The project, announced in 2022, now represents an investment of more than $7.5 billion in Georgia, counting investments by suppliers and partners including a venture with Korean conglomerate LG Energy Systems to make battery packs at the site. Contact online >>
The project, announced in 2022, now represents an investment of more than $7.5 billion in Georgia, counting investments by suppliers and partners including a venture with Korean conglomerate LG Energy Systems to make battery packs at the site.
The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is working to optimize Georgia''s EV battery supply chain by developing cost- and energy-efficient methods to recover materials from spent batteries so that more of them can be reused – and pose fewer environmental risks.
A new 65 megawatt battery energy storage system named Mossy Branch Energy Facility in Talbot County is live. It features 6,700 batteries in 208 gray enclosures on 2.5 acres that store energy from the grid and provide energy when it''s needed during peak demand.
ATLANTA – November 11, 2022 – Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that FREYR Battery, a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, will invest $2.57 billion into Georgia''s sustainable technology ecosystem and create 723 new jobs over the next seven years at a manufacturing facility in Coweta County.
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Less than two decades ago, the Kia Georgia plant made history – as the Korean automaker’s first manufacturing operation in the U.S. and, at the time, the largest economic project in Georgia.
Kia’s $1.2 billion facility, along with a network of suppliers, brought thousands of jobs – and new life – to Troup County, a once-struggling textile area that had one of the highest unemployment rates in the state. More importantly, it made Georgia a player in auto manufacturing once again, a legacy that dates back to 1915 when Ford established a manufacturing plant and its Southeastern headquarters in Atlanta.
“Once up to full capacity, the metaplant has the capacity to produce 300,000 vehicles a year.” Chris Smith, chief project implementation officer and general counsel, Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America
The large EV projects are bringing a host of battery manufacturers and other automotive suppliers to the state, from Metro Atlanta to the west central region to Southeast Georgia.
“Today, the five largest projects in the state’s history have all been related to e-mobility,” says Kristi Brigman, deputy commissioner of global commerce at the Georgia Department of Economic Development. “Broadly speaking, since 2018, projects related to the e-mobility supply chain have created about 32,200 new jobs in Georgia and $27 billion in investment.”
“Once up to full capacity, the metaplant has the capacity to produce 300,000 vehicles a year,” Smith says. “If the demand dictates, there is room to expand the facility to produce 500,000 vehicles.”
Making EVs requires a ready supply of parts from bumpers to tires and, of course, batteries. Growth in manufacturing attracts new suppliers and promotes expansion by existing suppliers, bringing jobs to areas that often need them the most. The majority of these jobs are outside the Atlanta-Fulton County area, says Brigman. “We celebrate every time we land a project in a community. We want people to be able to live in the community they want to be in. Communities are instrumental in helping us recruit the projects,” she says.
“…We have the reputation as a very business-friendly environment. Our logistics network, which means our rail, our airport and our port, is absolutely critical to our growth.” Kristi Brigman, deputy commissioner of global commerce, Georgia Department of Economic Development.
So why are EV manufacturers choosing Georgia? There is a list of reasons, including infrastructure and logistics, the state’s much-lauded Quick Start program, and yes, incentives. But Brigman says that the record-breaking run as the “top state to do business” is well deserved.
“At the top of that list is that we have the reputation as a very business-friendly environment,” says Brigman. “Our logistics network, which means our rail, our airport and our port, is absolutely critical to our growth.”
While Georgia also offers tax incentives competitive with those of other states, Smith says that for Hyundai, tax incentives were “not as much of a deciding factor as one might assume. In fact, other states offered us more incentives, but they didn’t have the combination of geographic position and port and a site that was already earmarked for a project our size.”
In February, Georgia Quick Start broke ground on the first training center in Georgia dedicated exclusively to the EV market. Located on state property adjacent to the metaplant near Ellabell, the center will train employees for Hyundai as well as affiliate companies such as Mobis, Glovis and Transys.
Since its inception Georgia Quick Start has not only facilitated the establishment of new companies and industries in Georgia but has played an important role when those companies planned expansions, according to Brigman. Such projects, she says, have put Georgia on the map as an innovator in both electric vehicles and workforce training.
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