Toyota Will Make Prius in US

Swap at SUV plant shows how fast industry is adjusting to fuel costs, demand

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 10, 2008 5:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – Toyota plans to start producing its super-popular Prius hybrid in the US, Wired reports. With inventories overwhelmed by demand, the firm will move production lines to a Mississippi plant intended to produce SUVs. The factory won’t make its first Prius until 2010, but with no sign of abating gas prices, Toyota is betting hybrid demand will be even higher then.

Unsold 2007 Solaras sit at a Toyota dealership in the southeast Denver suburb of Centennial, Colo., on Sunday, March 25, 2007. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

In this handout file photo provided by the Toyota Motor Corp., a 2007 Toyota Prius is shown in a Sept. 2006 photo. (AP Photo/Toyota Motor Corp., File)

Toyota Prius hybrid cars line an auto dealership's front row in Springfield, Ill., in this March 14, 2008 file photo. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

The Toyota logo is seen on the hood of a Prius Hybrid Tuesday, July 1, 2008, at a Chicago dealership. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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