Toyota and Mazda have started the construction of their joint plant in the US
- Toyota and Mazda have started construction of their plant in Huntsville, Alabama in December and plan to start producing vehicles there in early 2021. The plant will employ 4,000 people and will produce 300,000 vehicles a year, 150,000 for Toyota (Corolla) and 150,000 for Mazda (CX5), destined for NAFTA zone markets.
- Currently, Toyota has four assembly plants located in the United States, a fifth(Fremont), formerly operated with GM, having been sold to Tesla. Toyota has two plants in Canada and one in Mexico. In 2017, Toyota sold 2,4 million vehicles in the US and produced 2 million in the NAFTA zone.
- On the other hand, Mazda has only one assembly plant in Mexico but none in the United States or Canada. In 2017, Mazda sold 300,000 vehicles in the US and produced 150,000 in the NAFTA zone.
- It is interesting to note that the GM group will close five plants in North America, and that today it has thirteen assembly plants (down from twenty-two in 2005), which means that there will be only eight left in 2021, which is the same as Toyota, which will then have eight as well.
- The Ford Group currently has ten assembly plants in North America, while the Fiat-Chrysler Group has eight assembly plants and Honda has six assembly plants in this region.
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