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    Lehmkuhler, MikeFrom:Sent:To:Cc:Subject:Attachments:

    Dear Renee,

    Gary Tang Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:56 AM'Renee Wyatt-Chapline'lehmkuhler, Mike; McNinch, SandiRE: Confidentiality AgreementGCG_ VGR_Confidentiality__Agreement.pdf

    Attached please find the final copy of executed agreement. Thanks.Best regards,Gary TangChief Operations OfficerGreen Tech AutomotiveNotice of Privilege/Confidentiality:Privileged and Confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in thismessage (or Responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message toanyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please adviseimmediately if you or your employer does not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusionsand other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood asneither given nor endorsed by it.

    From: Renee Wyatt-Chapline [mailto:[email protected]: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:19 AMTo: [email protected]: 'Lehmkuhler, Mike'; 'McNinch, Sandi'Subject: RE: Confidentiality AgreementDear Mr. Tang:I hope this email finds you well. Please find attached a signed copy of our confidentiality agreement for Project GCG. Don't hesitate tocontact me should you have any questions and I look forward to speaking with you soon.Wann regards,C. Renee ChaplineExecutive DirectorVirginia's Gateway Region256 East Ellerslie Avenue, SuiteDColonial Heights, VA 23834800.386.8925 toll free804.732.8971 office804.518.0530 fax

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    NOTICE: Information contained in this transmission to the named addressee is proprietary information and confidential. If the recipientof this transmission is not the named addressee, the recipient should immediately notify the sender and destroy the infomwtiontransmitted without making any copy or distribution thereof."To be yourself in aworld that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."- RalphWaldo Emerson

    From: Gary Tang [mailto:[email protected]: Monday, October 26, 2009 8:36 PMTo: 'Lehmkuhler, Mike'Cc: [email protected]; 'Renee Wyatt-Chapline'; 'McNinch, Sandi'Subject: RE: Confidentiality AgreementMike,Thank you for the update. I will have it reviewed by our lawyer. If there is not further modification, I will send you anexecuted copy.Best regards,Gary TangChief Operations OfficerGreen Tech AutomotiveNotice of Privilege/Confidentiality:Privileged and Confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in thismessage (or Responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message toanyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please adviseimmediately if you or your employer does not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusionsand other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood asneither given nor endorsed by it.

    From: Lehmkuhler, Mike [mailto:[email protected]: Monday, October 26, 2009 6:21 PMTo: [email protected]: [email protected]; Renee Wyatt-Chap line; McNinch, SandiSubject: Confidentiality AgreementGary:Attached are an electronically executed agreement and a copy showing the changes made by our general counsel.Please send me a final copy upon execution by your company.Thanks.Regards,Mike

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    Mike LehmkuhlerLeader, Transportation TeamBusiness DevelopmentVirginia Economic Development PartnershipP.O. Box 798Richmond, VA 23218-0798Phone: (804) 545-5722Mobile: (804) 305-3433Fax: (804) 545-5701

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    CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTThis Confidentiality Agreement (''Agreement'') is made this - z . - k ~ a y of October, 2009 by andbetween WM GreenTech Automotive C01p. ("Company") and Virginia's Gateway Region,referred to as "VGR".VGR and the Company acknowledge and agree that all confidential and proprietary information,objectives and plans (the "Confidential Information") provided to VGR by or on behalf of theCompany, of the Go-Clean-Green project in Virginia ("Project"), which CohfidentialInformation may include bu t is not limited to trade secrets and/or commercial and fmancialinformation, is provided as Confidentialli1fonnation, and that (a) VGR will hold and treat it inthe strictest of confidence, (b) VGR will not disclose or permit anyone else under its control todisclose the Confidential Information to any person, firm or entity without pl'ior writtenauthorization of the Company, except as noted below; (c) VGR will use such CohfidentialInformation solely for the purpose of discussing, analyzing; evaluating and fom:mlating one ormore proposals for the Project, and (d) V GR will not use any of such Confidential Informationfor any other pmpose. VGR fmther agrees to disclose the Confidential Information only to itsdirectors, officers, employees, consultants, ancl/or attomeys (collectively, "Representatives") orother economic development allies or stakeholders (the "Allies'') (1) who need to know suchConfidential Information for the purpose of discussing, analyzing, evaluating and formulatingone or more proposals for the Project; and (2) who are informed of the confidential nature ofsuch Confidential Information. VGR fmther agrees to direct its Representatives apd Allies totreat such Confidential Information in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, VGR and itsRepresentatives will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, disclose to anyperson or party (other than to a Representative or an Ally, which disclosure to a Representativeor Ally shall be subject to the terms of the preceding two sentences) the fact that the Company isor may be considering the Project. The Company has the obligation to designate information,objectives and plans as being Cohfidential Infotmation, which designation may be accomplishedin writing or orally, and may be made by class of documents or inf01mation, rather than as to eac;hindividual item.The said Confidential Information may consist of, but not necessarily be limited to.:(a) Technical information: Methods, processes, formulas, technical specifications and data,compositions, systems, techniques, i n v e n t i o ~ , machines, computer programs and researchpl'ojects.(b) Business information: Ptoject documents, Project related EB-5 program documents, customerlists, pricing data, sources of supply, financial data and matketing, production, or merchandisingsystems or plans.

    VGR agrees that it shall not, at any time, even after the termination of further discussion with theCompany, disclose or divulge to others Confidential Information, without prior writtenauthorization ofthe Company.In the event that VGR breaches any of its obligations under this Agreement, the Company maypursue remedies for injunctive and other equitable relief as well as remedies at law. In the eventof litigation by a third party over the nondisclosure of Confidential Information, the Company

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    agrees to cooperate fully with VGR and the Office of the Attorney General in resolving and/ordefending such actions.

    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrruy, VOR, its Representatives and Allies willdisclose Confidential Information to third parties, to the extent required by applicable law,including the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and the Virginia State and Local Conflicts ofInterest Act. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws ofthe Commonwealth ofVirginia. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreeme11t as of he datefrrstset fo1th above. WM GreenTech Auto!llotive Corp. Virginia's Gateway Region

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    Lehmkuhler, MikeFrom:Sent:To:Subject:Attachments:

    Ladies:

    Lehmkuhler, MikeThursday, November 26, 2009 8:[email protected]; [email protected]: Updated business planWMGTA_Business_Pian_11_23_2009.doc

    Thought I sent this to you earlier this week but doesn't appear to be the case.Here's an article you should also be aware of.http://www. washingtonpost. com/wp-dyn/contenUarticle/2009/ 11/24/AR2009112403987. htm ?sub=ARFrom: Gary Tang [mailto:[email protected]: Monday, November 23, 2009 5:48 PMTo: Lehmkuhler, MikeSubject: Updated business planMike,Please see attached business plan with some cosmetic update. Please feel free to share this with Renee. Thanks.Best regards,Gary TangChief Operating OfficerGreen Tech AutomotiveNotice of Privilege/Confidentiality:Privileged and Confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in thismessage (or Responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message toanyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please adviseimmediately if you or your employer does not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusionsand other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood asneither given nor endorsed by it.

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    Lehmkuhler, MikeFrom: Lehmkuhler, MikeSent:To:

    Wednesday, October 28, 2009 1:12 [email protected]: RE: Confidentiality Agreement

    Thanks. Got mine as well.From: Gary Tang fmailto:[email protected]: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:54 AMTo: Lehmkuhler, MikeCc: 'Renee Wyatt-Chapline'; McNinch, SandiSubject: RE: Confidentiality AgreementMike,Attached please find the final copy of executed agreement. Thanks.Best regards,Gary TangChief Operations OfficerGreen Tech AutomotiveNotice of Privilege/Confidentiality:Privileged and Confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in thismessage (or Responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message toanyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please adviseimmediately if you or your employer does not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusionsand other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood asneither given nor endorsed by it.

