Articles tagged "VW"

When VW steps out of its comfort zone, out of its cozy box of safe designs, things get wild. Today the company has lifted the veil on a project that has been already running for a while and that isn’t a mere design study. What we are looking at is...

It’s been a busy week with a lot of news and what better way to open the weekend with something a little bit lighter? Or rather, bigger? VW decided it wants to experiment with its electric car lineup and wants to see how far it can push the public...

Oliver Blume, the new CEO of VW, had a busy first day in his new job. Setting up ambitious goals and shaking up the status quo is one way to make a good impression on his new bosses. He must have been very busy while preparing to take over from...

Today was the official change of guard at VW Group - Olive Blume has taken over from Herbert Diess who was voted out of his seat at the end of July. With all the VW and Porsche executives happy and their house in order, they are on the lookout for...

VW ID Buzz went on sale in Europe not so long ago and the entire production for 2023 is pretty much sold out. Customers across the pond though are still waiting with no indication of when the sales will start. What is even more interesting, is a...

Norway has been at the very edge of the electric car revolution for a while now. It has made some really friendly policies towards EV buyers, perhaps even hurting the economy a bit, which brought the cutting back of certain incentives. Even so the...

To fully understand what went on at Volkswagen we need to take a little closer look at the company as it is unlike many other automakers. First and foremost VW is a family business, it has been since day one and every company officer has always been...

VW has chosen Scott Keogh as the CEO of its Scout brand. Keogh was the head of VW's North American business and played an integral role in getting VW to get the rights to Scout's brand in the first place. Scout, or International Harvester Scout...

Volkswagen will start producing VW ID.4 models in the US as early as this year. The 2023 ID.4 will be made in VW's Chattanooga plant in Tennessee and it will feature a smaller battery version. VW told Autoblog that the base model will have a...

Volkswagen is expanding into the global battery business with its new factory that will be built in Salzgitter, Germany. The company has officially broken ground on the new facility which is the first out of six it plans to build across...

Volkswagen took to the stage in China to unveil the ID. Aero concept - the company's flagship EV. It's VW's first all-electric sedan and it will be the base for a production car that will hit the roads in China, Europe, and North America in the...

Volkswagen is teasing the ID. Aero with official sketches of the car shown before its digital debut on Monday, June 27. The car is intended to debut in the Chinese market with the company calling it “the first electric limousine”. VW ID. Aero is...

The world wants SUVs. Particularly in the electric era, the extra space under the cabin that can be filled with batteries makes these the most popular cars, at least in the beginning. VW has developed from clean sheet a dedicated EV platform called...

Not to be outdone by Tesla, who soon will beat the record for most price hikes in one year, VW is taking advantage of huge demand for EVs. The Wolfsburg giant does it slightly differently though, VW goes in with a bunch of gifts and trinkets before...

VW introduced another all-wheel-drive version to the hugely popular ID.4 and the new model is called the Pro 4Motion. This is the second twin-motor model available in the lineup after the ID.4 GTX. The ID.4 Pro 4Motion has slightly less power than...

Today Disney+ is releasing a new series on its streaming platform - Obi-Wan Kenobi - and to celebrate the event Volkswagen has brought two very special vans to Anaheim in California. The two vans are ID. Buzz Light Side Edition and ID. Buzz Cargo...

VW ID.1 has been rumored since 2020, it was meant to be on the market by 2023 but now we know it won’t happen until 2025. VW kept going back and forth to the drawing board, seemingly not happy with the initial designs. Now since we have seen the...

VW’s Emden plant is not a new factory, but it has now been transformed from manufacturing Passat and Arteon models to manufacture only all-electric cars with first models of ID.4 already leaving the production line. The transformation cost €1...

VW has just announced that it's partnering with India's Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Mahindra). Mahindra will use electric components, like motors, battery system components, and battery cells, from VW's modular electric drive matrix platform (MEB)....

With the German BAFA (Federal Office of Economics and Export Control) leaking the price list of the VW ID. Buzz a couple of days ago, VW had to act itself and pushed the start button on pre-orders for the long awaited EV van. Prices are for the...