Toyota Announces New U.S. Jobs at Chicago Auto Show

Toyota is set to create new U.S. jobs at their Princeton Plant by moving a $400M operation from Japan. Toyota is joining the ranks of auto companies such as Volkswagen, Kia Motors, Honda, GM and BMW by moving operations from countries where costs are higher. The U.S. recession of the last decade has driven production costs down in the U.S., leaving a sensible market for automotive production. Many companies have started to take advantage of the situation over the last year, and Toyota is now looking to capitalize in the same manner.

Toyota Highlander Hybrid Leaves Japan for the U.S.

Toyota's North American President, Yoshimi Inaba, announced during the 2012 Chicago Auto Show this week that Toyota will be moving production of the Toyota Hybrid Highlander from Japan to the Princeton Plant in the U.S. this year. This $400M operation will increase the output of the Princeton Plant by 50,000 units and will create an additional 400 jobs on the U.S. Market. The incomes from these new auto jobs will also help to support local and national markets.

Volkswagen's New Plant creates 2000 new jobs in the South Eastern U.S.

Many of the larger automakers have recently made similar choices by opening new operations in the U.S. rather than in higher cost areas such as Japan and India. The German automaker, Volkswagen, recently opened a new plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The plant's current purpose is to manufacture the Volkswagen Passat for the U.S. market. The new factory brought more than 2,000 new jobs to the region.

Kia Motors Boosts U.S. Job Outlook with 1,000 new U.S. Jobs

Another 1,000 American jobs were created in the south eastern U.S. last year when Kia Motors decided to add another shift at their new plant in West Point, Georgia. The idea of adding a third shift is to ramp up production of the Kia Sorento as well as the Kia Santa Fe. The company projected the sales of these two popular vehicles to go up in the short term future and needed to ramp up production to meet the rising demands. For local citizens, this increase means new jobs and more money pumped into the local economy.

Boosting the U.S. Economy

These and many other automotive jobs moving back to the U.S. are helping to slowly bring the U.S. economy back to its former glory. Each of the new jobs created will not only support an American family, but it will also support local communities and their economies as these workers spend their hard earned dollar.