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Hyundai's US Investments Mean It's Not Worried About Tariffs

US President Donald Trump is proposing changes that are set to upend the automotive industry. He's instructed federal agencies to revamp emissions regulations, revoked incentives for electric vehicles, and proposed tariffs on imported cars. Some automakers, like Hyundai, are more immune to these changes than others. Its new CEO, José…

Motor1 · Mar 21, 2025

Toyota Exec: 'We Have Learned From The bZ4X Crisis'

As a rule, I don't count Toyota out in the electric vehicle race—or the race for any future transportation technology. But my rule has its limits. While Toyota had a fantastic year in the U.S. in 2024 on the strengths of its hybrid cars, the cracks are beginning to show…

InsideEVs · Jan 13, 2025

Nissan's Situation Gets Dire: '12 Or 14 Months To Survive'

As 2024 starts drawing to a close, it's more clear than ever that the business-as-usual era of the traditional auto industry is over.

InsideEVs · Nov 27, 2024

Hyundai rushing to open Georgia plant because of law rewarding domestic electric vehicle production

Hyundai is rushing to start electric vehicle and battery production at a $7.6 billion complex in coastal Georgia, spurred by federal electric vehicle incentives that reward domestic production

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

Republicans in the US ‘battery belt’ embrace Biden’s climate spending

Southern states led by Republicans did not vote for climate spending, but now embrace clean energy dollars like never before

The Guardian - US · Feb 22, 2023

Child workers found throughout Hyundai-Kia supply chain in Alabama

A Reuters investigation finds children worked for at least four Alabama parts suppliers to Hyundai and Kia in recent years, with staffing agencies placing migrant minors in plants where regulations ban kids from working.

ABC News · Dec 17, 2022

Hyundai factory groundbreaking highlights EV promise and challenges

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Inside the glitzy Enmarket Arena, VIPs and residents crowded around shimmering Hyundai, Kia and Genesis electric vehicles and concept cars in a scene reminiscent of an international auto show.

Tribune News Service · Oct 28, 2022

Hyundai Motor Group Breaks Ground On Metaplant America In Georgia

Hyundai Motor Group officially broke ground on Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America new manufacturing plant at the Bryan County Mega site in Georgia.

InsideEVs · Oct 26, 2022

Hyundai breaks ground on massive Georgia EV plant

SAVANNAH, Georgia ― Hyundai Motor Group held a ceremonial groundbreaking Tuesday near Savannah for its $5.54 billion electric vehicle “Metaplant,” its biggest investment outside South Korea, a future-defining wager in electrification and the largest economic development project in Georgia history.

Tribune News Service · Oct 26, 2022

Hyundai presses US government for flexibility with EV tax credits

SAVANNAH, Georgia ― Korean and Hyundai Motor Group officials on Tuesday celebrated the groundbreaking for a $5.54 billion Georgia electric vehicle factory — and used the occasion to urge Washington to restore tax credits for plug-in vehicles that Hyundai currently makes in Korea until it can start production in the…

Tribune News Service · Oct 26, 2022