Toyota’s New Corolla SUV Goes Into Production at Alabama Plant

Toyota Motor Corp. started production at a new $2.3 billion factory in Huntsville, Alabama, expanding its North American manufacturing footprint with a plant it broke ground on in 2018.

The Japanese carmaker, which shares the facility with affiliate Mazda Motor Corp., expects to ramp up to full production next year, it said Thursday. The plant has the capacity to produce 300,000 vehicles a year, evenly split between the two automakers.