US EditionHyundai Battery Plant Faces at Least 2-3 Month Startup Delay Following US Raid, CEO Says
The largest single-site U.S. immigration enforcement operation detained 475 workers, causing a two to three month delay in Hyundai's Georgia EV battery plant construction, CEO said.
- A raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on September 4 at a Hyundai-linked battery plant in Georgia will delay production by at least two to three months, according to CEO José Muñoz.
- The raid resulted in the detention of 475 workers, many of whom were South Korean, leading to outrage in South Korea.
- U.S. officials made an agreement to allow over 300 detained workers to return to South Korea, as they chose to return home instead of training American workers.
- Hyundai's planned $12.6 billion investment in Georgia is now at risk due to the delays caused by the raid and public outrage over the detentions.
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Hyundai plant completion in Georgia delayed months by ICE raid
The massive U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid at a Hyundai EV battery manufacturing plant in Georgia last week has likely set the facility's opening back by several months, Chief Executive Officer José Muñoz told reporters Thursday. "This is going to give us minimum two to three months delay, because now all these people want to get back [to South Korea]," Muñoz said in Detroit, as reported by Bloomberg. "Then you need to see h…
Hyundai battery plant faces at least 2-3 month startup delay following US raid, CEO says
A battery plant co-owned by Hyundai Motor is facing a minimum startup delay of two to three months following an immigration raid last week, Hyundai CEO Jose Munoz said on Thursday.
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Sinar DailySouth Korea workers head home after US immigration raid
SEOUL - Hundreds of South Korean workers were headed back to Seoul on Friday after their detention in a US immigration raid that Hyundai warned will delay completion of its battery factory.
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