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German EV Startup E.GO Weighs Listing Options Including SPAC

  • Firm targets valuation of as much as $2.4 billion, CEO says
  • Company plans to use proceeds to help fund new factories
An e.GO Life Next electric vehicle.Source: Next.e.GO Mobile SE
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German EV hopeful Next.e.GO Mobile SE is in talks to go public through a blank-check company or an initial public offering that could value the manufacturer of compact cars for shorter trips at as much as 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion).

The company, saved from insolvency last year, may go through with the plan within the next 12 months, Chairman Ali Vezvaei said in an interview.