The little Audi plant that's teaching VW Group about EVs

Audi Brussels CEO Volker Germann drives the first Q8 E-tron off the line. The electric crossover arrives in the U.S. this year. (LARRY P. VELLEQUETTE)

January 01, 2023 05:00 AM

BRUSSELS — When Volkswagen Group began its global transition to battery-electric vehicles, it turned to one of its oldest and smallest plants to dip its first toe into the non-ICE-y waters.

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