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VW bets on Porsche racecar engineer to pass Tesla

Project Artemis leader Alexander Hitzinger; "I am putting the team together on a top-down basis. The managers come first. Then I look for A-players, who will attract other A-players." (HENNING SCHEFFEN PHOTOGRAPHY/HENNING SCHEFFEN PHOTOGRAPHY)
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December 01, 2020 02:59 PM

FRANKFURT -- Alexander Hitzinger, a 49-year-old engineer who defected to Apple after helping to develop Porsche's winning 919 racecar, is back at Volkswagen Group for perhaps his biggest challenge yet -- building an electric car to take on Tesla.

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