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REPORT: Toyota adding 850 jobs in San Antonio truck factory

Toyota's arrangements for its San Antonio plant are coming together after the closure of NUMMI and the announced relocation of Tacoma pickup production. The company will be adding 850 permanent and temporary workers to its labor force in Texas, taking the number of associates from 1,850 to about 2,700 – and that doesn't include increases in the supplier workforce. For those with an eye on the employment scene, Toyota posted the job openings in August and 14,000 people applied. The assumption of Tacoma duties will put the San ... Read more →

Toyota seeks $2 million from California for training NUMMI workers Chris Shunk

Back in February, New United Motor Manufacturing Co. (NUMMI), the now defunct joint agreement between Toyota and General Motors in Fremont, CA, entered an agreement with California's Employment ...

REPORT: Production of Toyota Corolla transferring from NUMMI to Ontario Sam Abuelsamid

As even mighty Toyota finds itself with excess production capacity in North America and elsewhere, the Japanese automaker has finally made the decision to shutter an assembly plant. The loss of ...

REPORT: Toyota moving Tacoma production to San Antonio Jonathon Ramsey

Now that Toyota has decided the fate of the NUMMI plant, the company has to decide where to move production of the Tacoma and Corolla models built there. The Corolla hasn't been spoken for yet, but ...

BREAKING: Toyota reportedly pulls plug on NUMMI plant Chris Paukert

It's over. Or more to the point, it will be. Toyota Motor Corp. has reportedly announced that it will end production at Fremont, California's New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., better known as ...

REPORT: Toyota to end production at NUMMI in March 2 months ago on Autoblog

Word 'round the campfire (okay, by way of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper in Japan and via Reuters) is that Toyota will end production at its NUMMI plant in California in March of next year. Though a spokesperson for the automaker claims no final decision has been made about an official closing of ...

Only in California: UAW reportedly fighting to save Toyota plant 3 months ago on Autoblog

New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc, better known as NUMMI, has been operating in Fremont, California since 1984. The plant started as a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota. The idea was that Toyota could cut out the expense of boating cars all the way across the Pacific and The General ...

Toyota NA President Inaba: Hopes for profit in 2011, NUMMI could be dissolved 3 months ago on Autoblog

Three weeks into his new assignment as president and chief operating officer of Toyota North America, Yoshimi Inaba came to Detroit to talk about the state of the business. This is Inaba-san's third stint working for Toyota in North America after returning to Japan in 2003. This spring the senior ...

REPORT: Toyota bankrolling $500 million into Indiana plant; no comment on NUMMI 4 months ago on Autoblog

The world's biggest automaker has confirmed that it is investing 44.9 billion yen (or about $467.2 million at current exchange rates) to upgrade its Indiana plant. Toyota Motor Corp. will reportedly spend the next three months retooling in order to build its Sequoia and Highlander SUVs on the same ...

GM execs to reportedly meet with Toyota regarding hybrid sharing 4 months ago on Autoblog

Rumors that General Motors may get access to Toyota's proprietary hybrid technology just won't go away. Today, Bloomberg cites two unnamed sources in reports that Toyota President Akio Toyoda and GM chief Fritz Henderson will meet this August in Michigan to discuss the possibility of a ...

After 25 years, GM ditches NUMMI tie-up with Toyota 4 months ago on Autoblog

As part of its "New GM"/"Old GM" bankruptcy proceedings, General Motors has announced that it will abandon its ownership stake in the New United Motor Manufacturing Incorporated (NUMMI) joint venture with Toyota. According to an official statement, GM and Toyota worked to find a future product that ...

Dampened: Pontiac Vibe production ends this August 4 months ago on Autoblog

It was originally thought that the Vibe would be the terminal Pontiac, but now that we've learned that the Excitement runs out of the NUMMI plant by the end of August we're not so sure. While the curtain will drop on the Vibe, General Motors hasn't totally ruled out future co-production with Toyota ...

Last Call: Pontiac Vibe final consumer model for dead brand 5 months ago on Autoblog

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Last Pontiac Standing will be the nearly new Vibe. The compact hatchback was the predictable pick not just due to its young age, but because it is part of General Motors' longstanding NUMMI joint-venture plant with Toyota. Understandably, the Vibe isn't set to get a ...

Pontiac Vibe to be replaced with another shared Toyota model? 6 months ago on Autoblog

There are a lot of questions left unanswered after General Motors announcement this morning that its Pontiac division was not long for this world. One of those is what will happen to GM's joint venture agreement with Toyota to produce models at the New United Motor Motor Manufacturing Inc. ...

Toyota denies rumors of giving aid to GM 1 year ago on Autoblog

Rumors of a meeting between GM CEO Rick Wagoner and top officials from Toyota in Japan has been denied. This shouldn't come as much of a surprise, considering that it's GM's policy not to comment on such matters, but Toyota has no such policy and has also denied that such discussions have or will ...

NHTSA probing windows on Toyota Matrix, Corolla and Pontiac Vibe 1 year ago on Autoblog

Toyota's Matrix wagon, Corolla sedan and its mechanical twin the Pontiac Vibe sport wagon are all in hot water after motorists have begun to issue complaints about their power side-front windows. Reports indicate the windows are getting stuck, making popping noises, and in some cases shattering ...

Toyota whistleblower joined by civil suit over father's death 1 year ago on Autoblog

A faulty seatbelt that traps an occupant in a vehicle and leads to his death is a horrible tragedy. If the defect were given a pass at the manufacturing plant, it goes beyond tragic to criminal. Toyota is now facing two lawsuits in California, both centered around manufacturing defects that may have ...

Are GM and Toyota working on a hybrid together? 1 year ago on Autoblog

The evidence: rumor had it at the LA Auto Show that customers would soon have the option of buying a hybrid Toyota Matrix and a hybrid Pontiac Vibe; the 2009 Pontiac Vibe is made at NUMMI, a GM-Toyota joint venture manufacturing plant where the Matrix is also made; Toyota's already got its hybrid ...

Joint GM/Toyota NUMMI plant accused of passing defects 1 year ago on Autoblog

A certified auditor working at the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI) plant in California that's run jointly by General Motors and Toyota has stepped forward to file a lawsuit alleging that her managers knowingly permitted defects on cars to go unfixed. Katy Cameron claims that her ...

Why does the 2009 Pontiac Vibe continue to use Toyota engines? 2 years ago on Autoblog

Pontiac officially unveiled the 2009 edition of the Vibe hatchback yesterday, and a question has been raised by several commentors about the powertrain lineup. As we all know, the Vibe shares a platform with the Toyota Corolla and all of its derivatives. The question of why the Vibe uses the Toyota ...

Toyota's expansion taking its toll on employees 2 years ago on Autoblog

Toyota's success over the past decade has come at the cost of quality at times, and now, it's affecting employees and their families. In a document obtained by Automotive News, ToMoCo engineers and managers are getting worn out, whether it's from cross-country trips in close succession or the daily ...






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