Volkswagen breaks ground on U.S. electric car factory, production starts in 2022
Shortly after starting mass production of electric carsin Germany, Volkswagen took the first step toward doing the same in the United States. VW previously said it would start making electric cars at its Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory in 2022. Now the German automaker has broken ground on an expansion of the factory to make that happen. The expansion includes a 564,000-square-foot addition to the factory’s body shop, and a new 198,000-square-foot facility that will assemble battery packs....