Georgia Hyundai EV plant adds Kia Sportage to production, ups target
June 2, 2026
Kia debuts first U.S.-made Sportage hybrid to roll off assembly line, joining two Hyundai EV models, with the plant manager forecasting the Georgia factory will reach full capacity of 580,000 units in 2028.
Hyundai factory workers, known as metapros, inspect a Kia Sportage hybrid autobody during the manufacturing process on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, at the Hyundai Metaplant near Savannah, Georgia. (Adam Van Brimmer/AJC)
ELLABELL ― The roads around Hyundai Motor Group’s sprawling Metaplant campus west of Savannah bear the names of the South Korean automaker’s brands: Hyundai, Kia and Genesis.
Models bearing two of those nameplates are now being manufactured inside the factory.
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2025 Kia Sportage Hybrid. (Courtesy of Kia)
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The Kia Sportage hybrid is built with something no other vehicle manufactured at the Hyundai Metaplant includes: a fuel fill intake. The other two models built at the factory near Savannah are all-electric plug-ins. (Adam Van Brimmer/AJC)
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Workers check a Hyundai Ioniq 5 on the assembly line at the South Korean automaker’s EV plant on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Ellabell, Georgia. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)
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