    From: Lehmkuhler, Mike fmailto:[email protected]: Monday, October 26, 2009 6:21PMTo: [email protected]: [email protected]; Renee Wyatt-Chapline; McNinch, SandiSubject: Confidentiality AgreementGary:Attached are an electronically executed agreement and a copy showing the changes made by our general counsel.Please send me a final copy upon execution by your company.Thanks.Regards,MikeMike LehmkuhlerLeader, Transportation Team

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    Business DevelopmentVirginia Economic Qevelopment PartnershipP.O. Box 798Richmond, VA 23218-0798Phone: (804) 545-5722Mobile: (804) 305-3433Fax: (804) 545-5701Virginia: "Best State for Business" (Forbes. com, CNBC & Pollina Real Estate)http://www.yesvirginia.org/whvvirginia/awards.aspx

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    Lehmkuhler, MikeFrom:Sent:To:Subject:

    We're all in the Burgundy RoomSent from my BlackberryMobile: 804-305-3433

    Lehmkuhler, MikeTuesday, October 27, 2009 2:38PMPovar, LizGCG Meeting

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    Lehmkuhler, MikeFrom:Sent:To:Cc:

    Gary Tang Tuesday, October 27, 2009 2:49 PMMcNinch, Sandi; Lehmkuhler, [email protected]

    Subject: RE: Confidentiality Agreement

    Sandi,Thank you to clarify.Gary

    From: McNinch, Sandi [mailto:[email protected]: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 2:44 PMTo: [email protected]; Lehmkuhler, MikeCc: [email protected]: Re: Confidentiality Agreement

    FOIA will protect from disclosure confidential proprietary information that you provide to us. It will not protect ALLinformation, just the confidential proprietary information. That is why I added to the Agreement your obligation to tell uswhat is confidential or proprietary.You may feel confident that we can, and will, protect your sensitive information from [email protected](804) 545-5617

    From: Gary TangTo: Lehmkuhler, MikeCc: McNinch, Sandi; 'Renee Wyatt-Chapline'Sent: Tue Oct 27 14:34:09 2009Subject: RE: Confidentiality AgreementMike,I have an elementary question. How should we understand the impact of The Virginia Freedom of Information Act onconfidential information? Does that mean all confidential information we provided is open to the public?Best regards,Gary TangChief Operations OfficerGreen Tech AutomotiveNotice of Privilege/Confidentiality:Privileged and Confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in thismessage (or Responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message toanyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise

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    immediately if you or your employer does not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusionsand other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood asneither given nor endorsed by it.

    From: Lehmkuhler, Mike fmallto:[email protected]]Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 6:21 PMTo: [email protected]: [email protected]; Renee Wyatt-Chapline; McNinch, SandiSubject: Confidentiality AgreementGary:Attached are an electronically executed agreement and a copy showing the changes made by our general counsel.Please send me a final copy upon execution by your company.Thanks.Regards,MikeMike LehmkuhlerLeader, Transportation TeamBusiness DevelopmentVirginia Economic Development PartnershipP.O. Box 798Richmond, VA 23218-0798Phone: (804) 545-5722Mobile: (804) 305-3433Fax: (804) 545-5701Virginia: "Best State for Business" (Forbes. com, CNBC & Pollina Real Estate)http://www.yesvirglnia.org/whvvirginia/awards.aspx

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    CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTThis Confidentiality Agreement ("Agreement") is made this 26th day of October, 2009 by andbetween WM GreenTech Automotive Corp. ("Company") and the Virginia EconomicDevelopment Partnership, referred to as "VEDP".VEDP and the Company acknowledge and agree that all confidential and proprietaryinformation, objectives and plans (the "Confidential Information") provided to VEDP by or onbehalf of the Company, of the Go-Clean-Green project in Virginia ("Project"), whichConfidential Information may include but is not limited to trade secrets and/or commercial andfinancial information, is provided as Confidential Information, and that (a) VEDP will hold andtreat it in the sttictest of confidence, (b) VEDP will not disclose or permit anyone else under itscontrol to disclose the Confidential Information to any person, firm or entity without ptiorwritten authorization of the Company, except as noted below; (c) VEDP will use suchConfidential Information solely for the purpose of discussing, analyzing, evaluating andformulating one or more proposals for the Project, and (d) VEDP will not use any of suchConfidential Information for any other purpose. VEDP further agrees to disclose theConfidential Infmmation only to its directors, officers, employees, consultants, and/or attorneys(collectively, "Representatives") or other economic development allies or stakeholders (the"Allies") (1) who need to know such Confidential Information for the purpose of discussing,analyzing, evaluating and formulating one or more proposals for the Project; and (2) who areinformed of the confidential nature of such Confidential Information. VEDP further agrees todirect its Representatives and Allies to treat such Confidential Information in accordance withthe terms of this Agreement. VEDP and its Representatives will not, without the prior writtenconsent of the Company, disclose to any person or party (other than to a Representative or anAlly, which disclosure to a Representative or Ally shall be subject to the terms of the precedingtwo sentences) the fact that the Company is or may be considering the Project. The Companyhas the obligation to designate information, objectives and plans as being ConfidentialInformation, which designation may be accomplished in writing or orally, and may be made byclass of documents or information, rather than as to each individual item.The said Confidential Information may consist of, but not necessarily be limited to:(a) Technical information: Methods, processes, formulas, technical specifications and data,compositions, systems, techniques, inventions, machines, computer programs and researchprojects.(b) Business information: Project documents, Project related EB-5 program documents,customer lists, pricing data, sources of supply, financial data and marketing, production, ormerchandising systems or plans.VEDP agrees that it shall not, at any time, even after the termination of further discussion withthe Company, disclose or divulge to others Confidential Information, without prior writtenauthorization of the Company.In the event that VEDP breaches any of its obligations under this Agreement, the Company maypursue remedies for injunctive and other equitable relief as well as remedies at law. In the eventof litigation by a third party over the nondisclosure of Confidential Information, the Company

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    agrees to cooperate fully with VEDP and the Office of the Attomey General in resolving and/ordefending such actions.Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, VEDP, its Representatives and Allies willdisclose Confidential Information to third parties, to the extent required by applicable law,including the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and the Virginia State and Local Conflicts ofInterest Act. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws ofthe Commonwealth of Virginia.IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date firstset forth above.

    WM Green Tech Automotive Corp. Virginia Economic Development PartnershipName Name(Printed): Gary Tang (Ptinted): Michael LehmkuhlerSigned by: Signed by: kTitle: Chief Operating Officer Title: Leader. Transportation Team

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    Lehmkuhler, MikeFrom:Sent:To:Subject:Attachments:

    Mike and Renee,

    Gary Tang Monday, October 26, 2009 1:40 PMLehmkuhler, Mike; 'Renee Wyatt-Chapline'Project GCG - Confidentiality Agreement2009_VEDP_Confidentiality_Agreement.pdf; 2009_VGR_Confidentiality_Agreement.pdf

    As we move along on the project, GTA has provided substantial proprietary and confidential information for yourevaluation. Attached please find a confidentiality agreement to cover both the information we provided so far and futureinformation. Please kindly review and sign it back at your earliest convenience. Your attention on this matter isappreciated.

    Best regards,Gary TangChief Operations OfficerGreenTech AutomotiveNotice of Privilege/Confidentiality:Privileged and Confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in thismessage (or Responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message toanyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please adviseimmediately if you or your employer does not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusionsand other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood asneither given nor endorsed by it.

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    Fax: (804) 545-5701Virginia: "Best State for Business" (Forbes.com, CNBC & Pollina Real Estate)http://www.yesvirginia.org/whvvirginia/awards.aspx

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    McNinch, SandiFrom:Sent:To:Cc:Subject:

    Renee Wyatt-Chapline Monday, October 26, 2009 4:08 PMMcNinch, Sandi; Lehmkuhler, Mike'Renee Wyatt-Chapline'RE: Project GCG - Confidentiality Agreement

    Thank you so much for your comments Sandi. Have agreat afternoon.Best to you,ReneeFrom: McNinch, Sandi [mailto:[email protected]]Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 3:36 PMTo: Lehmkuhler, Mike; [email protected]: Renee Wyatt-ChaplineSubject: RE: Project GCG - Confidentiality AgreementMike and Renee- Here are clean and blacklined copies of my changes to VEDP's Confidential Agreement.Mike - I f you're OK with the changes, feel free to sign the clean copy and send it to Mr. Tang. You will also want to sendthe blackline, so that he can see the changes that were made.Renee- Feel free to leave your agreement as it is or adopt some or all of our changes, if you would [email protected]: Lehmkuhler, MikeSent: Monday, October 26, 2009 1:47 PMTo: [email protected]; [email protected]: 'Renee Wyatt-Chapline'Subject: RE: Project GCG - Confidentiality AgreementGary:Thanks.Checking with our attorney to make sure this version is compatible with our standard format.Regards,MikeFrom: Renee Wyatt-Chapline [mailto:[email protected]]Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 1:44PMTo: [email protected]; Lehmkuhler, Mike; 'Renee Wyatt-Chapline'Subject: Re: Project GCG - Confidentiality AgreementThanks Gary. I will review and return.

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    Renee Wyatt-ChaplineExecutive DirectorVirginia's Gateway Region256 East Ellerslie Avenue, SuiteDColonial Heights, VA 23 834800.386.8925 toll free804.732.8971 office804.720.2352 cell804.518.0530 faxwww.gatewayregion.com*Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

    From: "Gary Tang" Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:40:14 -0400To: 'Lehmkuhler, Mike'; 'Renee WyattChapline'Subject: Project GCG- Confidentiality AgreementMike and Renee,As we move along on the project, GTA has provided substantial proprietary and confidential information for yourevaluation. Attached please find a confidentiality agreement to cover both the information we provided so far and futureinformation. Please kindly review and sign it back at your earliest convenience. Your attention on this matter isappreciated.

