<story><title>North America is now the growth leader for new battery factories</title><url>https://electrek.co/2023/05/31/north-america-battery-factories/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>natnat</author><text>This is great, but keep in mind this is like a third derivative metric. North America is way behind China in number of batteries owned, batteries produced, and factories being built. This is just the growth rate of factories being built.</text></comment>
<story><title>North America is now the growth leader for new battery factories</title><url>https://electrek.co/2023/05/31/north-america-battery-factories/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>stuff4ben</author><text>Toyota also just recently announced an increase in battery production investment in North Carolina, &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reuters.com&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;autos-transportation&amp;#x2F;toyota-pledges-21-bln-more-ev-battery-plant-north-carolina-2023-05-31&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reuters.com&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;autos-transportation&amp;#x2F;toyota...&lt;/a&gt; bringing the total investment to close to $6 billion.&lt;p&gt;More info about the factory: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pressroom.toyota.com&amp;#x2F;facility&amp;#x2F;toyota-battery-manufacturing-north-carolina-tbmnc&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pressroom.toyota.com&amp;#x2F;facility&amp;#x2F;toyota-battery-manufac...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>