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According to the German publication Handelsblatt, the company is working toward a multi-billion euro plant enabling it to take control of its electrified car destiny, and not be solely reliant on Asian batteries, such as from LG Chem, Panasonic, and Samsung.
The plant will need to be big enough to support the goal of increasing PEV sales within the next 10 years to 1 million, reports Handelsblatt.
The similitude to Tesla’s “Gigafactory” has been suggested by others given that the cost of the plant, and scale of batteries needed mean it will be a massive plant, though certainly more details are needed.
http://www.hybridcars.com/volkswagen-looks-to-build-its-own-gigafactory/
Where will VW build its own “Gigafactory” ? South America where there are ton of Lithium mines ?
According to the German publication Handelsblatt, the company is working toward a multi-billion euro plant enabling it to take control of its electrified car destiny, and not be solely reliant on Asian batteries, such as from LG Chem, Panasonic, and Samsung.
The plant will need to be big enough to support the goal of increasing PEV sales within the next 10 years to 1 million, reports Handelsblatt.
The similitude to Tesla’s “Gigafactory” has been suggested by others given that the cost of the plant, and scale of batteries needed mean it will be a massive plant, though certainly more details are needed.
http://www.hybridcars.com/volkswagen-looks-to-build-its-own-gigafactory/
Where will VW build its own “Gigafactory” ? South America where there are ton of Lithium mines ?