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VW Targets Higher Profit as E-Car Costs, Uncertainty Weigh

Employees work on a Volkswagen e-Golf electric automobile on the assembly line in Dresden.

Employees work on a Volkswagen e-Golf electric automobile on the assembly line in Dresden.

Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg
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Volkswagen AG’s namesake brand expects to lift profit margins over the next few years despite an expensive shift to electric cars and growing economic headwinds in Germany and abroad.