eal for U.S. LFP batteries On October 4, LG Energy Solution and Toyota Motor North America announced they have signed a supply agreement for lithium-ion battery modules at an annual capacity of 20 GWh starting from 2025 to be used in battery electric vehicles assembled at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky.The high-nickel NCMA (nickel, cobalt, manganese, aluminum) pouch-type battery cells will be manufactured in LG Energy Solution’s Michigan f...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/02

Alabama was sixth and the Acura MDX, built in East Liberty, Ohio, was seventh. Ford’s Explorer, built in Chicago, Illinois, was eighth and its F-150, built at both the Kansas City, Missouri, and Dearborn, Michigan assembly plants, was in ninth place. The Chevrolet Corvette built in Bowling Green, Kentucky, finished tenth. On July 17, Acura announced that its 2019 MDX is now arriving in U.S. dealerships with an upgraded interior, drivability and...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/31

IS, LS, and RC models with 15 defects per 100. Hyundai’s Ulsan plant and GM’s Dongyue plant received Bronze Plant awards for their Hyundai Tucson and Buick Envision having 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge North plant in Canada, which produces the Corolla, tied with its Georgetown plant in Kentucky, which produces the Lexus ES, for the Gold Plant award in the Americas with 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge South and Princeton West pl...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/30

IS, LS, and RC models with 15 defects per 100. Hyundai’s Ulsan plant and GM’s Dongyue plant received Bronze Plant awards for their Hyundai Tucson and Buick Envision having 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge North plant in Canada, which produces the Corolla, tied with its Georgetown plant in Kentucky, which produces the Lexus ES, for the Gold Plant award in the Americas with 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge South and Princeton West pl...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/29

down the weeks of April 19 and 26; Flat Rock Assembly will be down the weeks of April 19 and 26; Kansas City Assembly will be down the weeks of April 19 and 26; Ohio Assembly Plant will stop producing vans and only produce Super Duty Chassis cabs and medium-duty trucks the weeks of April 19 and 26; Kentucky Truck Plant will be down the weeks of April 26 and May 3 and overtime shifts will be canceled from May 8-31; and Ford Otosan in Turkey, which...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/18

mponents Plant will restart the week of April 20 only to begin production of the Model A-E ventilator, in collaboration with GE Healthcare. On March 26, Ford announced the company is aiming to restart production on April 6 at the Hermosillo plant for one shift, and April 14 at Dearborn Truck Plant, Kentucky Truck Plant including stamping section, Kansas City Assembly Plant’s Transit line and stamping section, Ohio Assembly Plant, Dearborn Stamp...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/18

ack from vibrations during driving and reduce the braking force. In Japan 116,994 vehicles made from March to October 2009 will be affected. The automaker is also recalling a total of 87,000 Prius and HS 250h vehicles sold in the U.S. Toyota announced its plans to export the "Camry" produced at its Kentucky plant to Korea. This is Toyota's second U.S. production model to be shipped to Korea, following the "Sienna." Toyota plans to export initiall...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/18

which we have several suppliers. With our U.S. plants running at 100 percent, that is not sustainable”. The Chihuahua Engine Plant produces the Duratec I4, Diesel V8 4.4-liter, and Scorpion 6.7-liter engine, the latter of which is destined to the Ford Super Duty line of pickup trucks built at the Kentucky Truck plant. On January 20, Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier told reporters that officials were working to “make Ford an offer”...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/17

Chicago on the CD6 platform shared with the Explorer, will next be refreshed along with the 2023 ICE-powered Aviator models. On October 29, Ford said it planned a down week starting November 1 at Ohio Assembly, Louisville Assembly, Kansas City Assembly Plant, affecting Transit Van production only, Kentucky Truck Plant, Oakville Assembly, Hermosillo Assembly, and Cuautitlan Assembly plants. Separately, Ford announced that it will be promoting 79 ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/17

customers who preordered the Mazda3 in December 2018 opted for the sedan version. Globally, the Mazda3 represents 30% of the company’s total sales. On January 30, Toyota announced that in 2018 it built 1,935,230 vehicles at its North American plants, as well as 1,773,856 engines. The Georgetown, Kentucky plant produced 430,224 Avalons, Camrys, and Lexus 350s in 2018, as well as 530,895 engines. The Princeton, Indiana plant produced 422,394 Hig...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/17

