Another multi-billion dollar auto plant coming to the South
PERRY, Ga. (AP) — President Trump has announced that Audi will build a $4.2 billion plant in Macon, Georgia.
Speaking at a campaign rally in Perry, Georgia, yesterday, Trump said Audi, which is the German luxury car brand owned by Volkswagen, will soon begin construction on a plant that will produce 200,000 cars a year.
Trump was joined on stage by Gernot Döllner, the chairman of the board of management at Audi, who said the plant would be producing “our biggest and most premium SUVs.”
“This is a long-term investment, because we believe in the American market,” he said.
Audi said the plant would create approximately 4,500 jobs and that construction was scheduled to begin in 2027, with production beginning in the early 2030s.
Georgia is home to the Kia assembly plant in West Point, near the Alabama state line, which shares many suppliers with the Hyundai assembly plant in Montgomery. It is also home to the Hyundai Metaplant in Ellabell, which is in southeast Georgia.
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