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Toyota has begun hybrid vehicle production in North America with the start-up of the production line for the Hybrid Camry at its factory at Georgetown in Kentucky.

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky president Steve St Angelo said, “We are proud, excited and honoured to be Toyota's first plant in North America to build a hybrid vehicle. It’s a great tribute to the tremendous ability and skill level of all of our team members, who have been building the Camry, America's number one selling sedan.”

TMMK, which invested approximately $10 million toward production of the hybrid, will have a Camry Hybrid annual production capacity of 48,000 units. Since the start of sales of the Camry Hybrid in North America in May 2006, approximately 23,000 units have been sold as of the end of September.

Cumulatively, starting with the Prius in 2000 and including the Highlander Hybrid, the RX400h and the GS450h, approximately 420,000 Toyota and Lexus hybrid vehicles had been sold in North America by the end of September 2006.