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Volkswagen announced it would stop producing it’s ID 4 models at their plant in Chattanooga earlier this year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NewsChannel 9 covered changes in the EV market in Tennessee, particularly the impact that they will have on Chattanooga-based Volkswagen. <\/p>\n\n\n

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A new report says demand for electric vehicles (EVs) has dropped in Tennessee, but even as the sales numbers for a Volkswagen model made in Chattanooga dropped, another VW model saw an increase in sales.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CRER director and chief economist Howard Wall was asked what softer EV demand could mean for Chattanooga:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Volkswagen is a really is a global company, and they’re retrenching internationally. Although I think locally everything is is going to be stable; it’s not going to be affected by that.” <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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