Who wants VW's MEB architecture?

Licensing the MEB electric vehicle architecture could help cut VW Group’s manufacturing costs.

February 18, 2019 05:00 AM

Volkswagen Group's decision to license its MEB electric vehicle architecture could allow the German automaker to more cheaply make EVs, but many rivals might not want to sacrifice control over such an important part of product development.

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