Volkswagen has announced plans to expand its plant in the US. To slotxo produce batteries for electric vehicles by 2021
Reuters reported on Thursday that Volkswagen plans to prepare a site to build a laboratory in Chattanooga. (Chattanooga) in Tennessee For developing batteries for use in new cars To be assembled in the United States in the future, the laboratory is expected to be fully operational by spring next year.
Wolfgang Malukhe, vice president of Volkswagen in the United States, said that while automakers prepare to develop and test batteries to other companies, they will continue to do so. We are responsible. Volkswagen is determined to take care of this work on their own.
The new German carmaker's roadmap was released in the wake of a carbon dioxide emissions scandal. That prompted the company to admit that it was using illegal software to cheat pollution impact testing in Germany. And forcing the company to pay fines and buy back their cars from global markets totaling more than US $ 35.5 billion.
However, analysts think that Volkswagen's US battery plan underscores the image of the automaker. In terms of determination to become a leader in the electric vehicle market
And last year Volkswagen announced that it would invest $ 800 million. To develop a new electric vehicle at the Chattanooga plant.
