VW partners with Chinese company for German battery factory

VW Salzgitter battery — VW is turning its Salzgitter combustion engine factory into a battery cell production hub. Shown is pilot cell production where electrode sheets are precisely and automatically stacked. (Roland.Niepaul@volkswagen.de)

July 14, 2021 08:03 AM

BERLIN -- Volkswagen Group and China's Gotion High-Tech will partner on a battery cell factory at the automaker’s combustion engine plant in Salzgitter, Germany.

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