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Hyundai Says It Will Spend $2.7 Billion Expanding Part of the Georgia Complex Raided by ICE

Hyundai Motor Group confirmed it is going forward with previously announced plans to expand its Georgia plant, just weeks after an immigration raid delayed the startup of an electric vehicle battery plant at the site. As part of a broader investment strategy, Hyundai said it would spend $2.7 billion to increase production capacity at the Ellabell, Georgia site by 200,000 over the next three years, to a total of 500,000 vehicles a year.  Hyundai said that it plans to make more than 80% of vehicles sold in the United States domestically by 2030, with total domestic content increasing from 60% to 80%. Hyundai pledges to hire at least 8,500 workers by the end of 2031. Hyundai to expand Georgia plant despite ICE raid | AP News

Hyundai Shows Off New $7.6B EV Plant Amid Tariff Announcement

Hyundai celebrated the opening of its new $7.6 billion electric vehicle factory in Georgia on Wednesday by announcing plans to expand its production capacity by two-thirds to a total of 500,000 vehicles per year. The newly announced Georgia expansion is part of $21 billion in U.S. investments over the next three years that Hyundai announced at the White House. Hyundai began producing EVs just shy of six months ago at its sprawling manufacturing plant in southeast Georgia. More than 1,200 people are working there. Hyundai employees worked the assembly line alongside hundreds of robots that stamp sheets of steel into fenders and door panels, weld and paint auto bodies and even park finished vehicles awaiting their final inspections. Hyundai Shows Off New $7.6B EV Plant Amid Tariff Announcement – electrifiED

Hyundai Mobis Unveils Holographic HUD

Hyundai Mobis unveiled its ‘holographic windshield display’ technology, which transforms the vehicle’s front windshield into a transparent display, at the world’s largest tech event, CES 2025. The key feature of Hyundai Mobis’s new holographic windshield display technology is that it transforms the vehicle’s front window into a transparent screen, without additional device. That means, there will not be any display devices placed in the driver’s and passenger’s seats, but instead, all kinds of content, including driving information, navigation and music playlists, will be vividly displayed at the bottom of the front windshield. From the outside, it looks like a transparent glass window, but it presents a clear display for the driver and passengers even in bright outdoor environments through high brightness and color reproduction. https://www.ledinside.com/news/2025/1/2025_01_09_07

Remembering the Solemn Purpose of Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States observed on the last Monday in May to honor and mourn U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the armed forces. The holiday traces its roots to the years immediately following the American Civil War (1861–1865), which caused massive casualties—roughly 620,000 soldiers dead, about 2% of the U.S. population at the time. Communities across the North and South began spontaneously decorating the graves of fallen soldiers with flowers, wreaths, and flags, a practice that gave rise to the original name: Decoration Day. On May 5, 1868, Major General John A. Logan, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)—a powerful Union veterans’ organization—issued General Order No. 11. This proclaimed May 30, 1868, as a nationwide “Decoration Day” to honor those who died in the Civil War. After World War I, the holiday expanded to honor all American service members who died in any war, not just the Civil War.  In 1968, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act to create more three-day weekends for federal employees. This moved Memorial Day to the last Monday in May, effective in 1971, when it was also officially named “Memorial Day.” As one 1868 quote put it: “That Nation which respects and honors its dead, shall ever be respected and honored itself.”