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Audi's unions demand electric model for German plant

Audi will launch an electric SUV based on the e-tron quattro SUV concept, shown.
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Andreas Cremer
March 30, 2017 05:00 AM

BERLIN -- Labor leaders at Audi have asked top management to assign production of an all-electric model to the carmaker's main Ingolstadt plant in Germany.

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