Kia has revealed the worth tag for placing its new electrical EV9 into manufacturing at its U.S. plant in West Level, Ga.: $200 million.

The Korean automaker stated the corporate will add about 200 jobs to construct the three-row crossover alongside 4 different fashions on the West Level, Georgia, plant. It is going to be the primary Kia electrical car assembled in North America and comes as automakers are shifting away from gas-powered automobiles.

A rising quantity of EV and battery investments have been made in Georgia.

Hyundai individually broke floor in October on a $5.54 billion EV and battery plant in Georgia’s Bryan County. LG Vitality Answer would be the battery provider.

Battery meeting in North America, utilizing North American sourced minerals, is a requirement for automobiles to be eligible for as much as $7,500 in U.S. shopper electrical car tax credit underneath the $430 billion U.S. Inflation Discount Act (IRA) signed in August 2022.

Electrical carmaker Rivian Automotive is constructing a $5 billion plant within the state, whereas Hyundai Motor Group and SK On stated in December they may construct a brand new battery manufacturing plant in Georgia to produce the Korean automaker’s U.S. meeting crops.

Hyundai and SK goal to start operations in 2025 and stated “stakeholders estimate it can create greater than 3,500 new jobs by means of roughly $4-5 billion of funding” in Georgia’s Bartow County. Hyundai individually broke floor in October on a $5.54 billion EV and battery plant in Georgia’s Bryan County.

SK Innovation opened a $2.6 billion battery plant in Commerce, Georgia, in January 2022 that’s producing batteries for the Ford F-150 EV.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp stated greater than $22.7 billion have been invested in Georgia with greater than 28,400 jobs created since 2020 within the EV provide chain.