HK Motors unveils auto plant design possibilities | al.com

HK Motors unveils auto plant design possibilities | al.com: "BAY MINETTE, Ala. -- Architects unveiled three possible master plans for a Bay Minette car factory Tuesday as Hybrid Kinetic Motors opened a three-day session to choose design and engineering firms.

Officials with both HK Motors and one of its engineering firms said that their favored plan is a symmetrical design with a central spine for transportation and utilities.

The company would build body, stamping, paint, assembly and engine facilities on one side as the first phase of plant, which the company plans to open by 2013. The company could then add capacity by building a mirror image of those facilities on the other side of the utilities spine."