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Skoda plans to build three electric cars based on the Volkswagen Group’s MEB platform in the Czech Republic within the next four years, including a small, affordable model. Skoda’s flagship MEB electric car will be based on the Vision IV coupe crossover…
The auto industry’s big push into electric vehicles will lead to a big problem down the road: What to do with all those lithium ion batteries once they’ve lost their oomph? It’s the central question behind a pilot recycling project that Volkswagen Group plans…
Volkswagen launched its sleek new midsize Arteon sedan in Korea on Wednesday with high hopes that the car will overshadow consumers’ memories of the company’s emissions rigging scandal, which was first revealed three years ago. The sedan is the last of the…
SK Innovation is supplying electric car batteries to Volkswagen Group along with existing suppliers LG Chem and Samsung SDI, the Korean battery maker said Wednesday. The Volkswagen Group brands plan to launch 50 new fully electric models by 2025, and the…
Skoda says it will rename its Rapid compact hatchback the Scala when the new model goes on sale next year. The car’s name comes from the Latin word for “ladder,” Skoda said in a statement. The Scala was previewed as the Vision RS concept that was unveiled at…
Audi and Volkswagen have roared back to the Korean imported car market after a two-year absence. After launching in May, Volkswagen’s flagship midsize Tiguan SUV became the best-selling imported car model in Korea in June. The Tiguan 2.0 TDI sold 1,076 units…
The Volkswagen Group plans to invest 1billion euros more in India, several people in the know said, as the world’s largest carmaker seeks to launch a flurry of vehicles and expand capacity to shrug off its underperformance in one of the fastest-growing…
German carmaker Volkswagen is in talks to buy a stake in GAZ, a Russian manufacturer of light commercial vehicles (LCV), five sources familiar with the talks told. It was not immediately clear how big a stake is being discussed or the value of the deal. GAZ…
The Volkswagen car brand expects deliveries to hit a record this year and raised its midterm profitability forecast on Thursday, citing cost cuts and expanding ranges of higher-margin models. While the emissions scandal of September 2015 has cost Volkswagen…
Volkswagen may expand cooperation with China’s Anhui Jianghuai Automobile (JAC) beyond electric cars to jointly develop and build commercial vehicles in the world’s largest autos market. The German group and JAC announced in June they were to set up a joint…
Are ‘Robo-taxis’ the future of public traffic? It’s November 22, 2028 and Sarah, a young mother, gives her two children a kiss goodbye before buckling them into the driverless car that will bring them to school. Sarah doesn’t have a car and has no plans to…
Cost cutting and new models such as the Arteon fastback should continue to boost Volkswagen’s main car brand in the fourth quarter after it doubled core earnings in July-September, it said on Monday. Analysts see reviving the VW brand, which has long suffered…
Volkswagen has decided to go ahead with production of an electric version of its classic Microbus camper van as it seeks to boost its electric vehicle credentials. The potential battery-powered revamp of the van, known as the Bulli in Germany, was first…
Cooperation talks between Germany’s Volkswagen Group and India’s Tata Motors about joint development of a car for emerging markets have ended amicably, the two companies said on Thursday. The collapse of the talks is a further blow to Volkswagen’s (VW)…
Volkswagen’s planned sale of motorcycle brand Ducati and transmissions maker Renk has currently no majority backing on the carmaker’s supervisory board, with opponents to asset sales feeling invigorated by the group’s strong results. Europe’s largest…
Volkswagen is recalling 766,000 vehicles of its core passenger car brand worldwide for a software update to their braking control systems, a spokesman said. The braking control system may not function properly in certain driving conditions, such as when the…
