Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia
Automotive parts plant in Buffalo, West Virginia, US
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1996; 28 years ago (1996) |
| Headquarters | Buffalo, West Virginia |
Key people | David Rosier (president) |
| Products | Engines and transmissions |
Number of employees | 2,000 (2022) |
| Parent | Toyota Motor North America |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia (TMMWV) is a Toyota Motor Corporation factory in Buffalo, West Virginia. It is a subsidiary of Toyota Motor North America, itself a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan. It is estimated to date, the company has spent nearly US$1 billion to build the automobile engine and transmission plant. The plant solely builds engines and transmissions; no vehicles are produced at this facility.
In February 2021, Toyota Motor Corp announced it would invest $210 million to expand engine production in West Virginia and add 100 new jobs.
The Japanese automaker said it would boost capacity by 70,000 engines a year at the Buffalo, West Virginia plant, up from the nearly 1 million transmissions and engines it produces annually for vehicles assembled in North America.[2]
Engines produced
Former engines produced
- 1.8 L 1ZZ-FE I4 (2004–2008)
- 1.8 L 2ZR-FE I4 (2007–2022)
- 3.3 L 3MZ-FE V6 (2004–2008)
- 3.5 L 2GR-FE V6 (2005–2017)
- 3.5 L 2GR-FKS V6 (2016–2023)
Transmissions produced
- UA80 8-speed automatic transmission (2016–present)
- UA660 6-speed automatic transmission (2018–present)
- Toyota Hybrid System II eCVT transaxle (2018–present)
Former transmissions produced
- 5-speed automatic transmission (1998–2010)
- 4-speed automatic transmission (1998–2004)
References
- ^ "Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia (TMMWV)". Toyota Motor North America (Press release). March 22, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ "Toyota $210M investment for engine production".
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