After dieselgate, Volkswagen goes electric

Volkswagen on Tuesday said it wants to be the world leader in electric cars by 2025 as the German car giant unveiled a major shift to clean-energy vehicles in the wake of the dieselgate emissions cheating scandal. The US market, where the pollution crisis first erupted, will play a key role in the revamp, VW brand chief Herbert Diess said, announcing a "comeback story" for the region with plans for electric cars to be built in North America from 2021. "By 2025 we plan to sell one million electri