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LOS ANGELES — Volkswagen has decided to build an assembly plant in the United States, Stefan Jacoby, CEO of Volkswagen of America said in an interview at the auto show here today.

Volkswagen of America chief executive Stefan Jacoby moved closer Wednesday to confirming that the automaker would build a new U.S. assembly plant. Speaking at the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit, Jacoby said local production was a key part of Volkswagen's growth plan for the United States and said a decision would come soon about a plant.

Volkswagen of America chief executive Stefan Jacoby moved closer today to confirming once and for all that Volkswagen would build a new U.S. assembly plant.

WASHINGTON — Volkswagen AG remains on track to make a decision in July on where it will build an assembly plant in the United States, the company's North American chief said Thursday.

WASHINGTON -- Tennessee and Alabama should be favored over Michigan to land a new Volkswagen assembly plant, analysts said Thursday, based on the auto industry's migration into the Sun Belt and concerns about labor's heavy influence in Michigan. Volkswagen confirmed that it was considering the three states for a potential plant.