Toyota to build new, unannounced SUV at US plant currently under construction

By: Benjamin Raven

Toyota says it is shifting around its production plans as it prepares for the 2021 opening of its Mazda Toyota Manufacturing USA plant in Huntsville, Alabama.

The automaker says production of its Corolla will continue at its plant in Blue Springs, Mississippi instead of moving to the new “joint-venture assembly plant.”

Instead, Toyota will build a new, unannounced SUV at the under-construction facility. That’s as much information as the automaker offers regarding the new U.S. built SUV.

Construction on the facility reportedly remains on schedule as the automaker eyes production to start in 2021. About 4,000 jobs are expected to be created with the opening of the facility with Mazda.

Related: Toyota, Mazda join forces on $1.6B US manufacturing plant, create 4,000 jobs

Toyota and Mazda split the cost for the plant 50-50. The Associated Press reports that Mazda also plans to manufacture an unannounced SUV at the plant in Huntsville.

In the initial announcement, Toyota said the two companies will produce U.S. vehicles under the same roof, develop new technology for electric vehicles together. They will also collaborate on connected-car tech and advancing safety technologies and to create “complementary products.”

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