Volkswagen ID.3 electric hatchback to be built in China

The Volkswagen ID.3 electric hatchback will be built in China, according to the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. As first reported the Automotive News Europe, SAIC Volkswagen – the brand’s joint-venture with SAIC Motors – received approval this week from local regulators to begin production at its Anting plant in Shanghai. The ID.3 is currently assembled exclusively in Volkswagen’s native Germany, at the brand’s Zwickau and Dresden plants.