VW CEO says a Biden victory would better suit automaker's strategy

VW ID3 Zwickau — VW's factory in Zwickau, Germany, will become Europe's biggest EV production plant. EVs built there such as the ID4 crossover will also be produced at the company's U.S. factory in Chattanooga. (Oliver Killig/Oliver Killig)

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Reuters

November 05, 2020 11:48 AM

FRANKFURT -- Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess on Thursday said a victory by Democrat Joe Biden in the U.S. presidential race would better suit the German automaker's efforts to mass produce electric cars across the globe.

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