Toyota to assemble Prius in US

Prototype plug-in Prius
July 10, 2008

Toyota said today that it will start assembling its Prius hybrid car in the US. The assembly will take place at their brand new plant (currently under construction) in Blue Springs, Mississippi, just northwest of Tupelo. The production will start in late 2010. It is our hope that the plant will produce the new generation plug-in Prius (prototype of which is pictured here). Click here for more

Note that Toyota is making adjustments to its production plans following the sharp drop in sales of trucks and SUVs. The Blue Springs plant was originally to build Highlander SUVs. It is yet unknown if they will also assemble the hybrid version of Highlander at the plant.

This will be the first time Prius will be manufactured outside of Japan or China even though the model has been around for more than ten years now.

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2 Responses to “Toyota to assemble Prius in US”

  1. no Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 12:41 am

    looking forward to checking this thing out. great blog btw

  2. question Says:
    October 19th, 2008 at 11:22 am

    i didn’t see any info on ford or saturn hybrids… and i know that Ford has a whole segment on a new plugin hybrid escape.

    http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/video_player.shtml?vid=191255

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