Hyundai has announced plans to build a $5.5 billion factory complex in Georgia that will produce electric vehicles. The factory will create up to 8,100 jobs, and the company believes the move will help it “lead the global electric vehicle market.” The factory will be able to produce up to 300,000 electric vehicles per year and will be the largest production facility of its kind in the world. “Hyundai is proud to be building the U.S.-based best-in-class EV manufacturing plant,” said Chung Eui-Keun, president and CEO of Hyundai Motor Group The facility will span over 3,000 acres in Bryan County, which is about 30 miles from the Port of Savannah.