VW CEO pits world's largest auto plant against new Tesla site

A portion of VW's Wolfsburg complex — Part of VW's Wolfsburg complex. The plant will become "the pioneering factory" for the highly automated manufacture of electric vehicles and will build a VW brand electric flagship. (Reuters/REUTERS)

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Bloomberg

December 16, 2020 08:05 AM

Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess told top managers the automaker will pit its largest plant against the Tesla factory under construction near Berlin, according to people familiar with the matter.

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