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Toyota Invests $3.6 B, Adds 2,000 Jobs in Texas

7/9/2026

Summary

Toyota Expands

Toyota President Ted Ogawa announced a $3.6 billion investment to add an assembly line at the San Antonio plant.
The expansion will add 2.5 million square feet, doubling the campus to 5 million square feet by 2030.
The project will create about 2,000 jobs, raising the plant workforce to 6,000 employees.
Toyota will shift Tacoma pickup production from its Baja California, Mexico plant to San Antonio four years, keeping output at Guanajuato facility.

Summary

Toyota Relocates Production

Toyota announced it will shift production from Mexico to a new Texas plant, citing U.S. tariffs.
Texas officials granted $20 million and added Texas Enterprise Fund and JETI incentives for the project.
Bloomberg Intelligence said trade policy is now a first-order factor in site selection, marking the move as part of a reshoring wave.

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Toyota Saves Jobs

The Mexican Ministry of Economics announced an unnamed automotive company will invest $500 million.
The ministry said Toyota will keep its Guanajuato plant open, preserving about 2,800 jobs and many indirect positions.
The U.S. Department of Labor called the $3.6 billion expansion’s 2,000 new positions “high-quality” jobs that support sustainable manufacturing.
Texas Republican Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz praised the investment, saying it will boost the state economy.

History

Historical Context

The North American Free Trade Agreement, signed in 1994 under President Bill Clinton, opened a trilateral market that rapidly expanded cross-border automobile manufacturing. Within five years, U.S. auto parts imports from Mexico rose 30%, and Toyota established a $1.2 billion plant in Baja California. Today, Toyota’s $3.6 billion Texas expansion mirrors that era’s shift, moving production from Mexico to the United States amid renewed tariff pressures. The precedent suggests reshoring will reshape regional supply chains, prompting states like Texas to offer $20 million incentives and creating thousands of high-skill jobs.

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Toyota Expands

Toyota President Ted Ogawa announced a $3.6 billion investment to add an assembly line at the San Antonio plant.
The expansion will add 2.5 million square feet, doubling the campus to 5 million square feet by 2030.
The project will create about 2,000 jobs, raising the plant workforce to 6,000 employees.
Toyota will shift Tacoma pickup production from its Baja California, Mexico plant to San Antonio four years, keeping output at Guanajuato facility.

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