- The site builds four-, six-, and eight-cylinder engines and supplies seven Toyota plants in North America.
- Engines made in Alabama go into models like the Corolla, Highlander, RAV4, Sienna, and Tundra.
Toyota has announced an additional $282 million investment into its Huntsville, Alabama site, and confirmed the investment will add 350 new jobs.
The site builds four-cylinder, V6, and V8 engines for several Toyota models and the $282 million brings total investment into Toyota’s presence in Alabama to $1.7 billion. This factory is Toyota’s largest engine producer in North America and currently employs more than 2,000 people. In 2023, the factory churned out more than 770,000 engines.
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“Thanks to our Alabama team members’ daily commitment to quality and continuous improvement, we know they can rise to the challenge of all-new production lines,” Toyota Alabama president Jason Puckett said. “The new lines will further increase the plant’s flexibility and reaffirm Toyota’s commitment to our team and community.”
Toyota Alabama supplies engines to seven Toyota manufacturing sites in North America. Engines built at the site power the Corolla, Corolla Cross, Highlander, RAV4, Sequoia, Sienna, Tacoma, and Tundra. With much of the automotive industry slowly transitioning to battery-electric vehicles, employees at the plant can rest easy knowing their jobs are secure.
“Toyota has been a bedrock company within Alabama’s growing auto industry for over two decades, launching multiple expansions that have increased the Huntsville facility’s production capabilities and its superb workforce,” Governor Kay Ivey said. “This new investment project will build on the great legacy of Toyota’s Alabama engine plant and create even more new opportunities for the area’s citizens.”
This engine plant isn’t the only important facility Toyota operates in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2021, the manufacturer opened a massive production facility in the town alongside Mazda. The site currently builds the Toyota Corolla Cross and Mazda CX-50 and employs 4,000 people.
