Toyota moving truck production to Texas | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Toyota is shifting production of its best-selling Tacoma midsize pickup from Mexico to its San Antonio, Texas facility as part of a $3.6 billion investment. The company said Monday it will add a second assembly line to its U.S. plant, where it already makes full-size pickups and SUVs, and it expects to create about 2,000 new jobs by 2030. The move follows Toyota’s pledge last year to spend $10 billion on American manufacturing over the next decade, while U.S.-Mexico talks to renew a North American free trade agreement have stalled. Talks faltered after President Donald Trump allowed a July 1 deadline for an extension to pass. Trump praised the announcement as a “big deal.” Toyota plans to keep the central Mexico Tacoma plant exporting to the U.S., while the backfill product for Mexico remains unclear. The shift aims to reduce exposure to U.S. tariffs on Mexican imports, which can reach 25%.