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 Motor Corp. said during Wednesday's third-quarter analysts presentation that production preparations are completed at the Liberty plant and shipments will begin in April.

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.