Toyota to shift Tacoma pickup production from Tijuana to San Antonio in four-year plan

Toyota Motor Corporation announced a $3.6 billion investment to build a new plant in San Antonio, Texas, with the goal of moving production of its midsize Tacoma pickup from the Toyota Manufacturing Baja California plant in Tijuana to the Texas facility over the next four years. The company said the shift will be gradual and will not affect its other Mexican operation in Apaseo el Grande, Guanajuato, which will continue producing other models and remains a major employment center.

The relocation is framed as part of a broader restructuring of global automotive supply chains, influenced by recent U.S. tariff policies and competitiveness concerns. Mexico’s industrial association CANACINTRA called the announcement a prompt to strengthen Baja California’s competitiveness, emphasizing the region’s strategic location and skilled labor.

U.S. President Donald Trump praised the move, stating that Toyota is “leaving Mexico and coming to the United States” and claiming that firms are relocating from both Mexico and Canada to the U.S. as a result of the new T‑MEC renegotiation round. While no layoffs have been reported, the future of the Tijuana plant remains uncertain.

Toyota stressed that it will maintain a robust industrial, commercial, and financial presence in Mexico while expanding its footprint in the United States.