Comeback Atmosphere Sealed Plant Deal With VW, Tennessee Officials Say

BERLIN – Volkswagen AG says incentives, weather and logistics played a big role in its selection of Chattanooga, TN, as the site for its new car-assembly plant.

But Tennessee officials believe it was a meeting of the minds that ultimately closed the deal.

“I think it was our environmental stewardship – we were already aligned with what VW wanted to do,” Trevor W. Hamilton, vice ...