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IONITY partners with Shell, OMV, Tank & Rast and Circle K on sites for high-power charging network; 18 countries, >200 sites

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IONITY , the joint venture of BMW, Daimler, Ford and Volkswagen with Audi and Porsche that is developing and implementing a High-Power Charging (HPC) network for EVs across Europe ( earlier post ), has formed initial strategic partnerships for the realization of its HPC network.

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Volkswagen Group to cut overall spending by ~€1B next year, but to boost investments in electric drive tech by €100M

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Examples include product start-ups such as the next-generation Golf, the Audi Q5, the new Crafter plant in Poland, as well as upfront expenditures for the modular electric toolkit (MEB). We are operating in uncertain and volatile times and are responding to this.

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Volkswagen Group to add 15 more plants to Industrial Cloud this year

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In 2019, the Volkswagen Group initially started with the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand’s Chemnitz, Wolfsburg and Polkowice (Poland) plants, in line with its plans.

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Volkswagen Group to invest $106 billion over next 5 years in Automotive Division

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These include spending to expand capacity, a new Crafter plant in Poland and the new Audi plant in Mexico. In addition, the Company will make cross-product investments of €23.0 billion (US$29 billion) over the next five years.

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