Toyota weighs adding US production of new RAV4 in response to tariffs

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4 pointsalephnerd8 comments

>Toyota makes the current version of the popular SUV in Kentucky, Canada and Japan. It originally planned to export the new RAV4 to the United States from Canada and Japan but it is now also considering production in Kentucky as one option,

Seems less new production and shifting it around. Something these companies already did as needed.

Much of the expansion is thanks to the Biden-era IRA with their battery expansion in NC [0] and Kentucky [1][2], so the momentum was already growing.

The tariffs only sped up this reshoring, by de-incentivizing under-utilization of US plants or comingling of foreign originated intermediate parts.

[0] - https://www.utilitydive.com/news/toyota-begins-production-ex...

[1] - https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/toyota-investing-kent...

[2] - https://www.automotivedive.com/news/toyota-motor-investing-9...

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