Toyota's new battery manufacturing facility in North Carolina spans over seven million square feet—equivalent to approximately 121 football fields.

Japanese automaker Honda Motor will procure batteries for its hybrid vehicles from Toyota Motor's plant in the United States in an effort to reduce tariff risks under the Trump administration, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Monday.

In a context of growing trade tensions, Honda plans to purchase its hybrid batteries from Toyota to bypass U.S. tariffs on battery imports from China and Japan. According to Japanese media Nikkei, Honda is expected to procure batteries manufactured in the U.