    Best regards,Gary TangChief Operations OfficerGreen Tech AutomotiveNotice of Privilege/Confidentiality:Privileged and Confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in thismessage (or Responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message toanyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please adviseimmediately if you or your employer does not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusionsand other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood asneither given nor endorsed by it.

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    Lehmkuhler, MikeFrom: Langston, JaySent:To:

    Friday, October 23, 2009 10:08 AMLehmkuhler, Mike

    Subject: RE: GCG Business Plan Questions

    Beautiful!From: Lehmkuhler, MikeSent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:56 PMTo: Povar, Liz; McClintock, Robert; Langston, Jay; Goodwin, Katherine; Dahlquist, Roy; McNinch, SandiCc: Anderson, Jeffrey M.; Grossman, Paul; Giles, Jerry; Kroll, BrianSubject: FW: GCG Business Plan QuestionsFYI. With input from Jerry & Brian.From: Lehmkuhler, MikeSent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:53 PMTo: '[email protected]'Subject: GCG Business Plan QuestionsGary:After a second review of the business plan, we still do not see a unique value proposition that explains how Greentech willreach forecasted sales that equal100% of planned capacity, both at start of production in 2012 and after major expansionoccurs through 2015. No established OEM that we are aware of is able to sell every vehicle produced in a given year.In addition, the sales forecasts suggest a completely successful start-up, despite

    no brand recognition no demonstrated vehicle performance no safety and fuel economy certification from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration no emissions approval from EPA no established distribution network no demonstrated automotive industry experience within the executive management team.Greentech's advantages of "high performance, low price and green image" are also generally accepted traits of hybridvehicles currently manufactured, sold and serviced by established OEM's.Hybrids currently available in the 2010 model year include

    Toyota PriusHonda InsightFord FusionHonda CivicToyota CamryNissan AltimaFord EscapeToyota HighlanderSaturn Vue

    MSRP$22,000$19,800$27,635$23,800$26,150$26,650$31,500$31,700$25,955

    MPG51 city/48 highway40 city/48 highway41 city/36 highway40 city/45 highway33 city/34 highway35 city/33 highway34 city/31 highway27 city/25 highway25 city/32 highway

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    _____________,,_, .......These hybrid vehicle prices are very comparable to Greentech's suggested price range for proposed Midsize and SUVmodels. The vehicles also already possess generally acceptable comfort, safety and drivability features. This includesthe use of gasoline direct fuel injection, dual clutch technology, variable valve timing, electrical boosting technology andturbocharg ing.As of today, certification ol mpg and l miles driving range on a single battery charge for specific Greentech models(presumably subcompact an compact v sions} could be considered breakthrough developments vis-a-vis the currentcompetition. In what vehicle(s) and where has this hybrid powertrain technology been successfully demonstrated and/orcertified?How does the "super platform" technology differ from t11e cost competitive, shared global platform manufacturing strategycurrently utilized by several market-leading OEM's?How will Greentech be cost competitive given that capital investment, job creation and acreage requirements to of recent automotive assembly projects with comparable annual production capacity?With regard to financial backing, what capital contribution cu rrently exists?What entities, including these, have contributed what amountsso far?When are strategic partnership agreements - an- expected to be finalized?

    What ~ technology fees represent? Who would these projected fees be payable to?

    Please provide answers to each of the questions listed above so we can continue to move forward with you on thisproject.Regards,Mike

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    Mike LehmkuhlerLeader, Transportation TeamBusiness DevelopmentVirginia Economic Development PartnershipP.O. Box798Richmond, VA 23218-0798Phone: (804) 545-5722Mobile: (804) 305-3433Fax: (804) 545-5701Virginia: "Best State for Business" (Forbes.com, CNBC & Pollina Real Estate)http://www.yesvirginia.org/whyvirginia/awards.aspx

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    Lehmkuhler, MikeFrom: Goodwin, KatherineSent:To:

    Friday, October 23, 2009 9:52 AMLehmkuhler, MikeSubject: RE: GCG Business Plan Questions

    Mike,This is a keeper. It's one of the most well-worded em ails I've seen. Good job!From: Lehmkuhler, MikeSent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:56 PMTo: Povar, Liz; McClintock, Robert; Langston, Jay; Goodwin, Katherine; Dahlquist, Roy; McNinch, SandiCc: Anderson, Jeffrey M.; Grossman, Paul; Giles, Jerry; Kroll, BrianSubject: FW: GCG Business Plan QuestionsFYI. With input from Jerry & Brian.From: Lehmkuhler, MikeSent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:53 PMTo: '[email protected]'Subject: GCG Business Plan QuestionsGary:After a second review of the business plan, we still do not see a unique value proposition that explains how Greentech willreach forecasted sales that equal100% of planned capacity, both at start of production in 2012 and after major expansionoccurs through 2015. No established OEM that we are aware of is able to sell every vehicle produced in a given year.In addition, the sales forecasts suggest a completely successful start-up, despite

    no brand recognition no demonstrated vehicle performance no safety and fuel economy certification from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration no emissions approval from EPA no established distribution network no demonstrated automotive industry experience within the executive management team.Greentech's advantages of "high performance, low price and green image" are also generally accepted traits of hybridvehicles currently manufactured, sold and serviced by established OEM's.Hybrids currently available in the 2010 model year include

    Toyota PriusHonda InsightFord FusionHonda CivicToyota CamryNissan AltimaFord EscapeToyota HighlanderSaturn Vue

    MSRP$22,000$19,800$27,635$23,800$26,150$26,650$31,500$31,700$25,955

    MPG51 city/48 highway40 city/48 highway41 city/36 highway40 city/45 highway33 city/34 highway35 city/33 highway34 city/31 highway27 city/25 highway25 city/32 highway

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    These hybrid vehicle prices are very comparable to Greentech's suggested price range for proposed Midsize and SUVmodels. The vehicles also already possess generally acceptable comfort, safety and drivability features. This includesthe use of gasoline direct fuel injection, dual clutch technology, variable valve timing, electrical boosting technology andturbocharging.As of today, certification of- mpg and i l e s driving range on a single battery charge for specific Greentech models(presumably subcompact and compact versions) could be considered breakthrough developments vis-a-v is the currentcompetition . In what vehicle(s) and where has this hybrid powertra in technology been successful ly demonstrated and/orcertified?How does the "super platform technology differ from the cost competitive, shared global platform manufacturing strategycurrently utilized by several market-leading OEM's?How will Greentech be cost competitive given that capital investment, job creation and acreage requirements ar. /o to- of recent au tomotive assembly projects with comparable annual production capacity?With reg ard to financial backing, what capital contribution currently exists?What entities, including these, have contributed what amountsso far?When are strategic partnership agreements wit to be finalized?

    What do ~ technology fees represent? Who would these projected fees be payable to?-

    - ~ - - - ----Finally, we be lieve that the use of a multiplier effect of for direct and indirect job creation is overstated. Independenteconomic analysis already exists in several states and by several economists that shows automotive assembly operationsin North America res ult in a range of 4.6 to 8.1 indirect jobs for every employee directly engaged in vehicle production(Virginia's experience has historically been between 4.6 and 5.0).For EB-5 purposes, Greentech em plant employees by 2012 equates to total direct andindirect creation of somewhere between bs. Under the "Bear c e n a r ~ o m p a n y plans to ra ise illion through EB-5 investors at the per nvestor threshold. That would require- investors andsitate the creation of - irect and indirect jobs by 2012.We request ~ ~hel in better understanding the company's unique value proposition for a successful start-up ofoperations in especially in light of Greentech's recent announcement to establish a $1 billion and 1,500employee assem y p ant operation in Mississippi. How do you plan to successfully start-up two major automotiveassembly operations at the same time?Please provide answers to each of the questions listed above so we can continue to move forward with you on thisproject.Regards,Mike

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    Mike LehmkuhlerLeader, Transportation TeamBusiness DevelopmentVirginia Economic Development PartnershipP.O. Box798Richmond, VA 23218-0798Phone: (804) 545-5722Mobile: (804) 305-3433Fax: (804) 545-5701Virginia: "Best State for Business" (Forbes.com, CNBC & Pollina Real Estate)http://www.yesvirginia.org/whvvirginia/awards.aspx

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    Lehmkuhler, MikeFrom:Sent:To:Subject:

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    Lehmkuhler, MikeMonday, October 19, 2009 2:00 PMGiles, JerryGCG Business Plan

    Do you have any time today to develop our message?

