{"id":128089,"date":"2026-08-21T18:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/128089\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T18:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:08:08","slug":"bryan-county-hyundai-responds-to-reports-of-production-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/128089\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan County Hyundai responds to reports of production expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hyundai responds to reports of production expansion at Bryan County plant<\/p>\n<p>Hyundai weighs Bryan County Metaplant boost as CEO floats 800,000 vehicles by 2028<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjcl.com\/news-team\/bdc86b63-e7ba-404c-8e61-ce14b8afb6e2\" aria-label=\"Kendra Smith profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bdc86b63-e7ba-404c-8e61-ce14b8afb6e2_1659993833.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Kendra Smith\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>BRYAN COUNTY, Ga. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Above video: &#8216;Get Inside&#8217; Hyundai Metaplant<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Hyundai is responding to reports that it could significantly expand production at its Metaplant in Bryan County.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">The plant is currently targeted to produce up to 500,000 electric and hybrid vehicles each year.<\/p>\n<p>Hyundai Considering Production Increase<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Hyundai CEO Jos\u00e9 Mu\u00f1oz recently told CNBC the company was considering increasing annual production from 500,000 vehicles to as many as 800,000 by 2028.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">In a statement shared with WJCL 22 News, Hyundai Motor North America said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHyundai Motor Group is investing $26 billion to expand its U.S. operations through 2028, reinforcing a robust U.S. manufacturing base. <\/p>\n<p>Hyundai remains committed to producing more than 80 percent of the vehicles it sells in the U.S. domestically by 2030. <\/p>\n<p>We continuously evaluate demand and market conditions to identify opportunities to increase U.S. production.<\/p>\n<p>At present, Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA) is targeted to produce up to 500,000 electric and hybrid vehicles annually. <\/p>\n<p>We are evaluating opportunities to add production capacity in the U.S., but no final decisions have been made, and we have nothing further to announce at this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">The statement confirms the company is evaluating additional production capacity, but no expansion has been approved.<\/p>\n<p>$26 Billion U.S. Investment<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">Hyundai says it is investing $26 billion to expand its U.S. operations through 2028.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">The company also remains committed to producing more than 80% of the vehicles it sells in the United States domestically by 2030.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"11\">For now, Hyundai says the Bryan County Metaplant remains targeted for annual production of up to 500,000 electric and hybrid vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hyundai responds to reports of production expansion at Bryan County plant Hyundai weighs Bryan County Metaplant boost as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[65548,3527,2471,65549,42752,65552,52399,3802,1298,18957,6781,23912,708,295,294,65553,293,21180,5913,65550,65554,17468,65342,154,42768,2782,65546,5204,63504,65551,39499,65547,26663,25383],"class_list":["post-128089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hyundai","tag-26-billion","tag-3527","tag-2471","tag-automotive-plant","tag-bryan-county","tag-bryan-county-hyundai","tag-cnbc","tag-company","tag-electric-vehicles","tag-georgia","tag-hmgma","tag-hybrid-vehicle","tag-hybrid-vehicles","tag-hyundai","tag-hyundai-group","tag-hyundai-metaplant-hyundai","tag-hyundai-motor-group","tag-hyundai-motor-north-america","tag-jose-munoz","tag-manufacturing-base","tag-market-condition","tag-metaplant","tag-metaplant-america","tag-news","tag-opportunity","tag-production-capacity","tag-production-expansion","tag-report","tag-statement","tag-u-s-operation","tag-u-s-investment","tag-u-s-operations","tag-vehicle-production","tag-wjcl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}