[mazda77]

So, explain to me what the price of oil had to do with companies like Toyota USA moving its entire footprint in Kalifornja to Texas?

Not to say that oil had nothing to do with it but the number of companies and people fleeing the Golden Fleece State were making business and economic decisions to move brought on by the political climate.

[DannyTN]

Well here is what Toyota said about it...

"The shift, announced Monday, is part of a strategy to consolidate corporate management on one campus near the company's Southern manufacturing hubs. It marks the second high-profile move of a major automaker from Southern California. Nissan moved its U.S. headquarters from Gardena to a Nashville suburb in 2006.
Some observers and California officials seized on the announcement to criticize what they said is California's business climate for high taxes and onerous regulations. But Toyota officials said the move to a Dallas suburb had nothing to do with cost-cutting and everything to do with fostering efficiency and collaboration.

So they moved the headquarters closer to their manufacturing. A lesson that should be paid attention to everyone who thinks we can off-shore manufacturing and keep the headquarters and design elements in the U.S..