Mazda-Toyota skipped N.C., but state still has $1.6 billion up for grabs

A megasite is a megasite? Not for the Mazda-Toyota project. Even though North Carolina offered a viable property, right, and $1.6 billion in incentives, the automakers opted for this similar site in Alabama. It came with fewer incentives, but a couple of less tangible benefits, including long-standing relationships in Alabama.

February 09, 2019 05:00 AM

In late 2017, North Carolina economic development officials jumped into the competition for a new Mazda-Toyota assembly plant in a big way.

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