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Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess is stepping down as head of the supervisory boards at subsidiaries Seat and Skoda to focus on building up a stronger software-development team, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Volkswagen declined to comment.…
Volkswagen Group China has begun construction of an all-new MEB plant at Volkswagen Anhui recently. As the third of the Group’s pure-electric vehicle manufacturing facilities in China, following completion of the Anting (SAIC VW) and Foshan (FAW-VW) plants,…
Volkswagen is considering a change to its supervisory board that could lead to the replacement of Bernd Osterloh, the head of its powerful works council who clashed with CEO Herbert Diess last year, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.…
We knew it would happen sooner or later but Volkswagen is all set to bring in a sporty top-of-the-range model to its electric vehicle range – the new ID.4 GTX. The car will be unveiled on April 28 and the company has already teased the logo. Similar to GTI…
The Volkswagen Taigun has been one of the much-anticipated launches for 2021. Expected to go on sale in India ahead of the festive season, the German carmaker has already revealed a fair bit about the SUV, however, so far the cabin of the SUV was kept hidden.…
A Volkswagen joint venture in China has agreed to buy green car credits from Tesla to help meet local environmental rules, three people briefed on the matter told Reuters. The deal, the first of its kind to be reported between the two companies in China,…
Earlier today we told you about Volkswagen’s plan to change its name to Voltswagen in the US. Volkswagen US in fact issued a statement that it had changed from Volkswagen of America to ‘Voltswagen of America’ to show the clear emphasis on the brand’s electric…
Volkswagen plans to build half a dozen battery cell plants in Europe and expand infrastructure for charging electric vehicles globally, accelerating efforts to overtake Tesla and speed up mass adoption of battery-powered cars. The world’s No. 2 carmaker,…
Volkswagen plans to have six battery cell production plants operating in Europe by 2030 to secure supply for the world’s No.2 carmaker’s electric vehicle ambitions. The plants, to be built in partnerships, will have a production capacity of 240-gigawatt hours…
Carmaker Volkswagen plans to cut up to 5,000 jobs in Germany by offering early or partial retirement to older employees in a move that could cost 500 million euros ($598 million), the Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Sunday. The newspaper quoted a…
When the market value of Germany’s Volkswagen briefly rose above the 100-billion-euro mark on Wednesday for the first time since 2015, the boss of the normally staid carmaker took to Twitter, Elon Musk-style, to crow about it. VW shares soared as much as 6%…
Volkswagen India has officially teased the upcoming Taigun compact SUV, suggesting the launch is around the corner. The carmaker released a teaser video of the Taigun on its official social media account. The SUV has been listed on VW’s official India website…
How many times have you seen a Volkswagen Beetle and not given it another look? Well, the answer is zero and that’s because its design is timeless, ageless. That’s also why we can’t help but look at the new-gen models from Volkswagen India like the Jetta,…
Volkswagen AG is launching another sales model in China that will see the automaker open showrooms in city centres for electric vehicles (EV) and offer fixed prices. The move marks a departure from the conventional sales system used by the wider industry in…
Alexander Hitzinger, a 49-year-old engineer who defected to Apple after helping to develop Porsche’s winning 919 racecars, has been lured back to Volkswagen Group for perhaps his biggest challenge yet – building an electric car to take on Tesla. While…
Volkswagen plans to invest 1 billion euros ($1.18 billion) in its Slovak plant, including 500 million euros to produce next-generation Passat and Skoda Superb models, VW Slovakia Chairman Oliver Gruenberg said on Monday. The German carmaker’s investment will…
