Toyota to Manufacture EV SUVs at Kentucky Plant

TOKYO–Toyota Motor will start making two battery-powered sport utility vehicles at its U.S. Kentucky plant, as part of a move to improve manufacturing efficiency and better serve market demand, the Japanese automaker said.

The company will assemble two new three-row battery electric SUVs it plans to make at Toyota Kentucky, Toyota Motor North America said in a statement, adding it is “strategically transitioning” production across its Kentucky and Indiana plants.