Project Bluebird: Memphis nests with fledgling carmaker

By , Special to The Daily Memphian Updated: March 21, 2021 9:22 PM CT | Published: March 21, 2021 4:00 AM CT

California-based Mullen Technologies has been literally all over the map in deciding where it will make its first electric vehicle. Now, Memphis leaders feel they’ve made a safe bet on the start-up, and the payoff could be hundreds of manufacturing jobs.

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Tom Bailey

Tom Bailey

Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.