Articles tagged "VW"

As it is the case with all press releases, the simple things are wrapped up in complicated words to make them look bigger and more important than they are. Often the importance is focused on other things to drag our attention away from the actually...

New strategy for VW will begin with Cupra, its Spanish arm of electric cars which separated from Seat in order to focus purely on EVs. The first electric car from Cupra is going to be the Tavascan which the company announced will be manufactured at...

Not only is Volkswagen's infotainment system not the most beloved out there for its ergonomics (or lack thereof), but now it seems the software is also plagued with a myriad of bugs, at least for the models delivered in China. Many owners of the...

Volkswagen just announced the new ID.3 concept and promised to debut the production car to the public this coming Spring. The new ID.3 features a brand-new design, though it retains similarity to the current car. The biggest change looks...

Volkswagen CEO Thomas Schafer has some big words to say about self-driving cars, despite the fact that Argo, a US-based startup working in this field, in which VW invested more than $2.6 billion in 2019, is shutting down. Schafer says VW is...

Today Volkswagen Group's new battery company, PowerCo, entered a joint venture with Umicore for battery materials production in Europe. The new company will be based in Brussels and will invest 3 billion euros (of which half will come from PowerCo...

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...