Hyundai-LG Energy Solution

HL-GA Battery Company — Hyundai / LG Energy Solution 50-50 battery-cell joint venture on the Bryan County site adjacent to the Hyundai Metaplant. Figures reflect the battery JV alone ($4.3B / 3,400 jobs), not the combined Metaplant vehicle-and-battery campus.

Investment
$4.30B
Permanent jobs announced
3,400
Status
Under Construction
Expected opening
Dec 1, 2025
Why this project qualifies

With $4.3 billion in facility-specific investment and 3,400 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.

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Why it matters

The battery manufacturing context.

Battery manufacturing has become one of the largest concentrations of new industrial investment in the United States. A network of cell plants is taking shape across the Midwest and Southeast, connecting automakers, battery producers, critical-material suppliers and energy-storage markets. Federal production incentives have accelerated that build-out, while the next test will be whether announced capacity converts into sustained domestic production.

Project record

At a glance

Company
Hyundai-LG Energy Solution
Industry
Battery Manufacturing
Location
Bryan County, Georgia
Investment
$4.30B
Permanent jobs announced
3,400
Status
Under Construction
Announced
May 26, 2023
Expected opening
Dec 1, 2025
Added to tracker
Apr 15, 2025
Sources

Official references

  • Primary source
    https://georgia.org/press-releases/2023/hyundai-motor-group-and-lg-energy-solution-invest-additional-2b-bryan-county
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