The Hyundai brand logo, a stylized H slanting to the right, is meant to symbolize forward motion.

When it comes to the South Korean automaker’s electric vehicle assembly factory near Savannah, the H logo might as well feature racing stripes. Officials broke ground on the 16 million-square-foot facility in October 2022 and launched full production two years later during the first week of October 2024.

Test production began in spring 2024 as assembly line staffing levels reached enough for one shift. With a stated goal of introducing 23 new EV models and manufacturing 1.44 million battery-powered cars annually by 2030, Hyundai’s sense of urgency in opening the Georgia plant reflects the automakers’ view of “the future of mobility,” officials said.

Or as Carter Infinger, an elected

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