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Plant site evaluations are under way as Audi AG seeks additional capacity.
Front runners are plants in Brazil and Slovakia already producing Audi vehicles — or the VW platforms from which they are derived.
Worldwide, Audi wants to see sales grow from 700,000 to 1 million, necessitating “some investment in capacity,” says Len Hunt, head of Audi of America Inc. But it is unlikely to result in a North American facility.
