Toyota Opens 30,000-Sq-Ft Battery Center in Saline, Michigan
Saline, Michigan – October 11, 2026 -- Toyota has opened the Toyota Battery Center of North America (TBC), a 30,000-square-foot development and evaluation facility in Saline, Michigan, giving its Michigan-based battery teams expanded capabilities across the full battery-development cycle.
The center covers every stage from raw-material sourcing through customer applications to recycling. Toyota describes it as the next chapter of its electrification transformation.
TBC will evaluate batteries for Toyota's North Carolina plant and North American vehicle factories
The facility acts as a central hub for development and evaluation, working with Toyota's North American manufacturing network. It will support battery evaluation for Toyota Battery Manufacturing, North Carolina, as well as Toyota's vehicle manufacturing plants across North America.
