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Japanese automaker Toyota will invest $3.6bn to add a Tacoma assembly line at its San Antonio, Texas, plant and transition production of the pickup truck away from Baja California, Mexico.

The expansion of the San Antonio plant will create 2,000 new jobs and double the size of the facility to 5mn ft² by 2030, Toyota said on 6 July. The automaker will transition Tacoma production away from Baja California during that time.

The San Antonio campus also assembles the Tundra and Sequoia models and will launch a rear axle plant this fall. The plant produced 197,506 vehicles in 2025.

The investment is a major commitment to the US market as 25pc tariffs on automobiles have raised the cost of importing vehicles. Some automakers, including Honda, have also increased US production.

Toyota's expansion of the San Antonio plant comes as North American governments begin negotiating changes to the US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade pact. Toyota encouraged \"a quick resolution to USMCA to make the North American region globally competitive.\"

By James Marshall

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Japanese automaker Toyota will invest $3.6bn to add a Tacoma assembly line at its San Antonio, Texas, plant and transition production of the pickup truck away from Baja California, Mexico.

The expansion of the San Antonio plant will create 2,000 new jobs and double the size of the facility to 5mn ft² by 2030, Toyota said on 6 July. The automaker will transition Tacoma production away from Baja California during that time.

The San Antonio campus also assembles the Tundra and Sequoia models and will launch a rear axle plant this fall. The plant produced 197,506 vehicles in 2025.

The investment is a major commitment to the US market as 25pc tariffs on automobiles have raised the cost of importing vehicles. Some automakers, including Honda, have also increased US production.

Toyota's expansion of the San Antonio plant comes as North American governments begin negotiating changes to the US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade pact. Toyota encouraged \"a quick resolution to USMCA to make the North American region globally competitive.\"

By James Marshall

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