# Audi to build $4bn SUV plant in Georgia, creating 4,500 jobs

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/volkswagen-to-build-4bn-audi-suv-factory-in-us-despite-job-cuts-at-home/
- Published: 2026-10-25T13:43:19+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-25T14:07:20+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/25/volkswagen-to-build-4bn-audi-suv-factory-in-us-despite-job-cuts-at-home
- Topics: Americas, Business, Celebrity, Companies, Economy, Entertainment, World

## Key points

- Audi plans a $4bn factory in Georgia.
- The plant aims to make 200,000 SUVs and add 4,500 jobs.
- Volkswagen faces tariffs, competition and major job cuts in Germany.

## Summary

Audi will invest $4bn (£3bn) in its first US factory, in Macon, Georgia, where it plans to build large SUVs and create 4,500 jobs. The announcement, made alongside Donald Trump at a campaign rally, comes as Volkswagen faces US import tariffs and seeks to strengthen its position in a major market.

The plant is intended to produce 200,000 Q7, Q8 and Q9 SUVs, shifting some production from Slovakia. Volkswagen says Trump’s tariffs have cost it up to €5bn a year, while the group is also cutting up to 100,000 jobs and closing factories in Germany amid Chinese competition and the costly shift to electric vehicles. The new models will be petrol-powered, despite the broader transition to EVs.

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