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VW CEO pits world's largest car plant against new Tesla site

Part of VW's Wolfsburg complex. The plant will become "the pioneering factory" for the highly automated manufacture of electric vehicles and will build a VW brand electric flagship. (Reuters)
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December 16, 2020 08:05 AM

Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess told top managers the automaker will pit its largest plant against the Tesla factory that is under construction near Berlin, according to people familiar with the matter.

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