Nearly 1,000 workers laid off at SK Battery plant in Georgia as companies cancel EVs and Trump Admin eliminates auto company incentives

Battery company SK Battery America Inc. laid off nearly 1,000 workers at a manufacturing plant northeast of Atlanta on Friday amid automakers’ changing electrification plans and uncertain consumer demand for EVs.

The company said Friday marked the last working day for 958 plant employees, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, notice filed by human resources chief Chuck Moore. Impacted workers will be paid through May 6.

SK opened the $2.6 billion battery plant in Commerce...