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Hyundai's plans for its new Georgia plant reveal an industry hedging its bets on EVs

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A Boston Dynamics robot "dog" inspects a vehicle body as part of quality control, as seen during a media tour at the Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America in Ellabell, Ga., on March 26. During the grand opening ceremony for the plant, which actually produced its first vehicle in October, company executives and Georgia politicians did not emphasize — or even mention — that the plant produces electric vehicles.

Hyundai just opened a high-tech auto plant in Georgia. Originally meant to just build EVs, it's expanding towards plug-in hybrids — a sign of bigger shifts in the auto industry.

(Image credit: Mike Stewart)