Toyota said it would invest $240 million in its Buffalo, West Virginia plant to add a production line for hybrid transaxles, the part that combines the motor, generator and gears in a hybrid car. It followed a $210 million investment and 100 new jobs announced at the plant in February 2021. The plant Toyota West Virginia, in Buffalo, makes about a million engines and transmissions a year for vehicles built in North America. The 2021 announcement came 25 years after the plant broke ground, and it had been expanded or received new investment 11 times. What Toyota said Plant president Srini Matam said the line would let workers learn new skills and play a bigger role in Toyota's electrified future in North America. Toyota had pledged an electrified version of every Toyota and Lexus model by 2025.
