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As VW Weighs Whether To Build SUVs In Tennessee, Governor Hasn’t Resumed Meetings

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Volkswagen has said it wants to have a 7-passenger SUV on the market by 2016. The company has not finalized the design but has released concepts like this, the Cross Blue. Credit: VW

Volkswagen has said it wants to have a 7-passenger SUV on the market by 2016. Credit: VW

A decision on where Volkswagen will build a new SUV could come as early as Monday, according to the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

The paper quotes an unnamed source saying the VW supervisory board will meet and could be ready to pick either Chattanooga or a plant in Mexico.

Tennessee had extended a $300 million incentive package but withdrew the offer as workers were voting on unionization at the plant. Governor Bill Haslam said this week there has been very little communication with VW since the failed union vote.

“We’ve had conversations about trying to set up a meeting,” he told reporters. “But we haven’t had any meetings.”

Tennessee Senator Bob Corker all-but-guaranteed VW would expand the Chattanooga plant so long as employees rejected the United Auto Workers.

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