Report: EPA
asked Volkswagen to
build electric models in the
U.S. to
offset Dieselgate
Last December, a group of
electric vehicle and green energy enthusiasts —
including Elon Musk — sent an open letter to the head of California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, urging the agency to force
Volkswagen to
build more
electric models instead of repair the some 600,000 emissions-cheating diesel
models in the United States.
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The Environmental Protection Agency took the letter's proposal seriously and has
asked the German carmaker to
build more electrified vehicles at its plant in Chatta**oga, Tennessee — as well as
build a nationwide network of charging stations to make up for
Dieselgate, according to Reuters, which
cited a report in German newspaper
Welt am Sonntag. The German paper did **t list its sources
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