    Mike LehmkuhlerLeader, Transportation TeamBusiness DevelopmentVirginia Economic Development PartnershipP.O. Box 798Richmond, VA 23218-0798Phone: (804) 545-5722Mobile: (804) 305-3433Fax: (804) 545-5701Virginia: "Best State for Business" (Forbes.com, CNBC & Pollina Real Estate)http://www.yesvirginia.org/whvvirginia/awards.aspx

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    Lehmkuhler, MikeFrom:Sent:To:Cc:Subject:

    Lehmkuhler, MikeThursday, October 15, 2009 1:25 PM'[email protected]''[email protected]'Re: Waverly Site

    Thanks Gary. Travelling today butwill be in touch soon regard ing next steps.Sent from my BlackberryMobile: 804-305-3433

    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - -From: Renee Wyatt-ChaplineTo: gar:[email protected] ; Lehmkuhler, Mike; 'Renee Wyatt-Chapline'Sent: Thu Oct 15 13:05:24 2009Subject:Re: Waver ly SiteGreat news. I look forward to working with you to make this happen for Virginia. We will need to dicuss nextsteps. Thank you.Renee Wyatt-ChaplineExecutive DirectorVirginia's Gateway Region256 East Ellerslie Avenue, Suite DColonial Heights, VA 23834800.386.8925 toll free804.732.8971 office804.720.2352 cell804.518.0530 faxvrww gatewayregion.com*Sent from my Verizon Wi reless BlackBerry

    From: "Gary Tang"

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    Chief Operations OfficerGreenTech Automotive Inc5779 Getwell Road, D-3Southaven, M$ 38672Tel: 662-996-1118Fax: 662-996-1119Notice of Privilege/Confidentiality:Privileged and Confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in thismessage (or Responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message toanyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please adviseimmediately if you or your employer does not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusionsand other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood asneither given nor endorsed by it.

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    Lehmkuhler, MikeThursday, October 08, 2009 6:28 PMGiles, JerryFw: GCG News CoverageHybrid Plants in AL & MS.doc

    To: 'Harned, Alleyn' ; Anderson, Jeffrey M.; Povar, Liz; Richardson, Rick; McClintock, Robert; Dahlquist, Roy; Grossman,Paul; Langston, Jay; Goodwin, Katherine; McNinch, Sandi; Miller, ChristieSent: Tue Oct 06 13:45:50 2009Subject: GCG News CoverageAttached is a compilation of today's articles as well as articles from two weeks ago when the former chairman of thiscompany announced his own project in Alabama.Should be an interesting two days of Virginia site visits (tomorrow and Thursday). All regional and local allies involvedhave been notified of today's announcement.

    Mike LehmkuhlerLeader, Transportation TeamBusiness DevelopmentVirginia Economic Development PartnershipP.O. Box 798Richmond, VA 23218-0798Phone: (804) 545-5722Mobile: (804) 305-3433Fax: (804) 545-5701Virginia: "Best State for Business" (Forbes.com, CNBC & Pollina Real Estate)http://www.yesvirginia.org/whvvirginia/awards.aspx

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    Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 11 :38am COT

    Green Tech Automotive to open $1B Tunica, Miss.,plantMemphis Business JournalTunica County will become home to a new hybrid automobile development and manufacturing facilitythat will initially employ 1,500 with a $1 billion investment.Charles Wang, CEO of a new Mississippi company called GreenTech Automotive Inc., said thecompany will begin operations on 1,500 acres at Tunica County's Metro industrial megasite, with anoption to purchase more land as needed.The plant will produce 150,000 vehicles annually in phase one. The company's Web site targetsproduction to begin in the "next few years." No retail cost estimates were given for the vehicles."We are excited to be bringing the latest in automotive innovation to Americans, made by Americans,and we look forward to the vety significant impact that our project will have on the local and regionaleconomic landscape," Wang said in a statement.The company plans to produce a full line of sub-compact cars, compact cars, midsize cars, full size cars,and SUVs in different models. According to Wang, GreenTech's proprietary technology will enable thecompany to mass produce hybrid vehicles that meet the lower emissions and fuel consumptionstandards the Obama administration has set for 2016.Core technologies that will be used in the manufacturing process have been developed in Europe,according to the company. Wang said a German corporation will design the engineering of theautomobiles, while the hybrid engine will be designed by another German independent engine researchand design company.More specific details on investment partners were not released, nor is much information about thosepartners included in material on the company's Web site.GreenTech Automotive Parts & Supply division will be located in the auto parts park near the assemblyplant and Wang said other third-party part assembly shops will be established on-site. Existing thirdparty suppliers in the surrounding area will provide the remaining parts. Some parts will be imported.

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    By Ron MaxeyOriginally published 10:57 a.m., October6, 2009Updated 10:57 a.m., October 6, 2009

    TUNICA, Miss.-- A manufacturer of hybrid automobiles unveiled plans today for a 1 500-acre operation in TunicaCounty that would cost an estimated $1 billion in its initial phase and provide about 1,500 jobs.Green Tech Automotive Inc., a Mississippi-based company headed by Chinese businessman Charles Wang,proposes building 150,000 vehicles annually in the project's first phase, according to a release issued thismorning.The release said the vehicles produced would meet the lower emissions and fuel consumption standards set byPresident Obama for 2016."This is an exciting opportunity for Tunica County," said Lyn Arnold, president/CEO of the Tunica County Chamberof Commerce & Economic Development Foundation. "It speaks to the work we have put into making sure our localeconomy is robust and diversified. This project has the potential to positively affect the economy of not just thecounty, but also the entire region."The proposed facility would be built in Tunica County's Metro-Megasite, with an option to purchase additional landas needed.Experts have been skeptical of the project, details of which emerged from settlement of a lawsuit between Wangand a partner who is now pursuing a separate venture of his own, because of the large numbers that have beentossed about.Funding for the project comes from investments through the Gulf Coast Automotive Fund and other "strategicinvestments," according to the release.Mississippi is also horne to a Nissan manufacturing facility in Canton, near Jackson, and a Toyota facility underconstruction near Tupelo.Startup company unveils car prototypes in Miss.Associated Press- October 6, 2009 12:44 PM ETTUNICA, Miss. (AP) - A startup car company has unveiled four prototype vehicles it says it wants to buildat a multibillion dollar car plant in northwestern Mississippi.The company, GreenTech Automotive, also was scheduled to break ground Tuesday for a manufacturingplant in Tunica County, south of Memphis, Tenn.Xiaolin (zhee-OW-Iihn) "Charles" Wang, owner of GreenTech Automotive, says the plant hopes toeventually employ 4,500 people and produce up to 250,000 fuel-efficient cars a year.State officials have not said what kinds of incentives the company would get. Company officials havesaid they hope to fund the project through foreign investments, but won't say how much money theyhave raised.

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    Hybrid Plant Coming To "Sweet HomeAlabama"By Jamie BurchPublished: September 24 2009 - 2:09 pm Last Updated: September 24 2009 - 7:11 pm

    A new auto manufacturer, headed by a former Chinese auto executive, wants to build its first assembly plant in Bay Minette.Governor Bob Riley made the announcement Thursday afternoon at the State Capitol during a news conference streamed live onwkrg.com. Confirming a story News 5 broke on Tuesday, Riley said HK Motors plans to build 300,000 hybrid cars a year. He alsosaid the new plant would create 5,000 hi-tech, green, high paying jobs.

    C.T. Wang, President and CEO of HK Motors, said they chose "Sweet Home Alabama" because the state has a strong work force,with a strong work ethic and good skills.HK Motors' cars will run on a unique hybrid engine powered by compressed natural gas (CNG), electricity, and gasoline. Productionis expected to begin in 2013.Riley says the hybrid cars produced at the Bay Minette plant will help reduce our dependence on foreign oils, protect the environmentand help create a new "green" economy in Alabama."It didn't take long for Alabama to become a leader in the automotive industry. Now as America and the world begin making a historictransition to a green economy, we look to make Alabama a leader in the production of next-generation, clean-tech automobiles," saidGovernor Riley. "Our Alabama team, in cooperation with local officials in Baldwin County, has been working with HK Motors forseveral months on this project. We will continue to work with them as the company puts the financing in place to move forward."China tycoon resurfaces in US with green car plan

