Audi will build large SUVs in America
Audi's plan to build large SUVs in America adds domestic vehicle assembly capacity and shifts production away from imported units.
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Starting from Vehicles and light trucks, we walked the supply graph hop by hop to the goods you buy and the companies you own. Each step is the engine’s reasoning, scored for confidence and cited where a source backs it.
First impact
Vehicles and light trucks →Stands to benefitStamping and body-in-white (BIW)
A new U.S. plant producing 200,000 SUVs annually implies materially higher body-shop throughput, so this process step is used more.
86% confidenceVehicles and light trucks →Stands to benefitTrim and chassis assembly
The Georgia plant directly expands final assembly activity, which increases throughput on the trim and chassis line.
86% confidenceVehicles and light trucks →Stands to benefitPainting and corrosion protection
Adding domestic SUV assembly capacity raises paint-shop utilization for the vehicles shifted out of imported production.
85% confidenceVehicles and light trucks →Stands to benefitWiring harness and electronics integration
More locally assembled SUVs means more final integration work for harnesses and electronics at the assembly site.
82% confidenceVehicles and light trucks →Stands to benefitQuality testing and homologation
Higher domestic output increases end-of-line testing and compliance workload for the new SUV production run.
80% confidenceVehicles and light trucks →Stands to benefitLogistics and dealer distribution
Shifting some SUVs from Europe to Georgia shortens the distribution chain and raises domestic logistics activity.
78% confidenceVehicle wiring harnesses →Stands to benefitAudi's planned U.S. SUV production should lift wiring-harness demand once the Georgia plant ramps, and this 15% supplier is positioned to capture some of that incremental volume.
58% confidenceVehicle wiring harnesses →Stands to benefitSumitomo Electric Industries / Sumitomo Wiring Systems
Audi's planned U.S. SUV production should lift wiring-harness demand once the Georgia plant ramps, and this 15% supplier is positioned to capture some of that incremental volume.
58% confidenceHop 2
Yazaki Corporation →supply upAudi's shift toward U.S. SUV assembly should modestly lift orders for Yazaki, so vehicle wiring harness supply can rise, but Yazaki's 15% market share limits the market-wide impact.
41% confidence
Where it lands
What you buy, and what you own.
Goods you buy
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Companies you may own
Yazaki CorporationSumitomo Electric Industries / Sumitomo Wiring Systems
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