Automakers including General Motors Co. and Hyundai Motor Co. reported higher US auto sales as the threat of price hikes from President Donald Trump’s tariffs drove consumers to showrooms.

Trump touted Hyundai's $5.8 billion in its first U.S. steel mill in Louisiana was a result of threatened tariffs on overseas manufacturing.

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.

President Donald Trump will tout plans by Hyundai Motor Co. to invest $20 billion in the US, as the South Korean automaker moves to boost production on American soil and avoid his tariff threats, according to a person familiar with the matter.

President Trump announced a $5.8 billion Hyundai Steel project, the company's largest investment in the U.S., for the Donaldsonville area of Ascension Parish. The steel project is estimated to bring in around 1,300 direct jobs and thousands of indirect jobs.

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Kia Corp. is aiming to sell more electric vehicles in Europe as President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs and anti-EV policies cloud the outlook in the US.

South Korean steelmakers are bracing for U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs with possible plans to build production facilities in the United States, industry officials and market observers said Wednesday.