Toyota to invest $3.6 billion expanding San Antonio plant

Toyota Motor Corporation announced a major expansion of its San Antonio, Texas, manufacturing campus on Monday, July 6, 2026, involving a $3.6 billion investment to shift production of its Tacoma midsize pickup truck from Mexico to the United States. The move will create approximately 2,000 new jobs and add a second vehicle assembly line to the facility, which currently produces the Tundra pickup and Sequoia SUV.

The expansion will double the size of the Texas plant, adding 2.5 million square feet of manufacturing space and increasing its annual production capacity by about 150,000 vehicles. The transition of Tacoma production from the company's Baja California facility in Mexico is expected to occur gradually over a four-year period, with the new line becoming fully operational by 2030. Toyota clarified it is not exiting Mexico, as it will continue to build Tacomas at its other plant in Guanajuato, Mexico, for export to the U.S. market. A new rear axle plant at the San Antonio campus is scheduled to begin operations this autumn.

Toyota officials framed the investment as a deepening of the company's commitment to American manufacturing. Ted Ogawa, president and CEO of Toyota...