Audi plans $4.2 billion Georgia factory, its first U.S. plant
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Audi plans to invest $4.2 billion in its first U.S. manufacturing plant, a facility near Macon, Georgia, expected to create about 4,500 jobs and produce as many as 200,000 vehicles annually.
President Donald Trump announced the project Saturday at a Republican campaign rally in Perry, Georgia, ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Audi CEO Gernot Döllner joined Trump onstage and said the plant would build the automaker’s largest premium SUVs.
Audi said construction is scheduled to begin in 2027 and production in the early 2030s. The Volkswagen-owned company expects the plant to manufacture the Q7, Q8 and Q9, with roughly half its output exported outside the United States.
Döllner said Sunday that the investment was a business decision developed over several years to increase Audi’s U.S. sales and reduce its exposure to tariffs. Audi currently imports all vehicles sold in the United States from Europe or Mexico, and the company said U.S. tariffs cost it €1.2 billion last year. Döllner said the Trump administration invited Audi to unveil the project at the rally.
His appearance alongside Trump drew criticism from German labor representatives as Volkswagen pursues a major restructuring that includes job cuts and planned plant closures in Germany. Döllner said the Georgia investment would not transfer work from Germany, which he described as Audi’s development and technology base.
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