Volkswagen powers up plan for Chinese electric car plant

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Company announces plans to break into Chinese green car market

Volkswagen will begin manufacturing electric cars in China for the domestic market by 2014, according to a senior executive at the company. Yang Meihong, vice president of Volkswagen Group China, told...

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