Volkswagen getting closer to making a battery factoryhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-electric-idUSKBN13F0N6
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"If more than a quarter of our cars are to be electronic vehicles in the in the foreseeable future then we are going to need approximately three million batteries a year," Chief Executive Matthias Mueller told Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. "Then it makes sense to build our own factory."
Volkswagen currently relies on external battery suppliers for the electric vehicles it makes.