Toyota is still investing massively in hybrids

Amidst the wave of fully-electric brands taking the world by storm, Toyota appears unwaveringly confident still in the appeal of its hybrid vehicles.

Or at least this seems to be the case in the U.S.A, where the Japanese carmaker has just announced a whopping $1.188 billion (USD912 million) investment to expand the production capacity of its hybrid vehicles.

Specifically, the investment sum will be directed to five manufacturing plants, and arrives in order to meet “growing demand for the [hybrid] vehicles in the U.S.A”.

A large bulk of the sum - approximately $590 million (USD453 million) will benefit Toyota's Buffalo site in the state of West Virginia, where 80 jobs will be added to increase assembly of four-cylinder hybrid-compatible engines, sixth-generation hybrid transaxles and rear motor stators. 

The remaining four plants set to benefit from the outlined investment include Toyota's Georgetown plant in Kentucky; its Blue Spring plant in Mississipi; its Jackson plant in Tennessee; and its Troy plant in Missouri.

The latest announcement forms part of Toyota's grand $13 billion (USD10 billion) investment plan in the States, set to be spread across the next five years.

Toyota also states that it counts to the brand's "best-company-in-town" approach - referring to its belief in investing and producing within the U.S.A, where it employs approximately 50,000 people, and has thus far manufactured more than 35 million vehicles across 11 plants.