Frankfurt — Volkswagen's shares surged more than 9% on Tuesday, lifting its market value towards $150bn as the world's second-largest carmaker gave more details about its ambitious expansion in electric driving.

A day after unveiling plans to build half a dozen battery cell plants in Europe, the German company said it aimed to more than double deliveries of electric vehicles this year to about 1-million...

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