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    By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ (AP)- 1 day agoHONG KONG- Yang Rang was once celebrated as a pioneering automobile entrepreneur who founded thefirst Chinese company to be listed on Wall Street.Then, seven years ago, he fled to the U.S. fearing arrest for alleged economic crimes.Now, Yang is plotting a comeback as a hybrid car maker in the U.S. -a venture requiring billions of dollarsthat could face daunting odds amid a weak economy and against competitors such as Toyota and Honda thathave already invested millions in "green" technology.His Los Angeles-based start-up, Hybrid Kinetic Motors, plans to offer a full-range of hybrid vehicles that runon natural gas, gasoline and electricity, with production to start by 2013.Yang recently unveiled plans to build a massive plant in the southern U.S. state ofAlabama that he says willchurn out as many as 1 million vehicles annually by 2018. To fund his bold ambitions, he announced earlierthis week an equally lofty goal of raising nearly $7.9 billion from private investors.With the U.S. economy in the doldrums and the hybrid car market ever-more competitive, Yang's schemestrikes some as unrealistic."Hybrid Kinetic ... is talking about setting up a full-fledged, full-line auto company at the bottom of thesecond-worst recession in U.S. economic history," said Jolm O'Dell, senior editor for car adviser Edmunds'GreenCarAdvisor.com. "It doesn't sound very promising to me."A Hybrid Kinetic official acknowledged the monumental challenges facing the young company."What we are proposing is indeed very huge and very unconventional," Vincent Wang, a Yang associate, toldAutomotive News in August. "But we view this as the best opportunity to get into the U.S. industry."Yang, 52, who now goes by Benjamin Yeung, may still be wanted by Chinese authorities who accused him ofcommitting unspecified economic crimes.Yang has always maintained his im1ocence and said that jealous officials forced him out of the automaker hefounded, Brilliance China Automotive Ltd.Under Yang, Brilliance China grew into the country's largest minibus maker. With government backing, itbecame the first Chinese company to list on the New York Stock Exchange, in 1992. In 2001, Forbes rankedYang as China's third-richest tycoon, with an estimated wealth of $840 million.One year later, Yang and his government backers fell into a dispute over who owned Brilliance China, and thegovernment in Liaoning province, where the company was based, seized control. The company said a warrantwas issued for Yang's arrest, though formal charges were never filed.Fearing detention, Yang fled to the U.S. in May 2002. He became a U.S. citizen five years ago and is nowliving in Los Angeles with his family.Yang has been in touch with Chinese government officials about a homecoming, possibly within a year ortwo, and "hopes to return as an innocent person," according a Yang attorney in Beijing, Wang Hai. He said it's

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    his understanding Yang was cleared of the accusations four years ago following a probe whose results werenever announced. However, Yang's lawyer in the U.S. said he was unaware of any change to Yang's case andthat the government has continued in recent years to accuse Yang of economic crimes.Yang's lawyers did not make him available for a phone interview, and his company has no Web site or listedphone number.To get investors to fork over the needed billions, Yang is targeting wealthy mainland Chinese with an unusualenticement: the chance to live in the U.S. He wants to capitalize on a pilot visa program that gives foreignerswho make large investments in the U.S. the opportunity to obtain permanent residency. The minimum amountif invested in regions with high unemployment or cet1ain rural areas such as southern Alabama, where Yangwants to build his plant, is $500,000.That's also the venture's minimum investment. Yang is hoping to raise $7.9 billion tluough a private shareplacement, according to a statement his main investment company, Far East Golden Resources Group Ltd.,issued to Hong Kong's stock exchange earlier this week. The money would cover the project's early expenses,including the Alabama plant, expected to cost at least $4.3 billion, and nearly $460 million to design anddevelop the cars.His desire to keep the pilot visa program in place, as well as receive millions in federal and state governmentloans and funding for the venture, might help explain Yang's comting of powerful U.S. politicians.Hybrid Kinetic spent $120,000 last year lobbying in Washington. The company also paid former presidentBill Clinton for a speech that he gave in Hong Kong last year entitled "Embracing Our Common Humanity,"according to financial disclosure documents.Wang of Hybrid Kinetic suggested the response from investors has been enthusiastic so far, with at least 2,000people ready to buy into the project."A lot of people in China want to move some of their money out of China," Wang said.AP Writer Min Lee in Hong Kong contributed to this report.Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.Hybrid Kinetic player feels confident Congress will renew programcritical to plantBy Sean ReillySeptember 30, 2009, 8:30AM

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    (Press-Register/John David Mercer)The artist rendering of the proposed site of the new Hybrid Kinetic Motors Corp.plant unveiled at the reception for the Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance at the Beach Club in GulfShores, Ala. A state official feels confident that Congress will renew an investor Visa program critical to the plant'sdevelopment.WASHINGTON --A key player in a proposed Baldwin County auto project voiced confidence Tuesday that Congresswill keep a crucial visa program in place for at least three years."I would see this as an incentive to investors," said James DeBates, chief executive of the Alabama Center forForeign Investment, LLC. "They know that the program's not going to expire. "Together with executives at Hong Kong-based Hybrid Kinetic Motors, DeBates wants to make use of the ImmigrantInvestor Pilot Program -- which offers a path to U.S. citizenship to foreigners who pump money into businesses inthis country -- to help finance the proposed hybrid car-making plant north of Bay Minette.Although the investor program is set to expire at midnight tonight, Congress is expected to pass a one-monthextension this week as part of a broader stop-gap budget bill.Long term , the program's fate rests with a House/Senate conference committee that is supposed to iron outdifferences in the two chambers' versions of a homeland security spending bill. Th e Se nate version would make theprogram permanent, according to a spokesman for Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. The House measure does not includean extension of any kind.But DeBates, citing a Capitol Hill contact whom he declined to name, said t hat House negotiators are willing to le tthe program continue for another three yea rs.A spokesman for Rep. David Price, a North Carolina Democrat who chairs the House homeland security spendingpanel, declined to comment Tuesday.Alabama Rolls the Hybrid Kinetic DiceBy Edward NiedermeyerSeptember 25, 2009

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    Hybrid Kinetic (HK) Motors and its chairman, former Brilliance chairman Yung Yeung, have announcedplans to build a massive car plant in Baldwin County, Alabama in order to begin production of its fuelefficient vehicles by 2013. The $1.5b plant will produce 300,000 units per year and employ 5,000Alabamans when it comes online with eventual production planned at one million units per year,according to a release from the Alabama governor's office. A "full report" from Alabama Live states:All the HK Motors vehicles will feature a 1.5-liter engine, but despite the engine's size, the hybrid powersources will allow it to generate up to 400 horsepower, according to C.T. Wang, chief executive of HKMotors .They will get at least 45 miles per gallon, Wang said, and the plug-in vehicle planned by the carmakercan go 600 miles on a single charge.OK, is this starting to sound a bit strange? I t probably should. The exact same scenario is playing out inMississippi, where another former Brilliance boss is also building a huge, mysterious auto factory in theface of massive auto production overcapacity. Guess what else the factories have in common?[Fundraising] will rely heavily on the U.S. government's EB-5 program, which trades U.S. visas for $1million invested in the U.S., or $500,000 in rural and high-unemployment areas.

    @he TSirmingham Nem1tHybrid is right wordfor planned BaldwinCounty autoSunday, September 27, 2009

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    Big news. Really big news.Last week's announcement about an unconventional hybrid-car plant planned for Baldwin County wasdifferent.Puzzling news. Really puzzling news.Just about everything about the Hybrid Kinetic Motors project raises questions, and state officials admitthey don't know if the plans will ever come to pass.They hope, of course, that the plant becomes a reality. Just the first phase of the HK project calls for6,500 jobs - more jobs than any of the state's established auto-assembly plants. The promise of adding amaker of "green" cars also is appealing."It didn't take long for Alabama to become a leader in the automotive industry," Gov. Bob Riley said in anannouncement. "Now as America and the world begin making a historic transition to a green economy,we look to make Alabama a leader in the production of next-generation, clean-tech automobiles."But the questions are hard to ignore.First, there's the man behind the project- Benjamin Yeung, a Chinese auto industry pioneer who rackedup a fortune once estimated at $840 million. Automotive News reported that he left the fortune behindafter being charged with "economic crimes" and fleeing to the United States.Yeung has said he didn't do anything wrong. Instead, he says he became a target of provincial officialsunhappy with where he located an auto plant.The former CEO of Brilliance Chinese Automotive Holdings ended up in California and developed plansfor unorthodox green vehicles. Most recently he popped up in Mississippi, where he first planned to buildhis hybrid plant.A dispute with a key member of his team produced a federal lawsuit. The two sides went their separateways after a settlement, and the Mississippi group appears to be pursuing its own rival project.To get his plant built, Yeung will have to find financing- and lots of it. He won't be turning to banks,though. Instead, he plans to raise some of the cash through the so-called "greenbacks for green cards"program.The government's EB-5 program rewards with visas foreign investors who finance projects that createAmerican jobs. Needless to say, it's hardly the conventional way to partly finance a big project.But there's not much that's conventional about the plan - and that includes the cars.HK Motors' Web site promises vehicles with a "multi-fuels electric drive hybrid propulsion system." Inother words, it's an engine unlike any other. Sounds fantastic, huh?Still, Yeung's supporters say he shouldn't be underestimated, given his track record in establishingBrilliance China as a force in automaking.The company says it already has prominent partners lined up on the project, including an Italian designfirm and a German engineering firm. The aim of the Alabama project is to transform the auto industry.Well, that would certainly register on the Richter scale.Jerry Underwood is business editor of The News. His e-mail: junderwood@ bhamnews.com

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    Hybrid Kinetic plans public forumInvestors show interest

    By Graham Heath(Created: Thursday, October 1, 2009 2:05 PM COT)

    BAY MINETTE, Ala . - Hybrid Kinetic Motors officials will make a detail presentation Oct. 6 before theBaldwin County Commission for a state-of-the-art auto manufacturing plant in North Baldwin, which mayemploy more than 5,000 people.

