A former GreenTech Automotive employee alleged the electric car company has misrepresented their production capabilities to impress investors, NBC-12 Virginia reports:
He approached us after our report on the progress of Greentech Automotive, the startup car company founded by Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic nominee for Governor of Virginia.
A man who worked for close to two years on the line at Greentech's manufacturing plant in Horn Lake, MS saw our affiliate WMC-TV's story on the company and expressed concern about what he experienced while working there.
He sat down for a lengthy interview on the topic and told us everything he could recall about his time inside the company.
That interview led company officials to grant to access to their plant for the first time after requesting to see the operation for three months.
Since that intial report Greentech has announced a new agreement to produce a new line of cars and has started work on their proposed 300 thousand square foot facility in Tunica, MS, which has been largely vacant since their launch in 2012.
We gave Greentech executives the opportunity to respond to each aspects of the worker's claims.
The allegations raise more questions about Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe's involvement with GreenTech and the firm's transparency.