Fact-check · Oct 20, 2026
“Now we're building more car plants than we've ever built before”
FALSESaid in 3 broadcasts
What the record shows
The U.S. has opened more than two dozen major vehicle assembly plants over the past four decades. Currently 51 light-vehicle assembly plants operate in the U.S., slightly fewer than the 52 operating five years ago. The country is not currently building more auto manufacturing plants than at any point in its history.
Multiple authoritative sources confirm the U.S. is not building more car plants than ever before. Current projects involve expansions and retooling of existing facilities, not an unprecedented construction boom.
Sources
Every time it was said
3 times, Oct 6, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026 · 3 false · against US manufacturing construction spending (FRED)
US manufacturing construction spending, as revised today● figure published the day it was saidFalse
Figures published each day come from FRED archives (ALFRED), before later revisions.
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