Volkswagen To Launch Own Electric Car Battery Production

SALZGITTER, GERMANY - MAY 18: (PICTURE RELEASED ON JULY 7, 2022 AFTER AN EMBARGO ON ALL PUBLICATIONS) A Volkswagen employee demonstrates how to insert a multi layer cell test pouch in a battery cell test chamber for electric car battery at the pilot project for Volkswagen's own electric car battery production facility on May 18, 2022 in Salzgitter, Germany. The new SalzGiga facility will officially launch in June of this year and includes research and development, production and recycling of old electric car batteries. Volkswagen, Germany's biggest carmaker, is pursuing an aggressive strategy towards transitioning from gasoline-powered engines to a full electric car line-up. (Photo by Morris MacMatzen/Getty Images)