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Hyundai Motor Group confirmed Friday the company will spend $5.5 billion on a huge electric vehicle plant near Savannah that will employ thousands -- a deal Georgia's governor called the largest economic development project in the state's history.
Hyundai Motor Group CEO Jaehoon Chang made the announcement with Gov. Brian Kemp at the site of the future factory in Bryan County, where state and local officials purchased a flat, sprawling tract for $61 million last year in hopes of luring a major manufacturer.
"Hard-working Georgians are going to have the opportunity to have a really high-paying, advanced manufacturing job with a great company," Gov. Brian Kemp said in an interview.
Hyundai said it will employ at least 8,100 workers at the plant near the unincorporated town of Ellabell, where it will assemble electric vehicles as well as vehicle batteries. The company and state officials said they expect suppliers to invest an additional $1 billion.
"It's going to continue to bring wealth and opportunity to the region," said Kemp, who predicted a ripple effect that will boost businesses from Savannah's already booming seaport to restaurants and convenience stores.
The announcement came as President Joe Biden is visiting South Korea. He was scheduled to meet with Hyundai's CEO in Seoul on Sunday. Jake Sullivan, the president's national security adviser, told reporters Biden "will have the opportunity to say thank you for this significant investment that will occur in the United States."
The timing was fortunate for Kemp, who is being challenged by former U.S. Sen. David Perdue in a Republican primary election that will be decided Tuesday.
It's the second huge electric vehicle plant announced in Georgia in less than a year. Rivian Automotive announced in December plans for a $5 billion electric truck plant east of Atlanta that's expected to employ about 7,500 workers.
Kemp declined to discuss details of what incentives and tax breaks the company was offered for locating in Georgia. Rivian received and package worth $1.5 billion.
Hyundai said plans to move quickly with construction and hopes to begin producing vehicles in 2025.
The company will build the plant on 2,200 acres (890 hectares) that the state and partner local governments bought a year ago about 40 kilometres inland from Savannah. Bryan County and neighboring Chatham County, which includes Savannah, each chipped in $9 million toward the $61 million purchase price.
The land sits adjacent to Interstate 16 that links Savannah and Macon, not far from its intersection with Interstate 95 that spans the Eastern Seaboard. It's also near to the Port of Savannah, the fourth-busiest U.S. seaport.
Kemp predicted the Hyundai plant will become one of the biggest customers for Savannah's port, which has already seen explosive growth in recent years.
Hyundai Motor Group sells cars under the Hyundai and Kia brands. The South Korean automaker already operates two American assembly plants in Montgomery, Alabama, and in West Point, Georgia.
Perdue planned a campaign stop in Savannah on Friday afternoon with Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate. Perdue has accused Kemp to trying to buy his re-election with the Rivian deal and its big incentives.
Kemp brushed off the criticism, noting Perdue's record of outsourcing U.S. jobs to overseas manufactures as a corporate executive.
The governor said incentives help Georgia compete for big projects with states such as South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. He pointed to the Kia plant in West Point as one that filled a void when the local textile industry shut down years earlier.
"You've seen downtowns that used to be ghost towns, they're vibrant communities now," Kemp said. He added: "These are investments that we'll be reaping the benefits of 20 to 30 years down the road."
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AP reporters Aamer Madhani in Seoul, South Korea, and Jeff Amy in Atlanta contributed to this story.
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