Toyota Motor announced on Thursday it will resume automobile production at all of its 14 plants in North America from May 4 after a one-and-a-half month suspension due to the novel coronavirus.
“Beginning the week of May 4, Toyota intends to gradually resume its North American manufacturing operations in compliance with federal health and safety guidelines and local and state ordinances,” the Japanese automaker said in a press statement..
Toyota suspended production on March 23 as car sales in the United States plunged in line with large-scale social distancing measures intended to help stop the spread of the virus.
Toyota saw its U.S. car sales down 36.9 percent from a year earlier.
“We will continue to follow all safety guidelines and monitor vehicle demand as we carefully ramp up production,” the carmaker added.
