by Clay Chandler Published: August 14,2011
Tags: GreenTech, MDA, MyCar, Terry McAuliffe
A Q&A with GreenTech president Terry McAuliffe that appeared over the weekend on the Washington Post’s website has a lot of the same information that Magnolia Marketplace has reported since January. The production of the company’s MyCar neighborhood electric vehicle will start in Horn Lake late this year, and the Tunica facility, where GTA hopes [...] [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: June 6,2010
Tags: Automotive, GreenTech, jobs, Tunica
Locals say something other than casino jobs need to be available, but GreenTech looks like a tease TUNICA — Not much has changed on Scenic Route 304 that runs east and west from Interstate 55 to Tunica County. After you circle around the square in Hernando and head west toward the Delta, there isn’t [...] [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: April 22,2010
Tags: Democratic National Committee, GreenTech, Kate Hudson, Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe, whose time as head of the Democratic National Committee was marked by record fundraising, has taken over role of chairman for GreenTech. Since at least a portion of the capital needed to get the project moving will come from the EB-5 investment program, which offers Visas to foreigners who invest a minimum of [...] [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: April 18,2010
Tags: GreenTech, Toyota, Tunica County, Xiaolin “Charles” Wang
Almost exactly six months ago, Tunica County was the site of one of the most bizarre economic development announcements in recent Mississippi history. Xiaolin “Charles” Wang, a Chinese businessman, donned a hard hat and said he planned to build in Tunica a $1-billion hybrid vehicle manufacturing facility that would produce 1,500 vehicles a year and [...] [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: December 21,2009
Tags: GreenTech, Tunica, Xiaolin "Charles" Wang
Group breaks ground on multi-billion dollar auto plant but needs financing In early October in Tunica, a Chinese businessman made the biggest economic development announcement in Mississippi since Nissan and Toyota, and the ceremony was notable for who wasn’t there more than who was. Gov. Haley Barbour and the executive director of the Mississippi Development [...] [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: November 16,2009
Tags: Charles Wang, GreenTech, Tunica
No one in Tunica has heard from GreenTech since ground-breaking In early October, Chinese businessman Charles Wang held a ceremony in Tunica announcing plans to build a $1-billion hybrid vehicle manufacturing facility. GreenTech, Wang’s company, would employ 1,500 people directly and produce as many hybrid vehicles annually as Toyota does, Wang said. The project’s [...] [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: October 9,2009
Tags: automakers, bailout, General motors, GreenTech, Mississippi, Nissan, recession, TARP, Toyota
Tuesday in Tunica, a Chinese businessman made the biggest economic development announcement in Mississippi in almost three years, and Gov. Haley Barbour was nowhere in sight. Xiaolin “Charles” Wang said his automotive manufacturing facility would produce 150,000 hybrid vehicles annually and employ 1,500 people directly, and the Mississippi Development Authority’s executive director was out of [...] [...]
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