GEORGETOWN, Ky. (May 8, 2024) – Team members at Toyota’s longest-running U.S. car manufacturing facility cheered at the moment because the ninth-generation Camry rolled off the meeting line for the primary time. The 2025 Camry is powered solely with the fifth-generation Toyota Hybrid System, a part of Toyota’s multi-pathway strategy to electrification.

“Today would not be possible without our incredibly talented team members,” stated Kerry Creech, president of Toyota Kentucky. “Starting production of the new Camry is another proof point that Toyota is committed to providing secure employment and has been for nearly four decades. We continue to stay true to that promise by reinvesting profits in this plant and preparing our team members for future production opportunities, including a variety of electrified vehicles.”

Toyota Kentucky and the favored Camry have turn into synonymous, with greater than 11 million assembled thus far and over $10 billion invested within the plant and native communities. This milestone not solely speaks to the recognition of the Camry, it’s additionally a testomony to the almost 10,000 group members who construct them every day and Toyota’s dedication to long-term job stability.

“I feel blessed for the many years I have spent with Toyota and am proud of all the great things we have achieved,” stated Markee Robinson, manufacturing group chief. “While our plant continues to grow and change, I am confident that Toyota will continue to provide job stability and secure employment for decades to come, just as they have for me and my family.”

In 1988, the primary Kentucky-produced Camry created a buzz, and at the moment, the brand new era remains to be turning heads with a classy new look, extra energy, nice gas effectivity, and an much more gratifying driving expertise.

Toyota’s most up-to-date $1.3 billion funding within the Georgetown facility additional boosts electrification efforts, together with the meeting of an all-new, three row battery electrical SUV for the U.S. market. The new car helps Toyota’s multi-path strategy to offer prospects choices for electrified merchandise that greatest go well with particular person wants now and sooner or later.

Toyota has introduced new investments totaling greater than $18.6 billion into its U.S. manufacturing operations since 2021 to help electrification efforts.

“Congratulations once again to Toyota. Over the decades, Toyota has never wavered in its commitment to its employees and this community,” stated Gov. Andy Beshear. “Relying on their continuous improvement mindset, they continue to find ways to renew this plant and provide future opportunity and stability for the nearly 10,000 Kentuckians who work here. They are a first-class employer in this community and state.”

Toyota Kentucky has been a hub of the automaker’s North American operations since 1986, assembling a number of the most beloved nameplates within the Toyota lineup, together with the Camry, America’s best-selling passenger automobile for 22 consecutive years.

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