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VW to open EV platform to competitors, report says

MEB cars will be built in eight factories in Europe, the U.S. and China.
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January 30, 2019 06:37 PM

BERLIN — Volkswagen is in advanced talks with competitors over opening its modular MEB platform for the mass production of electric vehicles to rivals, German paper Tagesspiegel on Wednesday cited the VW brand's strategy chief as saying.

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