Toyota Fills Unused Capacity at Texas Pickup Plant With Tacoma
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Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s largest automaker, added 1,000 workers to build Tacoma pickups at its San Antonio truck plant and is using the factory’s full capacity for the first time after a rocky start.
The company yesterday marked the start of compact Tacoma production in the plant built to make only larger Tundra pickups when it opened in late 2006. Lower demand for Tundras than Toyota expected and the closing of its former California joint-venture plant this year led it to move Tacoma output to Texas at a cost of $100 million.