特朗普将宣布奥迪在佐治亚州建厂计划：选址Macon、年产20万辆SUV，南卡罗来纳州另增2.5万辆
据路透社与彭博社10月24日报道，一名美国政府官员透露，特朗普总统定于周六在佐治亚州宣布，大众汽车集团旗下豪华品牌奥迪（Audi）计划在佐治亚州新建一座整车组装厂，年产20万辆SUV，生产Q7、Q8与Q9车型。彭博社称，新厂选址佐治亚州 Macon，为全新建厂项目，施工将于近期启动；特朗普将在拟建厂址附近的佐治亚州活动上作出宣布。
报道还称，奥迪还将宣布在南卡罗来纳州增产2.5万辆汽车的计划，彭博社称做法是扩建当地现有设施。特朗普周六下午刚在佛罗里达州 Palm Beach County 现场投下中期选举选票，随即赶赴佐治亚州。奥迪方面对上述报道不予置评；截至美东时间周六晚间，白宫尚未就此发布正式声明，最终安排以官方宣布为准。
特朗普一直敦促汽车制造商扩大在美国本土的生产，并已对外国制造的汽车与卡车加征高额关税。彭博社称，大众汽车希望此次宣布能为其换来关税方面的减免空间——关税已经明显侵蚀这家德国车企的利润。此次宣布正值中期选举选战的最后冲刺阶段。
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Trump to Announce Audi Plant Plan in Macon, Georgia: 200,000 SUVs a Year, Plus 25,000 More in South Carolina
President Donald Trump is expected to announce in Georgia on Saturday that Audi, the premium brand of Volkswagen Group, plans to build a new assembly plant in Georgia producing 200,000 SUVs a year, a U.S. government official told Reuters on October 24, with Bloomberg reporting the same plan the same day. The plant, to be built in Macon, Georgia, would assemble the Q7, Q8 and Q9 models; Bloomberg described it as a greenfield project with construction due to begin soon. Trump plans to make the announcement in Georgia near where the plant is to be built.
Audi is also expected to announce plans to build 25,000 vehicles in South Carolina, the official told Reuters; Bloomberg said the company would expand an existing facility there. Trump cast his midterm ballot in person in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Saturday afternoon before traveling to Georgia. Audi declined to comment on the reports, and as of Saturday evening Eastern Time the White House had not issued a formal statement; final details remain subject to the official announcement.
Trump has urged automakers to build more vehicles in the United States and has imposed significant tariffs on foreign-made cars and trucks. Bloomberg reported that Volkswagen is hopeful the announcement will yield potential relief from tariffs that have severely eroded its profits. The announcement comes in the final stretch of the midterm election campaign.
Related: 特朗普在佛罗里达州现场投下中期选举选票：称全部投给共和党，投完票赶赴佐治亚州集会
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：位于马里兰州 Bethesda 的奥迪服务中心（资料照片，非拟建新厂）。照片：G. Edward Johnson 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / File photo: An Audi service center in Bethesda, Maryland (not the planned plant). Photo by G. Edward Johnson, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
