

electric vehicle industry and will serve to decarbonize the transportation and energy sectors. The entire project will support the expansion of the U.S. The company is actively working to ensure that both the construction process and future facility meet Rivian’s high standards of conservation and sustainability for a cleaner, wilder future. Rivian’s technology centers at the new campus will support the company’s research and development programs.

As one of the world’s most dynamic, innovative companies, Rivian’s exciting announcement today begins a new chapter for Georgia, and we are honored to welcome them to the Peach State!”Ĭonstruction on the facility, located at Stanton Springs North, is expected to begin in summer 2022, and the start of production is slated for 2024. Our Georgia Quick Start workforce training resources, world-class higher education institutions, and statewide logistics infrastructure assets are prepared to meet Rivian’s production and research and development needs. “In the top state for business, we value our partners in the private sector and the jobs and investment they provide countless communities. In addition to Georgia’s long-term focus on logistics, talent, workforce, and responsive government that significantly contributed to today’s pivotal announcement, my administration’s more recent emphasis on innovation and development in the electric mobility ecosystem has equipped our state with a new tool in the toolbox to deliver big wins for hardworking Georgians.” “We are so proud that Georgia will now be home to Rivian’s largest manufacturing facility,” said Governor Kemp. “This single investment – the largest in state history – represents the future of automotive manufacturing and establishes the leading role the Peach State will play in this booming industry for generations to come. Rivian’s manufacturing plant represents the single-largest economic development project in state history. Once manufacturing operations are fully ramped up, the Georgia facility will be capable of producing up to 400,000 vehicles per year. Across operations, Rivian will create approximately 7,500 jobs on just under 2,000 acres located at the site known as the East Atlanta Megasite, represented by the Joint Development Authority of Jasper, Morgan, Newton, and Walton counties. (Rivian) will invest $5 billion in a carbon-conscious campus in Georgia for its electric adventure vehicles.

At an event with company leaders, Governor Brian P.
