battery factory Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 31 May 2016 18:38:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Volkswagen to Invest $11 Billion in Electric Car Battery Factory https://www.greenoptimistic.com/volkswagen-invest-11-billion-electric-car-battery-factory-20160531/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/volkswagen-invest-11-billion-electric-car-battery-factory-20160531/#comments Tue, 31 May 2016 18:38:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=59998 Volkswagen wishes to make an electric car comeback by investing $11 billion in a battery factory. After suffering through the backlash of consumers who discovered the company’s diesel emissions scandal, Volkswagen plans to produce 1 million electric and plug-in hybrid cars per year by 2025. In the past Volkswagen relied on turbodiesel engines. Now, Volkswagen […]

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