Europe’s biggest carmaker wants its battery unit PowerCo to become a global battery supplier
Berlin — Volkswagen plans to invest in mines to bring down the cost of battery cells, meet half of its own demand and sell to third-party customers, the carmaker’s board member in charge of technology said.PowerCo will start by delivering cells to Ford for the 1.2-million vehicles the US carmaker is building in Europe on Volkswagen’s electric MEB platform, he said.
The carmaker was partnering on supply deals with mining companies in Canada, where it will build its first North American battery plant. Only Tesla has pledged more investment into battery production than Volkswagen, according to a Reuters analysis — though even the US EV maker is struggling to ramp up production and is recruiting Asian suppliers to help.
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