    Officials also said Far East investors are clamoring to participate financially in the project.

    Baldwin County Commissioner Frank Burt said Monday he hopes the presentation will dispel rumorsabout the proposed facility and offer the public a chance for a question-and-answer session.

    The meeting begins at 8:30a.m. at the County Administration Building in Bay Minette.

    HK plans to begin initial production of a slate of vehicle sty les- all powered by gas, compressed naturalgas and electricity- at a plant south of Interstate 65 and east of State Highway 287. Production maybegin by 2012 and employ about 5,000 people.

    Burt said the site was identified in the last two years during a nationwide CSX Railroad survey of potentialmega sites for industry with track, highway and utility components suitable for mass shipping.Environmental considerations also were a factor.

    HK officials have completed data gathering and are ready to seek federal certification for the 3,000-acresite.

    A major consideration is generating an initial $1.52 billion investment through the EB-5 Visa program,which allows foreign investors to receive a conditional Green Card i f they invest $500,000 in a projectwhich creates at least 10 full-time direct and indirect U.S. jobs.

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    Burt said Chinese lawyers are pre-clearing thousands of Asians who are interested in investing in asecure political environment.

    "We were looking for something and they were looking for something," Burt said. "This is the most excitingyear of my 21 years on the Commission. The project won't impact wetlands, and won't displace anybody.There is all the potential for the good and none of the hindrances."

    Burt said a railroad and power lines are in place as well as roadways 31,287, 65. A port is less than 40miles away.

    Jason Padgett, general manager of North Baldwin Utilities, said a master plan was earlier established toaccommodate North Baldwin growth and that water, sewage and natural established to accommodateNorth Baldwin growth and that water, sewage and natural gas service can be in place "before the firstconstruction shovel is filled" at the facility.

    "We are sitting ready," Padgett said. "We can easily modify our plan. We are ecstatic for the communityand NBU. We are so excited that we are moving forward with natural gas because it is cleaner and moreeconomical.

    "Now, there is one natural gas vehicle on the market- the Honda Civic. But with those vehicles here, theinfrastructure for fueling will come with the car. People can fuel at their own homes if they want; and wewill stop having to import so much oil.

    "There are huge reserves of natural gas in the U.S."

    Burt was drawn into talks with Hybrid Kinetic Motors as Commission chairman last year and as a currentmember of the Baldwin County Industrial and Civic Division. He said Robert Ingram, director of theBaldwin County Economic Development Alliance, was instrumental in initiating and facilitatingnegotiations for the project

    An international consultant heard rumors of the CSX-identified site more than a year ago and made initialcontact with Ingram, Burt said.

    Ingram said Tuesday he was not sure how long it will take to raise the initial investment for the facilitywhich will have solar panels on all roofs and be surrounded by windmills to conserve energy.

    "The plan is to make this the greenest facility in the world," Ingram said, noting that plans are in theconceptual stage.

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    "This project is completely backwards," he said. "Usually all incentives are negotiated on the front endand agreed on before an announcement.

    "But EB-5 is like a stock offer and is public information. That is why the announcement was madebeforehand. It was better to make an announcement on the front end here instead of having informationflow from Asia."

    Copyright 2009 BaldwinCountyNOW.comPlans for hybrid auto plant in Alabama to be announced bygovernorBy Michael Tomberlin -- The Birmingham News

    September 24, 2009, 6:10AMGov. Bob Riley is expected to announce today that organizers of a new hybrid car plant has selected asite in Baldwin County for the project.Leaders of Hybrid Kinetic Motors and some potential suppliers to the plant will join Riley inMontgomery this afternoon to announce the project, a source with knowledge of the situation told TheBirmingham News.The company is being led by executives with experience in the Chinese and U.S. automotiveindustries. A federal lawsuit in Mississippi involving partners in the project said the company waslooking to invest $6.5 billion and create 25,000 jobs to produce 1 million vehicles a year.Today's announcement is expected to focus on more modest numbers associated with the first phaseof the operation.Riley's overseas economic development trips to Germany and Asia this year are said to have involvedthe project, and a well-known German company created the technology used in the engines for thenew cars, the source said.A main organizer of Hybrid Kinetic is Yung (Benjamin) Yeung, also known as Rong Yang. Yeung, whofled China after being accused of economic crimes and is now living in California, held the title ofchairman of Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. He was ranked by Forbes magazine in 2001 asChina's third richest man, with an estimated wealth of $840 million, though he reportedly left thatwealth behind when he fled the country.The Automotive News trade journal reported in 2002 that Chinese authorities wanted him for"suspected involvement in economic crimes" not related to the company's operations.Brilliance China counts German auto maker BMW as partner in its domestic operations. But HybridKinetic prototypes shown to Mississippi officials were described in a newspaper report as Volkswagen'swith the new hybrid engines.Yeung's name does appear as a member and investor in Hybrid Kinetic Motors LLC, which was

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    incorporated in Montgomery in April. The papers list the company's business as manufacturing "motorvehicles/related parts." Hai Wang is the founding member, according to incorporation records that alsoindicate Yeung was among nine persons whose names were to be removed from the documents.In May, Hybrid Kinetic Motors Investment LLC and Hybrid Kinetic Motors Corp. were formed inDelaware with a principal address listed in Pasadena, Calif., where Yeung is known to live. Thecompany was formed for "pursuing investments and development in the automotive industry," thefiling shows.The Hybrid Kinetic project had been announced for Tunica, Miss., though a lawsuit settlement in Julybetween the company's partners led to the creation of Green Tech Automotive by Yeung's formerpartner. Green Tech is apparently still pursuing plans for a project with the same figures being toutedby Hybrid Kinetic.Documents in that lawsuit indicated Hybrid Kinetic plans for production to start in 2011 with a rampup to full capacity in 2015. The suit said plans called for the plant to produce a family of vehicles withfour different models.Today's announcement comes before the project has its financing in place. The project aims to get itsfunding from the Immigrant Investor Pilot Program, known as the EB-5 Visa Program. Through theprogram, the U.S. government awards a limited number of visas to foreign investors whose financinghelps create American jobs.Under the pilot program, the families of those who invest $1 million (or $500,000 in rural oreconomically distressed areas) have an opportunity to be considered for one of 10,000 visas, orpermanent-resident green cards, awarded annually.Because the EB-5 application process requires the site and details of the project to be revealed, Rileyand economic development officials find themselves making an announcement without the certainty ofthe project's financing or completion. As such, there is no project agreement in place with HybridKinetic and no incentives have been pledged to the auto plant.However, should funding come through and the project moves ahead, it would qualify for incentivesbased on the number of jobs and the amount of investment.The company has selected a 3,000-acre site in Bay Minette recently secured by the Baldwin CountyEconomic Development Alliance. That same site was briefly considered for the Volkswagen plant thatended up in Chattanooga.

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    Good. Safe travels.

    Lehmkuhler, MikeThursday, October 08, 2009 6:00 [email protected]: Auto Wages for GCG

    From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]: Thursday, October 08, 2009 5:57 PMTo: Lehmkuhler, MikeSubject: Re: Auto Wages for GCGThanks for the trip. All goes well.Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

    From: "Lehmkuhler, Mike" Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 17:54:00 -0400To: Subject: RE: Auto Wages for GCGNo problem. Did you make the train OK?From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 5:54 PMTo: Lehmkuhler, MikeSubject: Re: Auto Wages for GCGMike, thank you. BTW, please do not distribute our business plan without my update. Thanks, GarySent via BlackBeny from T-Mobile

    From: "Lehmkuhler, Mike" Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:23:03 -0400To: Subject: Fw: Auto Wages for GCG

    Sent from my BlackberryMobile: 804-305-3433

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    Sent: Thu Oct 08 13:29:23 2009Subject: Auto Wages for GCGMike,Let me know if you have any questions or need anything else.KatherineKatherine E. GoodwinResearch ManagerVirginia Economic Development [email protected] Office804.201.7958 Cell

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    lehmkuhler, MikeFrom:Sent:To:Subject:

    Thank you.

    Smitley, Russell Thursday, October 08, 2009 3:58 PMLehmkuhler, MikeRE: GreenTech Automotive Inc. - New OEM Assembly Plant Project With Supplier Park

    From: Lehmkuhler, Mike [mailto:[email protected]]Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 3:46 PMTo: Smitley, RussellSubject: Re: GreenTech Automotive Inc. - New OEM Assembly Plant Project With Supplier Park

    Emporia-Greensville.

    Sent from my BlackberryMobile: 804-305-3433

    From: Smitley, RussellTo: Lehmkuhler, MikeSent: Thu Oct 08 15:28:09 2009Subject: Re: GreenTech Automotive Inc. - New OEM Assembly Plant Project With Supplier ParkWhere?

