Key facts
- Audi plans to build a new assembly plant in Georgia.
- The Georgia plant will produce 200,000 SUVs annually.
- The plant will assemble Audi Q7, Q8, and Q9 models.
- Audi also plans to build 25,000 vehicles in South Carolina.
US President Donald Trump is expected to announce on Saturday that Audi plans to build a new assembly plant in Georgia, a government official told Reuters. The plant will produce 200,000 SUVs annually, assembling the Q7, Q8, and Q9 models. Audi is also expected to announce plans to build 25,000 vehicles in South Carolina. The announcement is planned to be made in Georgia, near the intended site of the new plant. Audi declined to comment.