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Toyota investing $383M in US engine production

Green Car Congress

Toyota will invest $383 million in four of its US manufacturing plants—in Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee—to support the production of four-cylinder engines, including options for hybrid electric vehicles. Toyota customers want vehicles that are fuel-efficient and electrified. Toyota Alabama: Huntsville, Ala., $222

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Used Car of the Day: 2003 Toyota MR2 Spyder

The Truth About Cars

This 2003 Toyota MR2 Spyder was purchased by our seller in 2010, and it received the 2z engine and a six-speed transmission in a swap in 2014. Today's UCOTD is a highly modified convertible runabout. The front end has been repainted because of rock chips, and this 109,000-mile car has been garaged and not driven in the snow.

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Used Car of the Day: 2003 Toyota MR2 Spyder

The Truth About Cars

We haven't featured a Toyota MR2 in this space very often -- maybe ever. This one is based in Florida, and sadly not a stick. The car will be available in July and have around 130K miles on the clock at that time. The seller says it will have new spark plugs, an oil change, and new trans fluid by then. The battery is new, too.

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Tesla Model Y beats Toyota Corolla to become best-selling car globally

EV Central

The Toyota Corolla dominated the global sales charts in 2022 but this year the long-lived hatch had to make do with third place, with 1.01 In second place was the Toyota RAV4, commanding an impressive 1.07 No douct Toyota execs will still be shocked at just how far off both cars are to the Tesla Model Y’s performance.

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Toyota Assembly Plant in Texas Turns Twenty

The Truth About Cars

Whilst we don’t generally run news of this sort, it is worth noting that this month represents a full two decades since Toyota put shovels in the ground to build what would become their San Antonio truck plant, a spot which currently cranks out Tundra and Sequoia machines. Images: Toyota] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Toyota and Hino to develop heavy-duty fuel cell truck; Mirai stacks

Green Car Congress

Toyota Motor Corporation and Hino Motors, Ltd. The heavy-duty fuel cell truck in this joint development project is based on Hino Profia, and is being developed taking maximum advantage of the technologies both Toyota and Hino have cultivated over the years.

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Toyota to pay $180M penalty for Clean Air Act reporting violations

Green Car Congress

The United States has filed and simultaneously settled a civil lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor North America Inc., The United States has filed and simultaneously settled a civil lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor North America Inc.,

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