Toyota Motor announced Monday that it will invest $3.6 billion to relocate production of the Tacoma midsize pickup truck from a Mexican facility to its manufacturing campus in San Antonio, Texas. The automaker stated the move is expected to create 2,000 jobs in the United States and add a second vehicle assembly line to the site.
The company plans to roughly double the size of the 2.7-million-square-foot San Antonio plant by 2030. This expansion will increase the facility's annual production capacity from approximately 200,000 units to 350,000 units. The announcement aligns with Toyota's broader goal to invest up to $10 billion more than previously planned domestically through 2030.
A Toyota spokeswoman confirmed that the company is maintaining its operations in Mexico. Tacoma production will transfer from the Tijuana plant to Texas over the next four years, while the automaker will continue to produce Tacoma pickups at another Mexican facility in Guanajuato. The spokeswoman declined to provide additional details regarding the transfer.
This decision marks a reversal from 2020, when Toyota confirmed it would shift Tacoma production from Texas to the Guanajuato plant. The San Antonio facility currently manufactures the Toyota Tundra full-size pickup truck, including a hybrid variant, and the Toyota Sequoia SUV hybrid. Toyota previously announced a $531 million investment in a rear axle plant on the campus, which is scheduled to begin production in the fall.
Toyota Motor North America CEO Ted Ogawa stated in a release that the investment demonstrates confidence in the region's workforce and long-term growth potential. He added that expanding the San Antonio plant deepens the company's commitment to American manufacturing and creating sustainable jobs.
Toyota, which employs 48,000 people in the United States, has invested $8.3 billion in the San Antonio plant since its groundbreaking in 2003. The increased capacity could help the automaker, the world's largest carmaker, become the number one seller in the U.S. market.
