Atlanta-based Porsche Cars North America saw its sales grow by 55.5 percent in the second quarter, propelling the German automaker to its best first-half performance ever. Some of the increase […]
Category: Automotive
Posted inAutomotive, South Korea
Korean Supplier Duckyang to Invest $10M in Jackson County, Hiring 285
Korean auto supplier Duckyang is set to invest $10 million to put a facility in Jackson County near the massive SK Battery factory, which was visited by Korean President Moon […]
Posted inAutomotive
Georgia Views Hyundai-Kia’s $7.4B Electric Vehicle Investment Plan With Optimism
Georgia is viewing Hyundai Motor Group’s recent announcement of a $7.4 billion investment on its electric-vehicle transition in the U.S. with great anticipation as the state’s ambitions rise in the fast-growing […]
Posted inAutomotive, Business, Energy
Dutch Charging Station Provider Setting Up Atlanta Headquarters
A Netherlands-based supplier of charging stations for buses and other electric vehicles will set up a North American headquarters in Atlanta, hiring 70 and giving another boost to Georgia’s credentials […]
Posted inAutomotive, Business
With LG Dispute Settled, SK Battery Hosts Kemp for Update on Plant Progress
SK Battery on Monday hosted Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp at its factory complex in Commerce as executives set their sights on a future of unencumbered growth after settling a long-simmering […]
Posted inAutomotive, Trade
LG Plans $4.5B Investment to Absorb Demand if SK Battery’s Georgia Plant Shutters
LG Energy Solution is planning a $4.5 billion investment in the U.S. that it says would undercut the rival SK Battery’s rationale for saving its embattled Georgia plant. SK has said that an International Trade […]
Posted inAutomotive
Gwinnett Nets BMW, Mercedes-Benz Supplier Set to Create 73 Jobs
A family-owned German automotive supplier is to set up its sixth U.S. factory in Lawrenceville, investing $15 million and creating 73 jobs. KIRCHHOFF Automotive, which makes structural auto body components […]
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SK Battery Plant: $5 Billion Georgia Investment at Stake in Potential Closure
If the imperiled SK Battery plant in Commerce ends up closing down over an intellectual-property dispute, the outcome could be twice as bad for Georgia as previously expected. It turns out […]
Posted inAutomotive, Economic Development, Opinion
Opinion: Trade Secret Thief Gives Georgia False Choice Between Jobs and Justice
Editor’s note: This opinion article was written by Gordon Giffin, the former U.S. Ambassador to Canada under President Bill Clinton and Eric Tanenblatt, former chief of staff to Gov. Sonny Perdue. They serve as advisors […]
Posted inAutomotive, Economic Development, South Korea
SK Battery’s Georgia Factory Dealt a Blow in Trade Secrets Ruling
A final ruling against SK Innovation in a trade secrets case is throwing the long-term future of the Korean company’s $2.6 billion Georgia plant — and more than 2,600 planned jobs […]