    From: Lehmkuhler, Mike To: Smitley, RussellSent: Thu Oct 08 13:21:29 2009Subject: Re: GreenTech Automotive Inc. - New OEM Assembly Plant Project With Supplier ParkYes.Sent from my BlackberryMobile: 804-305-3433

    From: Smitley, RussellTo: Lehmkuhler, MikeSent: Thu Oct 08 11:51:39 2009Subject: RE: GreenTech Automotive Inc. - New OEM Assembly Plant Project With Supplier ParkThat's what I thought, but needed to ask. Were potential CSX sites considered?

    From: Lehmkuhler, Mike [mailto:[email protected]]Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 11:50 AMTo: Smitley, RussellSubject: Re: GreenTech Automotive Inc. - New OEM Assembly Plant Project With Supplier Park

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    No. If you could serve it you would already know about it.Sent from my BlackberryMobile: 804-305-3433

    From: Smitley, RussellTo: Lehmkuhler, MikeSent: Thu Oct 08 11:48:14 2009Subject: FW: GreenTech Automotive Inc. - New OEM Assembly Plant Project With Supplier ParkAre you working with these guys on something in VA that I could or should be involved in? It would be great to be able tosupport VA and you in a positive and proactive manner if given the opportunity. Please let me know. Thanks.RussFrom: Milton, John Jr.Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 2:53PMTo: Strok, AndyCc: Sanford, John; Smitley, RussellSubject: GreenTech Automotive Inc. - New OEM Assembly Plant Project With Supplier ParkGets, excerpts from an ally report.John M. Milton, Jr.Director Technical ProgramsCSX Transportation904.359.1617 (office)904.477.3020 (cell)[email protected] TO FILE:

    The other shoe drops.Xiaolin "Charles" Wang is part of the original Hybrid Kinetic Automotive Holdings group. He formedhis own company, Green Tech Automotive following the falling out with Rong Yeung. Each companynow says they will go forward with a project on its own. One would think there is not room for 2 MMhybrid vehicles per year in North America beginning in 2015.Today Green Tech plans to unveil four prototype vehicles that will be buill at an assembly plant to belocated at Tunica County MS (see story below). I don't know that the site is yet fixed as they continueto look at a large site in VA also. Green Tech says that HKAH cannot possibly be successful. Butthat comes as no surprise.

    Car company to unveil prototypes in TunicaPublished: Monday, October 5, 2009 10:30 PM CDTTUNICA - A startup car company is expected to unveil four prototype vehicles Tuesday that will be builtat a plant the company plans to build in Tunica County.Green Tech Automotive is hoping to break ground this year on a $6.5 billion plant in Tunica County. It hasbeen reported that the company plans to manufacture 1 million cars a year.

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    GreenTech was formerly known as Hybrid Kinetic Automotive Corp., but its named changed after theowner, Xiaolin "Charles" Wang, split with his Chinese partner in a lawsuit.Company officials say the cars will be energy efficient, but released no further details ahead of today'sevent.John Osborne of Hernando, who serves on the Mississippi Chamber of Commerce and is vice president ofoperations and general manager at Hollywood Casino in Tunica, said GreenTech's plans will pay dividendsin the greater Mississippi Delta and Northwest Mississippi region for years to come."The prospect of new construction in Tunica County is something that will create thousands of new jobsboth in the construction and automotive sectors and it's an incredible opportunity for Tunica andNorthwest Mississippi," he said.

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    This email transmission and any accompanying attachments may contain CSX privileged andconfidential information intended only for the use of the intended addressee. Any dissemination,distribution, copying or action taken in reliance on the contents of this email by anyone other than theintended recipient is strictly prohibited. I f you have received this email in error please immediately deleteit and notify sender at the above CSX email address. Sender and CSX accept no liability for any damagecaused directly or indirectly by receipt of this email.

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    Lehmkuhler, MikeFrom:Sent:To:Subject:

    Lehmkuhler, MikeThursday, October 08, 2009 2:27 PM'[email protected]'GCG plant footprint

    1200 acres, not 200 acres, @full build-out.

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    Lehmkuhler, MikeFrom:Sent:To:Subject:Attachments:

    Sent from my BlackberryMobile: 804-305-3433

    From: Goodwin, KatherineTo: Lehmkuhler, MikeSent: Thu Oct 08 13:29:23 2009Subject: Auto Wages for GCGMike,

    Lehmkuhler, MikeThursday, October 08, 2009 2:23 PM'[email protected]'Fw: Auto Wages for GCGHourly Wages for Automotive Positions 10.08.09.xls

    Let me know if you have any questions or need anything else.KatherineKatherine E. GoodwinResearch ManagerVirginia Economic Development [email protected] Office804.201.7958 Cell

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    Lehmkuhler, MikeFrom:Sent:To:Subject:Attachments:

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    From: Savage, JeffreyTo: Lehmkuhler, MikeSent: Thu Oct 08 11:00:45 2009

    Lehmkuhler, MikeThursday, October 08, 2009 11:19 AM'[email protected]'Fw: SUSSEX COUNTY MEGA SITEID09239.pdf

    Subject: Fw: SUSSEX COUNTY MEGA SITEMike: Sussex Co Site ...Jeff

    Sent from my mobile email device

    From: Cline, F. JeffTo: Savage, JeffreySent: Wed Oct 07 18:05:06 2009Subject: SUSSEX COUNTY MEGA SITEJeffS.See the attached. I sent 6 copies to print but it shows an error.Sometimes when the file is large it shows error but eventually prints anyway. So I hope they are finished in the morning.I did not calculate the timber area because they would only clear the footprint of the facility not the entire acreage.Anyway let me know if you have any questions.Jeff C

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    ,..,vBEST STATE FOR BliSIUESS

    VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPP.O. Box 798 . 901 Easl Byrd Stree1Richmond, Virginia 2 3 2 1 8 ~ 0 7 9 8804.545.5600 . \WIW.YesVirginia.org

    Project GCG Virginia Sites Visit

    Wednesday, October 7th Meet in the Jefferson Hotel for breakfast at 7:30am Depati at 8:00am Anive in Danville at II :00 am for discussion, early lunch and site visit (box lunches

    provided) Depart Danville at noon for Berry Hill Site visit Depart the Berry Hill Site at I :30 pm Anive in Matiinsville at 2:00pm for discussion Depart Martinsville at 3:00pm for Roma Site visit Depati Roma Site for Richmond at 4:30 pm Anive Richmond at 7:30pm for dinner

    Thursday, October gth Meet in the Jefferson Hotel for breakfast at 8:30am Depa1i at 9:00 am

    Anive in Waverly at 10:00 am for discussion and site visit (box lunches provided) Depart Waverly site at 12:30 pm

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    lehmkuhler, MikeFrom:Sent:To:Subject:

    [email protected], October 06, 2009 11:34 PMLehmkuhler, MikeRe: Additional Article

    Mike, I think I missed this message when I was in transit.Please feel free to see the layout on our wntsite under news link.GarySent via BlackBerry from T -Mobile

    From: "Lelmlk:uhler, Mike" Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:48:06 -0400To: Subject: Additional AtticleGary:This article shows a plant layout at the end. Will you be sharing that information tomorrow as well?Regards,Mike

    After a Bitter Feud, Hybrid Car Startup GreenTech Plans $6.56 PlantBy Josie GarthwaitePosted October 6th, 2009 at l l :24 am in Automotive, StartupsIn the latest chapter of a bitter rivalry between two hybrid auto entrepreneurs, startup GreenTech Automotivehas just unveiled plans to make an initial investment of $1 billion and statt producing 150,000 vehicles annuallyat a new hybrid development and manufacturing facility in Tunica County, Miss., within the "next few years,"the Memphis Business Journal reports. You might know the company by another name: Hybrid KineticAutomotive, a moniker that owner Charles Wang and former partner Benjamin Yeung fought over (amongother issues) in federal court this summer before reaching a settlement in July. Now the two men have split,forming two competing hybrid car startups, and at least one plant could rise from the rubble.

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    As the Press-Register noted this morning, Yeung's Hybrid Kinetic (he kept the company name after the split)also plans to build a hybrid vehicle factory (near Alabama's Bay Minette), and both companies are aiming toeventually produce I million cars per year. But like most startups aiming to manufacture vehicles, HybridKinetic and GreenTech face plenty of hurdles, including raising financing, moving into production, anddeveloping technology, all of which plagued Tesla in its early years. Hybrid Kinetic is looking to raise some$1.5 billion in financing, and GreenTech's Tunica plant is expected to be a $6.5 billion project, according to anattorney for the company who spoke with the Associated Press this week.When it comes to financing, Yeung and Wang eyed a different route before their split than Tesla or competitorFisker Automotive, which have scored awards ofmore than $465 million each in low-interest loans from theU.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program. By contrast, Yeung andWang were planning to raise funds through a separate govermnent program, known as EB-5, which givesforeign investors a way to earn a visa by investing in U.S. companies, as the AP reports.According to the Press-Register, GreenTech and Hybrid Kinetic both still plan to utilize "a government programthat grants U.S. permanent resident status to foreign investors who invest at least $500,000 in businesses thatcreate at least I 0 jobs." Green Tech said in an announcement today that funding for the project is comingthrough the Gulf Coast Automotive Fund and "strategic investments." Whatever channels Green Tech ends uppursuing for those funds, the target amount is very ambitious, especially for a startup burdened by legalcontroversy. For comparison, the U.S. government is providing $1.6 billion in loans for Nissan to retool itsSmyrna, Tenn., factory to build electric cars and batteries and a whopping $5.9 billion to help to help Fordretool factories in Kentucky and Michigan.The Memphis Business Journal says that GreenTech plans to churn out a full line ofvehicles ranging fromsubcompacts up to SUV s using engineering and a hybrid engine designed in Ge1many, with pmis coming fromboth local and foreign suppliers. The initial phase is set to take place on 1,500 acres and create about 1,500 jobs.Whether that will evolve into a multibillion-dollar facility with capacity to produce a million cars per year, we'l lhave to wait and see.

