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Toyota Invests $1.9B, Triples India Capacity to 1 M Vehicles

5/1/2026

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Toyota Motor will spend 300 billion yen (about $1.9 billion) to build three vehicle-assembly plants in Maharashtra, India.
The new plants will raise Indian factories to six, triple capacity to 1 million vehicles a year by the 2030s, and handle exports, while southern plants serve the domestic market.
The expansion will make India Toyota’s fourth-largest production base after Japan, China and the United States, and will add plug-in hybrid production.

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Toyota Motor will spend 300 billion yen (about $1.9 billion) to build three vehicle-assembly plants in Maharashtra, India.
The new plants will raise Indian factories to six, triple capacity to 1 million vehicles a year by the 2030s, and handle exports, while southern plants serve the domestic market.
The expansion will make India Toyota’s fourth-largest production base after Japan, China and the United States, and will add plug-in hybrid production.