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VW Group engineers tackle task of shaving costs from new city EVs

VW Group is developing full-electric city cars based on a shortened version of the group's Modular Electric Drive Toolkit (MEB) architecture. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg)
April 10, 2019 11:45 AM

WOLFSBURG — Volkswagen Group engineers are encountering obstacles as they attempt to shave up to a third of the costs of developing a family of city EVs for the VW, Seat and Skoda brands.

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