Xiaolin "Charles" Wang, president and chief executive officer of GreenTech Automotive Inc. , right, and Lyn Arnold, Tunica County Chamber of Commerce president, toss dirt during the ceremonial groundbreaking of the proposed site for their startup automotive manufacturing plant in Tunica, Miss. , Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. The car company also unveiled four prototypes of vehicles they hope to eventually manufacture in the Mississippi Delta. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

Xiaolin "Charles" Wang, president and chief executive officer of GreenTech Automotive Inc. , right, and Lyn Arnold, Tunica County Chamber of Commerce president, toss dirt during the ceremonial groundbreaking of the proposed site for their startup automotive manufacturing plant in Tunica, Miss. , Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. The car company also unveiled four prototypes of vehicles they hope to eventually manufacture in the Mississippi Delta.

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  1. Xiaolin "Charles" Wang, president and chief executive officer of GreenTech Automotive Inc., speaks to reporters near three of the four prototype cars his startup company hopes to build in Tunica, Miss., Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. The company also held its ceremonial groundbreaking of the proposed manufacturing site in Tunica County.
  2. Xiaolin "Charles" Wang, president and chief executive officer of GreenTech Automotive Inc., speaks to reporters following the ceremonial groundbreaking of the proposed site for their startup automotive manufacturing plant in Tunica, Miss., Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009. The car company also unveiled four prototypes of vehicles they hope to eventually manufacture in the Mississippi Delta.
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  4. Xiaolin "Charles" Wang, president and chief executive officer of GreenTech Automotive Inc., right, and Lyn Arnold, Tunica County Chamber of Commerce president, toss dirt during the ceremonial groundbreaking of the proposed site for their startup automotive manufacturing plant in Tunica, Miss., Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. The car company also unveiled four prototypes of vehicles they hope to eventually manufacture in the Mississippi Delta.
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