Items Tagged with 'Toyota Motor Co.'

SAN ANTONIO — Toyota Motor North America will invest $3.6 billion to expand its San Antonio manufacturing campus, adding a second vehicle assembly line for the Tacoma pickup and creating approximately 2,000 jobs. 

In this episode of ASSEMBLY News Now, we look at how Tesla stacks up against Toyota and BYD, and what the numbers suggest about manufacturing efficiency, workforce scale and the changing competitive landscape in the global auto industry.

BYD might produce and sell more EVs than Tesla, but Tesla operates with significantly fewer employees and generates higher revenue per worker model.

BEIJING — Toyota Motor Corp. is using 436 Geekplus autonomous mobile robots at multiple plants in Japan to automate in-plant material movement from inbound receiving to picking and processing areas.

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — Supplier relations improved for all six major North American automakers in 2026 despite tariff pressures and electric vehicle cost challenges, according to Plante Moran’s annual Working Relations Index study.

SAN ANTONIO—Toyota Motor Corp. plans to open a new assembly line at its 20-year-old facility here.

GEORGETOWN, Ky. — Toyota is investing $1 billion across its Kentucky and Indiana manufacturing operations to expand production capacity and support electrification, as the company marks 40 years of vehicle assembly in Kentucky.

CAMBRIDGE, ON—Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada plans to deploy humanoid robots at its assembly plant in Woodstock that builds RAV4 sport utility vehicles.

PRINCETON, IN—Toyota Motor Corp.’s 4T Academy encourages high school students to pursue careers in manufacturing.

MUNICH—The third generation of the BMW Group’s hydrogen drive system will be manufactured in Steyr starting in 2028; and the company’s competence centers in Munich and Steyr are already building the first prototypes.