Overview
- Toyota detailed $453 million for Buffalo, West Virginia; $204.4 million for Georgetown, Kentucky; $125 million for Blue Springs, Mississippi; $71.4 million for Jackson, Tennessee; and $57.1 million for Troy, Missouri, with 252 jobs expected.
- Chairman Akio Toyoda wore a Trump–Vance T-shirt and a red MAGA hat at a NASCAR-themed event at Toyota’s Fuji Speedway in Japan.
- Toyoda said the company is exploring ways to make tariffs “a winner for everyone,” noting that national leaders seek to protect their auto industries.
- Toyota said the investment will expand U.S. production of hybrid-compatible engines and vehicles, concentrating growth at select Southern plants.
- The White House pointed to Toyota’s intent to export U.S.-built vehicles to Japan and to open its distribution platform there to U.S. automakers as Japan accepts U.S. safety-certified vehicles without additional testing.