Automakers gain ground on Tesla as stock price hits dizzying highs
The world s largest carmaker is starting to gain ground on Tesla.
Volkswagen sold 231,600 battery electric vehicles in 2020, according to figures published by the company on Wednesday.
While that s still less than half the number of sales Tesla made, it represents an increase of 214 per cent on the previous year and shows Germany s huge auto industry is beginning to mount a challenge to the leader in electric cars.
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A worker completes an electric car ID.3 body at the assembly line during a press tour at the plant of the German manufacturer Volkswagen in Zwickau, eastern Germany.(AP)