It's hard to overstate what a big deal the Hyundai Metaplant outside Savannah, Georgia is—or was supposed to be. More than 100,000 jobs for related industries and projects. Up to 500,000 cars produced per year, including electric vehicles like the Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 9, plus hybrids too. And nearby, batteries produced for those cars—a kind of tariff armor and long-term manufacturing base in the United States for Korea Inc.
