{
  "id": 16440058,
  "title": "Car manufacturers: Trump confirms Handelsblatt report: Audi is building a new plant in the USA",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/autobauer-trump-bestatigt-handelsblatt-bericht-audi-baut-neues-werk",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-25T06:35:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/autobauer-trump-bestaetigt-handelsblatt-bericht-audi-baut-werk-in-den-usa/100264447.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "US President Donald Trump has confirmed a report that Audi will build its first US factory in Georgia. At a campaign event in Perry, Georgia, Trump announced that Audi will invest $4.2 billion and produce 200,000 cars per year. The factory will be located near Macon, Georgia, and is expected to be completed by 2031. Audi CEO Gernot Döllner attended the event, thanking Trump for his support. The factory will produce large, high-quality SUVs for the US market.",
  "summary": "At a campaign rally in Georgia, the US President makes the plans of the VW subsidiary official. In return, the company is counting on tariff relief. The IG Metall union sets one condition.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Trump announces Audi will build $4 billion US factory in Georgia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/trump-announces-audi-will-build-4-billion-us-factory-in-georgia",
        "published": "2026-10-25T04:53:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Jakarta Post",
        "title": "Trump announces Audi will build $4 billion US factory in Georgia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/trump-announces-audi-will-build-4-billion-us-factory-in-georgia-16444796",
        "published": "2026-10-25T06:49:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}