Trump announces Audi will build $4 billion US factory in Georgia
The plant is expected to create about 4,500 jobs and produce 200,000 SUVs a year, according to Audi and Georgia officials.
- 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 VW subsidiary wants to invest four billion US dollars, while the Group's plants are wobbly in Europe. Audi CEO Döllner announced a new SUV plant in the USA at an event with Donald Trump. This causes annoyance in Germany.
Audi wants to invest four billion dollars in the USA, 4,500 new jobs are to be created. In Germany, however, up to 7,500 jobs will be lost by 2029, and the traditional Neckarsulm plant is fighting for its future. Audi CEO Gernot Döllner personally announced the American factory plans on Donald Trump's campaign stage.
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