[TMWNN]

>It remains to be seen whether it can even be done. Toyota famously failed with a similar attempt in Fremont, California.

Every Japanese auto maker has had US plants for decades. Toyota's oldest, in Georgetown KY, has been there since 1986.

[Strom]

The Fremont factory predates the Georgetown factory by a few years, and of course even more if we consider the pre-Toyota history of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUMMI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Motor_Manufacturing_Ken...