GUANAJUATO, Mexico—Toyota has begun construction on a $1 billion assembly plant here, its fifteenth manufacturing facility in North America. The factory, which will produce the Corolla, is expected to employ approximately 2,000 workers.

BUFFALO, WV—Toyota will invest $400 million in its assembly plant here over the next four years.

PLANO, TX—Toyota will use solar panels at its Texas headquarters, which is currently under construction, to get 25 percent of its power from the sun.

MASHIKI, Japan—Toyota and Nissan have suspended production at two plants in Japan that export Lexus and crossover vehicles after an earthquake damaged two suppliers’ factories.

GEORGETOWN, KY – When one thinks of the skills necessary for auto manufacturing, origami probably doesn’t appear on the list. But the ability to create an origami cat, one-handed, with a non-dominant hand is a critical first step in the training process for stitching the instrument panel of the Lexus ES.

TOKYO—Toyota has resumed operations at all vehicle assembly and parts plants in Japan after its longest domestic production suspension since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

TOKYO—Toyota Motor Corp. will suspend vehicle production in Japan for six days this month due to a shortage of parts. The shortage stems from a Jan. 8 explosion at an Aichi Steel Corp. manufacturing plant.

TOKYO—Toyota has bumped up efforts to reduce waste by recycling old vehicle bumper covers and other scrap parts.

DETROIT—Automotive OEMs sold 17.47 million new vehicles (both imports and domestics) in 2015, breaking the mark of 17.41 million vehicles in 2000.

GEORGETOWN, KY—Toyota’s assembly plant here will begin generating electricity from methane, a byproduct of trash decomposition at a nearby landfill.