BERLIN, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Volkswagen will soon make a decision on the location of its planned battery plant in Eastern Europe and begin searching for a location in Canada, Chief Executive Oliver Blume said on Friday.
“The decision on the location [of a battery plant] in eastern Europe will come shortly and in Canada we will begin looking for a location soon,” Blume said, speaking at an extraordinary shareholder general meeting in Berlin.
Reporting by Victoria Waldersee, Jan Schwartz
Editing by Paul Carrel
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