Audi Plans Georgia SUV Plant, With Trump Expected to Announce It Saturday

US President Donald Trump is expected to announce on Saturday that Audi, Volkswagen's premium subsidiary, plans to build an assembly plant in Georgia that would produce 200,000 SUVs a year, a government official told Reuters on Oct. 24. Trump plans to make the announcement in Georgia, near the planned site. The plant is expected to assemble the Q7, Q8 and Q9 SUVs, which are currently built in Europe, and some of the vehicles would be exported, the official said. Audi is also expected to announce plans to build 25,000 vehicles in South Carolina, at the $2 billion plant that Volkswagen's off-road brand Scout Motors is building in Blythewood. Audi declined to comment, and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Trump has pressured automakers to move production to the United States and has raised tariffs on autos, steel, aluminum and parts. Georgia has competitive midterm races for US Senate and governor.

Right-leaning outlets tracked by Crosswire had not reported this story at the time of writing; left-leaning and alternative/independent outlets had. The New York Times, on the left, frames it as Trump's announcement, with a headline saying Audi will build a Georgia factory, Trump says. Its excerpt stresses that Audi imports all its cars from Europe or Mexico and has been hit hard by US tariffs. Reuters, carried by Investing.com in the alternative group, uses a more cautious headline built on a source and adds the 200,000-vehicle figure, the model names, the South Carolina plan and the Scout plant. It also gives political and economic context: Trump wants to show his auto tariffs help the economy, critics say they raised vehicle prices, EV incentive cuts reduced EV and battery production, and vehicle and parts employment has fallen. The excerpt available from the Times does not include those details. With no right-leaning coverage, no comparison with that side is possible.