At the moment, CX-50 is available with Mazda’s Skyactiv-G 2.5 naturally aspirated engine or Skyactiv-G 2.5 Turbo engine both paired with a six-speed automatic transmission. In the coming years, the CX-50 will also be offered with electrified powertrains, including a traditional hybrid model.

MTM began operation in September 2021 and can produce 300,000 vehicles annually – 150,000 units each for both Toyota and Mazda. The plant can employ ~4000 workers. Several thousand workers are also expected to be employed by suppliers in non-union shops. Alabama, aside from its history of racism and white supremacy, is a right to work” (for less?)* state, which means workers don’t have to be unionized.**

Toyota along with other offshore automakers were lobbying against the Biden Administration’s ambitious, awakened Build Back Better plan that has a provision for made in American by union workers to be eligible for taxpayer-subsidized EV subsidies. This is part of a forward-thinking strategic plan to create middle-class jobs and benefits from the Administration that was put in place by a large majority of voters to rid our democracy of the treasonous former Administration that destroyed jobs while creating tax cuts for the super-wealthy.