# Mazda Toyota breaks ground on $1.6B auto plant in Huntsville, Alabama

Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc. broke ground on a jointly owned automotive production plant in Huntsville, Alabama. The $1.6 billion facility will have capacity to build 300,000 vehicles per year and create up to 4,000 jobs, with production starting in 2021.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-11-16
- Where: Huntsville, Alabama, United States
- Value: $1.60B
- Jobs: 4,000
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 300,000 vehicles per year
- Products: Toyota Corolla, Mazda crossover model
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Mazda Toyota Manufacturing U.S.A.](https://endata.com/companies/3640.md)
- [Toyota Motor North America](https://endata.com/companies/23004.md) (partner)
- [Mazda Motor Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/26069.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [pressroom.toyota.com](https://pressroom.toyota.com/mazda-toyota-plant-paving-the-way-for-groundbreaking-future/), 2018-11-16: "Today in Huntsville, the first shovel of dirt was turned on what will become a jointly owned-and-operated automotive production plant that will have the capacity to build 300,000 vehicles a year, beginning in 2021."

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