baru dealerships in summer 2014. Fuji Heavy Industry announced on May 9 that it will terminate production of Toyota Camry at Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc.（SIA）in autumn 2016. Toyota announced on May 9 that production of Camry vehicles will be shifted from SIA to Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. Toyota announced on September 2 that the redesigned 2015 Camry will go on sale in late September. The 2015 Camry has been remade by cha...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/15

ota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. (TMMC) will transform its Cambridge North Plant, Ontario by switching from producing Corollas to mid-sized, higher-value vehicles. By 2019, the Cambridge, Ontario plants will all be producing higher-value mid-sized vehicles, along with Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK) and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc. (TMMI). The new facility in Mexico and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi, In...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/15

ota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. (TMMC) will transform its Cambridge North Plant, Ontario by switching from producing Corollas to mid-sized, higher-value vehicles. By 2019, the Cambridge, Ontario plants will all be producing higher-value mid-sized vehicles, along with Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK) and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc. (TMMI). The new facility in Mexico and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi, In...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/15

lds the Altima and Frontier, but has a utilization rate of just 51%, and plans for EVs have been pushed back. According to the supplier, it would take Nissan about three to six months to retool the Canton plant for Sentra production. Ford and SK On’s joint-venture BlueOval SK Battery Park site in Kentucky was originally planned to have two operational plants on its large campus, though it was scaled back to one plant. Recent reports now say tha...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/10

IS, LS, and RC models with 15 defects per 100. Hyundai’s Ulsan plant and GM’s Dongyue plant received Bronze Plant awards for their Hyundai Tucson and Buick Envision having 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge North plant in Canada, which produces the Corolla, tied with its Georgetown plant in Kentucky, which produces the Lexus ES, for the Gold Plant award in the Americas with 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge South and Princeton West pl...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/09

ually - 2,500 employees will be employed when operational - 1,500-acre BlueOval SK Battery Park campus is site for twin battery plants BlueOval SK battery park construction on schedule; to receive additional battery facility Ford, BlueOval SK break ground on EV battery training center in Glendale, Kentucky Ford-SK venture to get USD 9.2 billion U.S. loan for EV battery plants Ford’s BlueOval SK battery venture raises wages at future Tennessee...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/07

lle Assembly plant in Missouri had 53.5% of voters against the agreement. Finally, 57.7% of voters at the Lansing Grand River Assembly plant voted against the contract. This follows multiple voting results against the new contract from plants on Tuesday including the Bowling Green Assembly plant in Kentucky, the Spring Hill Manufacturing plant in Tennessee, and the Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant in Michigan. Additional voting results from ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/07

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK), Georgetown Plant Toyota Avalon (-2022), Avalon Hybrid (2012-2022), Avalon AWD (2020-2022), Camry, Camry Hybrid, Camry AWD (2020-), Venza (-2016), RAV4 Hybrid (2020-), EV 3-row electric SUV (2026ｰplanning); Lexus ES (2015-), Lexus ES 300h (2019-); 4-cylinder and 6-cylinder engines, axles, steering components, cylinder blocks, cylinder heads, crankshafts, camshafts, rods and axle assemblies; Fu...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/30

IS, LS, and RC models with 15 defects per 100. Hyundai’s Ulsan plant and GM’s Dongyue plant received Bronze Plant awards for their Hyundai Tucson and Buick Envision having 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge North plant in Canada, which produces the Corolla, tied with its Georgetown plant in Kentucky, which produces the Lexus ES, for the Gold Plant award in the Americas with 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge South and Princeton West pl...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/25

on March 4, and is close to completing a decision to locate the plant in Tennessee near GM’s plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, which will build the Cadillac LYRIQ EV in 2022. On February 18, Ford announced that adverse weather had led to the temporary closure of plants in Kansas City, Michigan and Kentucky, as well as a plant in Hermosillo, Mexico. Ford’s Kansas City plant’s operations have been canceled from February 13-February 22. GM said...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/25