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VW manufactures SSP components in Kassel

Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume has confirmed that the Scalable Systems Platform (SSP) will be manufactured at the Kassel-Baunatal component plant in central Germany. The plant will produce components for up to one million vehicles per year.

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