Trump announces Audi will build $4 billion US factory in Georgia
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump announced Audi plans to build its first U.S. manufacturing facility at the Middle Georgia Megasite, a $4 billion investment expected to create 4,500 new jobs.
- The Mid-Georgia Gateway Joint Development Authority , formed in May 2026, secured the investment by uniting Peach, Macon-Bibb, and Houston counties to market the 1,474-acre site near Interstate 75.
- Audi expects to begin grading in 2027 and construction in 2028, reaching full production of 200,000 SUVs annually by 2031, with rail access to the ports of Savannah and Brunswick within 5 hours.
- Trump, who has imposed significant tariffs on foreign-made vehicles to encourage domestic production, appeared alongside Audi CEO Gernot Döllner at a GOP rally to announce the project.
- Audi is also expected to build 25,000 vehicles in South Carolina, while the company operates in more than 110 markets and employs over 88,000 people worldwide.
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The president of the most powerful German trade union IG Metall, Christiane Benner, vehemently criticized Monday the participation of the director of the German automaker Audi in an election rally with Donald Trump, an occasion on which an investment of four billion dollars of Audi was announced in its first plant in the USA, informs AFP.
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At an election campaign event in the U.S. state of Georgia, US President Trump announces the construction of an Audi plant in Georgia. He then asks the Audi boss on stage to thank Trump for his support.
Georgia. U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that Audi will build an automotive plant in Georgia, as he tries to keep his promise to boost U.S. manufacturing before the legislative elections.
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