Trump announces Audi plans for Macon-area factory at Georgia rally
Trump said Audi would invest $4.2 billion in a planned Macon-area factory; Audi’s reported timetable puts production in the early 2030s.
By Sofia Marchetti · World Affairs Correspondent
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President Donald Trump announced an Audi Georgia factory plan at a Republican campaign rally in Perry, Georgia, and Audi chief Gernot Döllner joined him on stage, according to the Associated Press and Fortune. The project remains planned rather than built, with Audi’s reported schedule calling for construction to start in 2027 and production in the early 2030s.
Trump said Audi, the Volkswagen-owned German luxury brand, would put $4.2 billion into a plant near Macon that could produce 200,000 vehicles a year, according to the AP report published by ABC News. Audi’s reported news release said the facility would be its first in Georgia and would create about 4,500 jobs, AP and Fortune reported.
Döllner, Audi’s CEO and chairman of its board of management, told the Perry crowd that the factory would make the company’s “biggest and most premium SUVs,” according to AP and Fortune. He described the project as a long-term investment based on Audi’s confidence in the U.S. market, the reports said.
When would Audi’s Georgia plant begin production?
Audi’s reported timetable puts the start of construction in 2027, followed by vehicle production in the early 2030s. The 200,000-vehicle annual capacity was stated by Trump at the rally; the reported Audi release supported the jobs estimate and the construction and production schedule.
- Location: Near Macon, Georgia, according to Trump’s announcement reported by AP and Fortune.
- Investment: $4.2 billion, according to Trump.
- Expected output: 200,000 vehicles annually, according to Trump.
- Jobs: About 4,500, according to Audi’s reported news release.
- Vehicles: Audi’s biggest and most premium SUVs, according to Döllner.
The announcement came at a rally intended to support Republican candidates ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, AP and Fortune reported. Trump credited his tariff policies with prompting Audi’s decision, but the reports did not independently establish that tariffs caused the planned investment.
The appearance placed a corporate investment announcement alongside the campaign event. It also gave Döllner a public role in outlining Audi’s proposed Georgia expansion, while the company’s construction, hiring and production plans remain future targets.
This story draws on original reporting from Fortune.