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    Graphics credit GreenTech Automotive

    Mike LehmkuhlerLeader, Transportation TeamBusiness DevelopmentVirginia Economic Development PartnershipP.O. Box 798Richmond, VA 23218-0798Phone: (804) 545-5722Mobile: (804) 305-3433Fax: (804) 545-5701Virginia: "Best State for Business" (Forbes.com, CNBC & Pollina Real Estate)http://www.vesvirginia.org/whvvirginia/awards.aspx

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    Lehmkuhler, MikeFrom: [email protected]:To:

    Tuesday, October 06, 2009 11:32 PMLehmkuhler, MikeSubject: Re: Jefferson Hotel Reservations

    Mike, we finally settled in and thank you for the arrangement. See you both tomOlTOW at 7:30am. GarySent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

    From: "Lehrnkuhler, Mike" Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 17:06:46 -0400To: Subject: RE: Jefferson Hotel ReservationsGary:Your room reservations held by the hotel will require credit card at check-in.Confirmation Number: 2089732Guest Name: Gary TangConfirmation Number: 2089731Guest Name: Yuntong XuArrival Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009Departure Date: Friday, October 9, 2009Accommodations: Deluxe KingRoom Rate: $205.00Room Tax: 13%Check-in Time: 3:00pmCheck-out Time: 12:00pmJefferson Hotel101 West Franklin StreetRichmond, VA 23220800.424.8014www.jeffersonhotel.comWe will cover all other expenses beginning with breakfast tomorrow morning.John Loftus, our sites & buildings expert, will be coming with us the next two days.He and I will see you and Mr. Xu at 7:30 am.Regards,Mike

    From: Lehmkuhler, MikeSent: Monday, September 28, 2009 4:01 PM1

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    To: [email protected]: Jefferson Hotel ReservationsFYI.From: Bell, ChristineSent: Monday, September 28, 2009 3:53PMTo: Lehmkuhler, MikeSubject: The Jefferson ReservationsMike,Please find attached the hotel reservations for Mr. Xu and for Mr. Tang. Please let me know if you have anyquestions or if something should change.Thanks,Christine

    Christine B. BellBusiness DevelopmentVirginia Economic Development Partnership901 East Byrd StreetRichmond, VA 23219804-545-5720 (direct)804-545-5701 (fax)[email protected]

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    Lehmkuhler, MikeFrom:Sent:To:Cc:

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    Thanks, Mike. Good update.-----Original Message-----

    Gottschalk, Patrick Tuesday, October 06, 2009 9:20 PMLehmkuhler, MikeAnderson, Jeffrey M.; Povar, Liz; McClintock, Robert; Ellett, Kim; McNinch, Sandi;Grossman, Paul; Dahlquist, RoyRe: Greentech Automotive

    From: Lehmkuhler, Mike To: Gottschalk, PatrickCC: Anderson, Jeffrey M. ; Povar, Liz ; McClintock, Robert; Ellett, Kim ; McNinch, Sandi ; Grossman,Paul ; Dahlquist, Roy Sent: Tue Oct 06 19:55:42 2009Subject: RE: Green tech AutomotiveAs Jeff said, McAuliffe!Wang's group has no demonstrated ability to run an automotive company.

    Neither group . Thosearrangements seem seconda1y at this point.

    EB5 is clearly the immediate focus for these groups because

    In my opinion, the Mississippi mmouncement today was prompted by the need to quickly establish an alternative for Chinese investorswho are growing tired ofwaiting for Wang to get the EB5 process started in eamest somewhere. After telling them about Mississippifor so long, Wang has told prospective investors that Virginia will now be their primary focus. He needs to have a Virginia EB5regional center up and running asap to acconunodate those still willing to wait a little longer for the "best" opportunity.

    Their immediate focus in Virginia is to pick a site so they can then put pressure on us to make a decision regarding EB5.

    Gary Tang, COO, made the following comment this evening on his way from MS to VA-

    Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, my goal for this trip is for site visits. We will talk about MS in a different occasion when our VAoperations me on more solid ground. MS is moving fast, so we need get VA RC up running quickly. (RC EB5 regional center)

    Tang and Mr. Xu ("shoe"), director of plant construction, are scheduled to visit mega sites in Danville and Martinsvilletomorrow. The Waverly mega site will be visited Thursday morning (see attached agenda). in1

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    Mike has spoken with company reps today about the announcement in MS today, he can provide an update on the status of the visitthis week and next steps.

    Pat the MS Governors' office didn't comment I believe because there is nothing but a vision at this point -limited, if any, capital hasbeen raised through the EB- 5 and the team for running the facility has not been fully identified and has no credentials in theautomotive world.

    Alabama on the other hand did have Governor Riley at an am10uncement for HK Motors in late September. The Chinese leader of thisventure Yang Rang, who now goes by Benjamin Yeung, started Brillance Automotive in China and took the company public. Helater fled China after facing charges for economic crimes, which he denies. He was originally a pm1ner ofMr Wang ofGreentech thetwo settled their lawsuit against each other a couple months ago and are now announcing these separate ventures.

    l'lllet Mike comment fu11her but the funding for both ventures is the EB- 5 mechanism. Why Riley did pm1icipate and Barbour didnot is in my view, with limited knowledge, one has a name in the industly and the other does not.

    Mike please provide Pat with an update on conversations today and next steps. Also would be good to send him some selected presscoverage of the two announcements.

    Thanks Jeff

    From: Gottschalk, Patrick [mailto:[email protected]]Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 5:02PMTo: Anderson, Jeffrey M.Subject: Greentech Automotive

    Jeff: in light of the announcements today in Mississsipppi, can MikeL. give us an update on where we stand with Greentech? Also,why did Haley Barbour's office not comment? Is this thing real?

    Patrick 0. GottschalkSecretmy ofCommerce and TradeCommonwealth of VirginiaOffice of he Governor1111 E. Broad Street

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    P.O. Box 1475Richmond, Virginia 23218Telephone: (804)786-7831Fax: (804) 3 71-0250E-mail: patrick.gottschalk@govemor. virginia.gov

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    lehmkuhler, MikeFrom:Sent:To:

    Motley, Dan L. Tuesday, October 06, 2009 9:03 PMLehmkuhler, Mike; Bennett, Roger M.

    Subject: RE: GCG

    Mike,Got the note, thanks.DanFrom: Lehmkuhler, Mike [[email protected]]Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 3:07 PMTo: Baker, Newell; Bennett, Roger M.; Dan L. Motley; [email protected]: GCGAttached are all of the articles I found today regarding the Mississippi event. Local ED folks at all three locations arecompletely up to speed on the situation (including the competing project announced two weeks ago for AL).Site visits in Virginia will occur as scheduled (Dan & Jeff: dress code will be business casual).Here's how folks in Memphis responded today ..Posted by Urbanut on October 6, 2009 at 11:26 a.m.That is awesome ..can you imagine the names of all the models to come of f the line?Suburban Wang- that's one big Wang you've got there.Blazer Wang- Wow, that Wang is hot.Mini Wang- It fits into the tightest spaces.Extended Cab Wang- for those with lots of "friends".lnfiniti Wang- the last Wang you'll ever need.Posted by ChickPea on October6, 2009 at 11:34 a.m.Get more bang, drive a WangYou can't go Wong with a WangThe sexy ad: Does she really want you, or is it just your Wang she wants?Posted by Urbanut on October 6, 2009 at 12:03 p.m.If you installed hydraulics, you could go out and shake your Wang at people while driving down the street.Thanks for your support. Should be an interesting visit.-Mike

    Mike LehmkuhlerLeader, Transportation TeamBusiness DevelopmentVirginia Economic Development PartnershipP.O. Box 798Richmond, VA 23218-0798Phone: (804) 545-5722Mobile: (804) 305-3433Fax: (804) 545-5701Virginia: "Best State for Business" (Forbes. com, CNBC & Pollina Real Estate)

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    Lehmkuhler, MikeFrom:Sent:T