{"id":1746,"date":"2023-02-20T21:36:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T16:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/?p=1746"},"modified":"2023-02-20T21:36:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T16:06:53","slug":"hyundai-motor-group-and-sk-on-to-build-ev-battery-facility-in-bartow-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/2023\/02\/20\/hyundai-motor-group-and-sk-on-to-build-ev-battery-facility-in-bartow-county\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Hyundai Motor Group and SK On To Build EV Battery Facility in Bartow County<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Governor&nbsp;Brian P. Kemp&nbsp;announced that Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) and SK On have selected a site in&nbsp;Bartow County&nbsp;for a new electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing facility that will supply Hyundai Motor Group&#8217;s plants in the U.S. One of the largest economic development projects in state history, stakeholders estimate it will create more than 3,500 new jobs through approximately&nbsp;$4-5 billion of investment in&nbsp;Bartow County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hyundai Motor Group and SK On recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding the partnership for a new EV battery facility in the U.S., with the details of the partnership still in development. Subject to execution of relevant agreements and HMG and SK On&#8217;s final board decisions, the new facility will be located at Bartow Centre, a zoned manufacturing and industrial site located on Highway 411, and is aiming to begin operations in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director of Korean Investment Yoonie Kim represented the Georgia Department of Economic Development&#8217;s (GDEcD) Global Commerce team on this competitive project in partnership with Georgia EMC, Development Authority of&nbsp;Bartow County, the&nbsp;Cartersville-Bartow County Department of Economic Development, and&nbsp;Georgia Quick Start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Georgia&#8217;s prime location, major ports system and extensive infrastructure, skilled workforce, and pro-business climate have made it an attractive location for a diverse array of rapidly developing industries focused on creating a sustainable future. Building on the assets that make the automotive industry successful, Georgia is positioned as a hub for the electric transportation industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Excluding this announcement, EV-related projects announced in the state since 2020 total approximately&nbsp;$17 billion&nbsp;in investment and more than 22,800 new jobs in&nbsp;Georgia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor&nbsp;Brian P. Kemp&nbsp;announced that Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) and SK On have selected a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1763,"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions\/1763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evconnectmag.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}