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Workers locked in idle Shanghai VW factory get movies, walks
13 April 2022
SHANGHAI: Workers locked in Volkswagen AG’s Shanghai factory are getting movie nights and scheduled exercise to keep them entertained after production was idled by the city’s prolo...
Chip shortage to last until 2024, says Volkswagen CFO
10 April 2022
BERLIN: Semiconductor chip supply is unlikely to be enough to completely satisfy demand again until 2024, Volkswagen chief financial officer (CFO) Arno Antlitz said in an interview...
New boss for Skoda amid reshuffle at Volkswagen Group
08 April 2022
Zellmer to head Skoda.
PRAGUE: Volkswagen's Czech subsidiary Skoda is getting a new boss after less than two years: the VW core brand's head of sales, Klaus Zellmer, is moving to ...
VW to scrap whopping 60% of combustion engine models and foc...
06 April 2022
BERLIN: Volkswagen will axe many combustion engine models by the end of the decade and sell fewer cars overall to concentrate on producing more profitable premium vehicles, its fin...
Volkswagen to recall more than 100,000 cars on fire risk
01 April 2022
BERLIN: Volkswagen Group will have to recall more than 100,000 plug-in hybrid vehicles globally due to the risk of fire, said a spokesman for the German carmaker.
Some 42,300 ow...
Giga-casting and robots: How Volkswagen's Trinity aims to ca...
31 March 2022
BERLIN: As Tesla kicks off production at its new German plant this month, Volkswagen is weeks away from finalising plans for a 2 billion euro electric vehicle (EV) factory that it ...
VW to okay Audi, Porsche to enter F1, say sources
31 March 2022
HAMBURG: Audi and Porsche owner Volkswagen is likely to give the green light for the two brands to make their entry into motor racing's Formula One at a meeting next week, two sour...
VW Iltis, the off-roader that won rallies and inspired Audi'...
26 March 2022
LONDON: If you’re driving the full length of Britain from Land’s End to John O’Groats in a classic car rally, a VW Iltis would probably not be your first choice.
The 40-year-old...
Inside VW's scramble to 'duplicate' Ukrainian factories
25 March 2022
WOLFSBURG: With the war in Ukraine halting deliveries of crucial car parts, Volkswagen and its suppliers are scrambling to find solutions abroad, while trying to reassure Ukrainian...
VW targets US$7.1bil for North America, could build ID.Buzz ...
23 March 2022
WASHINGTON: Volkswagen AG plans to invest at least US$7.1 billion (RM30bil) over the next five years in North America and add 25 new electric vehicles there by 2030, including a re...
Volkswagen unveils Asian ventures to secure e-battery materi...
21 March 2022
SHANGHAI: Volkswagen Group China said today it will form joint ventures with Huayou Cobalt and Tsingshan Group to secure nickel and cobalt supplies, in a bid to control electric ve...
Refreshed VW Tiguan Allspace launched, priced higher from RM...
19 March 2022
PETALING JAYA: Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) today launched the new Tiguan Allspace Elegance and R-Line 4MOTION.
The Elegance, previously known as Highline, is price...
VW joins sustainable mining initiative to boost scrutiny
17 March 2022
LONDON: Volkswagen has joined a group that sets environmental and social standards in mining as the world's No.2 carmaker steps up efforts ensure its raw materials are sustainable,...
VW already sold out of some electric models for the year
15 March 2022
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen AG said strong demand for its electric cars means the maker of the Porsche Taycan is already sold out of some models for the entire year.
While some models...
Volkswagen stops orders for some plug-in hybrids amid supply...
08 March 2022
BERLIN: Volkswagen will stop taking orders for several plug-in hybrid models from Wednesday, the German automaker said, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine destabilises its supply chai...
VW's sharp new Amarok pickup has North American genes
06 March 2022
BERLIN: Volkswagen's new Amarok pick-up, which has been developed together with Ford in order to cut costs, has plenty of North American DNA but it remains a genuine Volkswagen, th...
Catch VW ID. Buzz's world premiere on March 9
24 February 2022
HANOVER: Come March 9, Volkswagen is staging a double world premiere: the all-electric Bulli concept of 2017 will be simultaneously taking off emission-free as the ID. Buzz (5-seat...
New VW Golf and GTI on tour at 1 Utama shopping centre, PJ
23 February 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) is kicking off Volkswagen Tour 2022 by organising its first roadshow at 1 Utama Shopping Centre in Petaling Jaya from Feb 23...
Porsches, Lamborghinis lost at sea may cost VW US$155mil
22 February 2022
NEW YORK: The cargo ship carrying about 4,000 Volkswagen AG vehicles that caught fire last week could cost the automaker at least US$155 million (RM649mil), according to a risk-mod...
New VW Amarok to arrive in 2022
21 February 2022
HANNOVER: The new Volkswagen Amarok will be launched on the global market in 2022 with a whole host of new features.
These include numerous driver assistance systems that are ne...