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Volkswagen
Volkswagen AG was founded in 1937 and manufactures vehicles across a group of brands. It is listed in Frankfurt and headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany.
The group spans mass-market and premium marques as well as commercial vehicles, and its scale rests on sharing platforms and components across brands that compete with one another. It has invested heavily in electrification and software, and the software work has proved considerably harder than the hardware.
Volkswagen has manufacturing and assembly interests in Africa, which makes its investment decisions relevant to industrial policy arguments about where vehicles for African markets should be built.
