Ted Mengiste, chief operating officer of Genesis Motor North America, said in an interview that Hyundai is moving production of the GV70 SUV — the brand's best-selling model in the US — out of its Montgomery, Alabama, plant and back to Ulsan, South Korea.
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Hyundai begins producing EREVs by end of 2026
Hyundai will begin producing the new EREVs at its $7.6 billion Georgia facility by the end of 2026, with sales starting in 2027.
Hyundai will begin producing the new EREVs at the soon-to-open $7.6 billion Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America facility in Bryan County, Georgia—which had been originally slated to exclusively manufacture battery EVs—by the end of 2026, with sales starting in 2027.
The Thursday raid targeted one of Georgia’s largest and most high-profile manufacturing sites, where Hyundai Motor Group a year ago began manufacturing electric vehicles at a $7.6 billion plant.
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Hyundai opened the Metaplant in March 2025
The Metaplant opened in March 2025 with a stated capacity of 500,000 electric and hybrid vehicles a year for the Hyundai, Kia and Genesis brands, according to Hyundai's newsroom.
The Metaplant opened in March 2025 with a stated capacity of 500,000 electric and hybrid vehicles a year for the Hyundai, Kia and Genesis brands, according to Hyundai's newsroom.
Hyundai Motor Group has had a decadeslong investment in the American South and operates three vehicle assembly plants in Alabama and Georgia, with a total annual production capacity of roughly 1 million cars.
The Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama facility first opened in 2005 and has an annual production capacity of nearly 400,000 vehicles.