Ensuring it has enough of these energy reservoirs to electrify its future U.S. product portfolio, on February 5, Toyota announced its brand spankin’ new manufacturing facility in North Carolina will begin shipping battery packs starting in April.

Toyota has given a date, or at least a month, for opening its $14 billion battery plant south of Greensboro: April. As part of the automaker’s third-quarter financial report given early Wednesday in Japan,

Toyota is set to open its $14 billion battery plant south of Greensboro in April. As part of the automaker’s third-quarter financial report given yesterday in Japan, Toyota Chief Financial Officer Yoichi Miyazaki said the sprawling plant near Liberty has finished preparations for production and will start shipping batteries in April.