the main thing that pops into my head. One union paper mill I was at had tons of rules for breaks. 15 minutes to”get ready” for a 15 to 20 minute break and then 15 minutes to return to one’s work area and “get ready” for work. Same for the lunch breaks AND leaving work. I wondered how ANYTHING got done.

@beboboymann3823 Ай бұрын

Boing closed a plant and moved it to Charleston, SC because of the unions on the west coast. Now the unions are trying to get their greedy hands on the employees at the Charleston plant. 7,000 workers voted no. 150 out of 175 employees on the flight line voted to go union so only that particular segment of the entire work force went union. Why did Boing pull out of the west coast facility and move all the way to South Carolina? Because South Carolina like North Carolina is a right to work state and if Boing feels threatened by the unions in South Carolina all Boing needs to do is make a phone call to the governor of North Carolina and Boing will be offered free land, tax breaks for a few years and maybe even low interest loans for construction of facilities. And it all will happen with the speed of light. Southern states do not like unions. I would venture to say that the flight line workers that voted for unionization were transplants from other states. By the way, after the 7,000 workers voted no union the union North Charleston office closed its doors and left. Boing came in offering salaries and benefits better than what the southern workers were used to seeing in cotton mills and other industrial jobs in the south. They know where their bread is buttered.

@sonnymarino7904 21 күн бұрын

They start high with 50,000, then as robots take over it’ll go down a couple hundred + they gotta worry bout the union getting in.

@darylb5564 Ай бұрын

Judging by the comments most people would prefer that Toyota take their billions to Mexico. You folks should really stop talking in public…

@choosewisely4722 Ай бұрын

It's puzzling that both the pro and anti BEV people are against this Toyota battery plant. Pro BEV people think Toyota's hybrids like Prius with 50+ mpg are no good because they are not 100% emission free. Anti BEV people have conflated HEVs with BEVs and think Toyota has gone woke with its hybrids, but in fact hybrids are like ICE vehicles with 50+ mpg which are considered great at one time, and which the pro BEV people hate nowadays. Meanwhile, Toyota is investing in this NC battery plant creating jobs because hybrids like Prius are selling well, and Tesla sales are down and is laying off people, and that's a good thing for the anti BEV people because Tesla, an American company, is suffering. Confusing.

@Noscams00 Ай бұрын

I can't afford a new gas vehicle much less a new ev.

@georgestrickland9278 Ай бұрын

only ev that made sense was the chevy volt with an onboard generator to charge the batteries

@elwynanderson9947 Ай бұрын

Pipe dream. Sad for many that will ultimately have a short career at this site.

@linusa2996 Ай бұрын

Toyota has been making hybrid cars since 1997. its now 2024. how do you define short?

@justing6594 Ай бұрын

Yup probably part time bum wage jobs. Where some will require government assistance to make ends meet.

@samsammy6210 Ай бұрын

And this will be passed on to the tax payers as usual.

@drivesafely12 28 күн бұрын

It's a monstrosity. All that land!

@markploof Ай бұрын

What a waste of money. We think corporate is so smart 😂

@hphillips7425 Ай бұрын

Funny how Toyota builds quality vehicles in the US while the domestic companies build junk

@PeterHernandez-lg2eh Ай бұрын

Uaw will force them out

@azmike3572 Ай бұрын

Isn't North Carolina a "Right to Work" state?

@tirdkat6104 Ай бұрын

They haven't been able to for any of Toyotas other plants in the US.

@Nocturnal11Guy Ай бұрын

NO!!!

@macdaddy258 Ай бұрын

All that for a product Americans don’t want or can afford…

@jppalm3944 Ай бұрын

It may never be opened if Biden elected

@jonesy4588 Ай бұрын

why would America allow these foreign cars to be made here

@linusa2996 Ай бұрын

Because it makes money, it creates manufacturing jobs which pay good money, it makes sense on a national security level by ensuring a manufacturing base

@kennedymcgovern5413 Ай бұрын

Do you know why they chose Randolph County, rather than the much larger Guilford or Forsyth county's? No liberals electing liberal politicians who will work feverishly to tax them out of existence as soon as they open up shop. Sadly though, they only got a battery plant. The EV market is dying in the womb. But maybe they'll retool the facility in the end so that they can make something useful there.

@OYisit Ай бұрын

The leading edge is a bleeding edge good luck toyota....

@annchapman38 Ай бұрын

Where will the workers come from if they are planning to build more of these mega EV lithium battery factory places all over the southeast, that take over 1,000 plus acres this one almost 2,00O acres that's bigger than Asheville airport ??? Dumb, dangerous Supply and demand already a failure.. People tell government to stop telling us what we need!! We need land for farming and food, we need water and fresh air not toxic chemicals . This type of economic growth is putting all our eggs in one basket. Poor planning!! But it's not about the jobs it's about greed, and control . People lost their homes for this!!

@narcissistinjurygiver2932 Ай бұрын

sounds like she memorised her script. what a load of bs.

@PulverizerA Ай бұрын

I predict *Epic Fail.*

@PANIC_aka_PinD Ай бұрын

This is gonna be a huge trainwreck. The EV market is already crashing.

@linusa2996 Ай бұрын

Toyota's hybrid sales are increasing

@TheGuyMullins Ай бұрын

So the manager is DEI like those building BOEING planes...

@joescola7498 Ай бұрын

Hybrid batteries are small and only designed to provide about 50 miles of travel. Gas engines will recharge them. This is a good deal for NC to make the hybrid batteries. The full EV batteries are a disaster.

@dittohead7425 Ай бұрын

UAW, will come in, fuck it up....and Toyota should leave. Thailand should be thier goal. Heck, the truck I want is from Toyota and it's only available in Thailand!!!!!!!

@linusa2996 Ай бұрын

Toyota needs to have domestic battery production for cars sold in the US otherwise they will get a penalty

@dittohead7425 Ай бұрын

That's why Toyota should leave. Mr. Akio Toyoda laid waste to the us and its stupid "green" policies by predicting ev's future years ahead and allowing it to destroy our country. I used to be pro us, now after boeings blatant profit before lives really came to life. I admit I feel safer on the frogs jets. The Toyota I had my eyes and hopes on was the new forerunner, but with a stupid twin turbo, I was hoping for a return to a V8,even though with the aforementioned mentioned policy's knew that wasn't happening, I gave that up. But the vehicle I want is the Hilux Champ, but as mentioned, it's only in Thailand as of now. The us market is over. We've been riding our own hi so long it's bound to start having withdrawals. The rest of the "developing " world is the market. So, for now, I'll stick with my ol "03" chevy..

@jdesaavedra0432 Ай бұрын

I could care less about battery cars. I don't want one, don't need one, and will not buy one. Maybe a hybrid if the battery will last 20 years. Of course Toyota will have to produce affordable trucks before I will buy another one. Raising the price 20% is a non-starter.

@justing6594 Ай бұрын

And the biggest kicker. Tax payers are funding the plant. What a deal. A basically free toyota plant that sells 40- 60k price tagged veichles. And don't dare ask about making it union.😂