Toyota Motor North America has opened its Battery Center of North America at its research and development campus in York Township, Michigan.
The facility expands the automaker’s North American capabilities for developing and evaluating batteries for electrified vehicles.
The center includes nearly $50 million in testing equipment for battery development. Engineers will use the facility to evaluate battery cells and packs and conduct testing related to performance, durability, and charging.
The facility will work with battery technologies for battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), hybrids, and fuel-cell electric vehicles. It will also provide testing and evaluation capabilities for batteries developed by Toyota and its suppliers.
The center is intended to allow more battery development and validation work to take place within Toyota’s North American R&D operations. Its capabilities include cell characterization and evaluation as well as testing of battery performance under different operating and charging conditions.
Toyota first announced the nearly $50 million investment in the Michigan battery facility in 2023 as part of an expansion of its electrified-vehicle development capabilities in the US. The company also operates Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina, which began battery production in 2025.
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