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That 2021 onwards date for VW is becoming a critical year for them.

Volkswagen will build a new electric-car factory in North America The automaker intends to open the new EV plant by 2022.

The automaker intends to have 16 electric-car production plants globally by 2022, which will require a 34 billion euro ($40 billion) investment. Many of those facilities will be in China, of which two will be new, which will help Volkswagen avoid taxes on selling its EVs in that market. But others will be spread out across Europe and, once the new plant is built, North America.