In other news, Alabama selected to get Toyota/ Mazda plant to employ 4000

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The State of Alabama has been chosen for the coveted Toyota-Mazda joint assembly plant. this brings the state's total of assembly plants to 4: Mercedes in Tuscaloosa, Hyundai in Montgomery, Honda in Lincoln (East AL), and now Toyota/ Mazda in Huntsville/ Madison.

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Toyota and Mazda have apparently picked Alabama as the site for the company's new $1.6 billion auto plant, according to sources in North Carolina and Alabama. Reuters is reporting that a formal announcement is expected Wednesday. Sources for months have said the decision was between North Carolina and Alabama. The Raleigh News & Observer is reporting that North Carolina lost out on the plant because it does not have the supply chain logistics that the car companies desire. Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. announced in August a joint venture to build a $1.6 billion assembly plant in the U.S. which would create 4,000 jobs and be up and running by 2021. It is projected to produce 300,000 vehicles a year, with half being the Toyota Corolla and the rest an unspecified Mazda model. For some perspective, Alabama's Honda and Hyundai plants both produced more than 320,000 vehicles in 2017. But the venture is more than that, as both companies hope to co-develop electric vehicles, safety features and connected-car technologies, according to published reports last year.

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