Toyota Celebrates 10th Million Camry in Georgetown
The Toyota Camry was introduced to the United States in 1983 and has since been the bestselling passenger car in the country more often than not
Toyota Employee Wins Toyota Camry Hybrid, Georgetown KY’s 10 Millionth Vehicle
Back in June, Toyota built its 10 millionth vehicle at its plant in Georgetown, KY. The vehicle in question was a white Toyota Camry Hybrid, which worked out nicely, since the very first vehicle built at this plant in 1988 was also a white Camry—albeit a non-hybrid, fully-gasoline version. When Georgetown KY’s 10 millionth vehicle […]
Georgetown Plant is Buzzin’ as Toyota Helps Honeybees
If you ever listen to the news, you’ve probably heard talk of our bee population being in trouble. As bees begin to disappear, experts worry that our food resources will dry up with nothing to pollinate plants. If you think about it, we have a lot to thank bees for—from making sure we have plentiful […]
Revisiting the First Ever Car Produced at Toyota’s Georgetown, KY Plant
Earlier today, we reported that Toyota’s largest North American plant recently cranked out its 10 millionth vehicle, a Camry Hybrid. In keeping with that theme, we’re now throwing it back to 1988 to learn more about the first ever car produced at Toyota’s Georgetown, KY plant—also a Camry (although not a hybrid!). The date was […]
Toyota Camry Production Will Move to Georgetown, KY in 2016
The dream team that brought you the BRZ/FR-S twins, Toyota and Subaru, recently announced that Toyota Camry manufacturing will cease at Subaru’s parent company’ Fuji Heavy Industries’ plant in Indiana in fall 2016. The plant has been building Camrys since 2007, a couple of years after Toyota purchased an 8.7 percent stake in Fuji Heavy […]
Toyota Invests $383M across U.S. Production Plants
The investment will go toward creating or expanding production lines for four-cylinder engines with options for hybrid-electric vehicles
Toyota Invests $461 Million in Kentucky Plant
The automaker estimates that by the time TMMK is fully prepared for the next generation of cars, it will have invested more than $8.5 billion
Toyota Will Now Make and Sell Fuel Cell Modules for Big Rigs
A single module weighs 1,400 pounds and can generates up to 160 kW of continuous power, enough to tow about 80,000 pounds of cargo for up to 300 miles
13th Million Toyota Rolls Off Kentucky Assembly Line
Toyota’s Georgetown campus spans 1,300 acres and represents an $8 billion investment that is home to over 10,000 Kentucky-based employees
Toyota Meets U.S. Investment Goal One Year Early
Toyota has achieved its $13 billion U.S. investment goal a year early. Following one of President Trump’s Twitter diatribes, the Japanese automaker had, in January 2017, pledged to invest $10 billion in its U.S. operations over the next five years. Toyota Cars: See how they compare The figure was later raised to $13 billion, but […]
Toyota RAV4 Hybrid Production Begins in Kentucky
Toyota RAV4 Hybrid production has begun at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, the company’s Georgetown-based plant. Best-known for producing the top-selling Camry and the full-size Avalon sedan, TMMK now produces four electrified vehicles, including the Avalon Hybrid, Camry Hybrid, and Lexus ES 300h. In 2019, RAV4 Hybrid sales surged 92.3 percent, helping the RAV4 become America’s […]
Mazda Joins Toyota and GM Against Trump’s Car Tariff Plans
Mazda has become the latest corporation to publicly condemn President Trump’s proposed increase of automotive import tariffs, in doing so joining other companies like Toyota and GM. Last month, Trump ordered the Department of Commerce to launch an investigation to determine whether importing automobiles and auto parts poses a threat to national security (yes, it […]
Toyota Warns Trump That Tariffs Would Raise Cost of Every Car in America
Toyota has lent its voice to the criticism in response to President Donald Trump’s claim that he would place a 20 percent tariff on all cars coming into the US. This follows Trump’s order to the Department of Commerce to investigate whether car imports were a threat to national security. “A hundred and thirty-seven thousand […]
Toyota Really Wants You to Know That Production Engineering is Totally Hip
How do you do, fellow kids? Have you ever heard of that cool, exciting—dare we say it, radical—thing called “production engineering?” Because if you haven’t, Toyota has got a great new video for you to show you just how hip it really is. The Japanese automaker is celebrating the opening of its $80 million, 235,000 […]
2018 Toyota Camry Rolls Off the Production Line in Kentucky
The very first 2018 Toyota Camry has rolled off the production line today in Georgetown, Kentucky, becoming the first vehicle in North America designed and manufactured with the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA). The new Camry represents the start of the car’s eighth generation and the team members at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky (TMMK) are […]
Toyota Employees Earn ‘Women in Manufacturing’ Award
The Manufacturing Institute (TMI), an affiliate of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), recognized two women from Toyota among the 130 recipients of the 2017 Women in Manufacturing STEP Ahead Award. The award, which was launched in 2012 as part of an initiative to examine and promote the role of women in manufacturing, honors women […]
Toyota Announces Record $1.33 Billion Investment in Kentucky Plant; Trump Takes Credit
Toyota has announced a $1.33 billion investment in its sprawling, 7.5 million-square-foot plant in Georgetown, Kentucky, the company’s largest factory in the world. The investment marks the largest of any automaker in Kentucky and the second-largest in state history. The plant will be the first in North America to produce vehicles using the Toyota New […]
Toyota Produces Record 2.1 Million Vehicles in North America
Toyota set a new production record in North America in 2016, building 2,124,608 vehicles throughout the year, up 4.4% compared to 2015. That represents an increase of nearly 100,000 vehicles, which Toyota says was aided along by low fuel prices, the continued stability of the economy, and ever-rising demand for SUVs and trucks. Since 1986, […]