by Associated Press
Published: Sun, April 27, 2008 - 7:57 pm CST
Last Updated: Sun, April 27, 2008 - 8:03 pm CST
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Automotive analysts and experts expectVolkswagen to consider sites in Chattanooga, the Clarksville area
and northern Alabama for a possible new U.S. assembly plant.
The three sites have been certified as automotive manufacturing
megasites by the Tennessee Valley Authority's site-selection
consulting firm, McCallum Sweeney of Greenville, S.C.
Volkswagen announced last week it's looking at Alabama, Michigan
or Tennessee as possible locations to build the plant.
Lured by incentive packages, an eager work force and a lack of
unions, several Southern states have attracted automotive plants
during the past two decades, including Tennessee.
Tennessee is the home of Nissan Motor Co.'s North American
headquarters near Nashville and has plants in Smyrna and Decherd.
The state also has a General Motors Corp. assembly plant in Spring
Hill.
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