Volkswagen pushes battery partners to build Gigafactories

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Edward Taylor

April 15, 2019 02:07 PM

SHANGHAI -- Volkswagen Group is pushing its joint-venture partners including SK Innovation to build electric car battery plants which have at least one Gigawatt manufacturing capacity, CEO Herbert Diess said.

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