With $5 billion in facility-specific investment and 3,500 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.
View full methodology →The battery manufacturing context.
Facilities manufacturing battery cells, modules, or packs of any chemistry, plus battery-specific active materials and components such as cathode and anode materials.
At a glance
- Company
- Hyundai-SK Battery Manufacturing America
- Industry
- Battery Manufacturing
- Location
- Bartow County, Georgia
- Investment
- $5.00B
- Permanent jobs announced
- 3,500
- Status
- Operational
- Announced
- Dec 8, 2022
- Operations began
- June 2026
- Added to tracker
- Oct 14, 2026
Official references
- Office of the Georgia Governor — Bartow County EV battery facility announcement, December 8, 2022 https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2022-12-08/gov-kemp-hyundai-motor-group-and-sk-build-ev-battery-facility-bartow
- Hyundai — Hyundai and SK On EV battery cell production joint venture https://www.hyundai.news/eu/articles/press-releases/hyundai-and-sk-on-to-establish-ev-battery-cell-production-joint-venture.html
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — plant opening and initial production, July 2026 https://www.ajc.com/business/2026/07/sk-and-hyundai-open-new-5b-ev-battery-plant-northwest-of-atlanta/
Cite this project
American Factory Tracker. "Bartow County EV Battery Cell Plant — Hyundai-SK Battery Manufacturing America, GA." https://americanfactorytracker.com/projects/hyundai-sk-battery-manufacturing-america-bartow-county. Accessed October 15, 2026.
Please also cite the original sources listed above for underlying figures.
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