Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama (TMMAL), employs more than 2,000 team members and builds more than 3,000 engines each day. Producing one-third of Toyota’s engines in the U.S. at its 1.3 million-square-foot facility, TMMAL is the only plant to build four-cylinder, V-6 and twin-turbo under one roof. TMMAL powers popular Toyota vehicles like the Highlander, Sienna, RAV4, Corolla, Corolla Cross, Tundra, Tacoma and Sequoia.
Facts and Figures
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Manufacturing Plant
Engine Plant
2001
Groundbreaking
778,000+
Engines assembled in 2023
2,000+
Total Employment
- Foundation: June 1, 2001, SOP 2003
- Plant Site: 403 acres in Huntsville, AL
- Plant Size: 1.3 million square feet
- Products: Four-cylinder + HEV engines (RAV4, Corolla, Corolla Cross, Highlander, Sienna); 2.4L Turbo + HEV engines (Tacoma); and Twin-turbo V6 + HEV engines (Tundra, Sequoia)
- Investment: $1.7 billion
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Fast Facts:
- A $49 million solar array, in partnership with Huntsville Utilities and Toyota Tsusho, will supply more than 70 percent of the plant's energy needs when completed.
- Grants of up to $6.7 million to help prepare Huntsville City Schools' students for future careers in science, technology, engineering and math. The grants are part of Toyota's Driving Possibilities initiative and is a five-year phased rollout of programming in select schools.
- Toyota Alabama produces one-third of all Toyota engines built in the U.S.
- Only Toyota plant globally to have built 4-cylinder, V6 and V8 engines under one roof.
- All four production lines produce both combustion and hybrid engines.
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Investments, Jobs and Production:
- Nine major investments and six building expansions since groundbreaking in 2001.
- In June 2024, Toyota Alabama announced a $282 million investment adding more than 350 jobs and drivetrain production.
- $222 million investment (April 2022) created a 2.4T engine line for the all-new Tacoma.
- Only Toyota plant in North America to build the Twin Turbo V6 engine.
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Environmental Sustainability:
- Winner of Toyota North America Awards for outstanding energy, waste and water management.
- Zero landfill facility.
- ISO14001 certified since 2004.
- Wildlife Habitat Council Certified since 2014 with four active programs onsite.
- 3.3-acre solar farm onsite, which produces enough energy to power the plant during non-production.
- One of two initial model sustainable plants.
- In 2023, the plant announced a joint project with Toyota Tsusho and Huntsville Utilities to create a 30-megawatt solar array that will reduce the plant's consumption of non-renewable energy by more than 70 percent. The $49 million solar array will be complete in the summer of 2024.
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Community Involvement:
- $425,000 invested in 2023.
- $13 million investment in the local community since 2003.
- $574,000 invested in 2021.
- Represented on 22 local nonprofit boards.
- In 2023, launched Driving Possibilities initiative to support STEM education.
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Workforce:
- Our team members represent 18 different counties in Alabama and Tennessee.
- Supports nearly 10,000 jobs across Alabama.