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Diess stays CEO to steer Volkswagen into electric future
10 December 2021
From left: Dieter Pötsch, Diess and Cavallo. HAMBURG/FRANKFURT: Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess will stay on with rejigged responsibilities, the carmaker said on Thursday, ending we...
Volkswagen's hot new Golf R Estate gets even more appealing
05 December 2021
BERLIN: With 320hp driving all four wheels, Volkswagen's sporty R estate is one of the fastest compact load-carriers money can buy. The new version features a range of subtle ch...
VW CEO, under fire over strategy, positive over recent talks
01 December 2021
HAMBURG: Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess, currently under heavy fire from unions over strategy, struck an upbeat tone at a recent manager meeting on talks over the company's five-year...
New VW Golf and Golf GTI crop up in Sekinchan media preview
26 November 2021
PETALING JAYA: The backdrop was agricultural, the dining was refreshingly different and the cars were all new. VW in Malaysia organised on Nov 25 a get-together between the mana...
Diess's future as VW CEO remains uncertain
24 November 2021
HAMBURG: Volkswagen's supervisory board executive committee will meet on Tuesday evening to discuss the future of chief executive Herbert Diess, but further talks will likely be ne...
Volkswagen powers up the grid to take on Tesla
17 November 2021
FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF: Volkswagen plans to double staff numbers at its charging and energy division, roll out new payment technology next year and strike more alliances to take on ...
VW to relieve China chief of duty next year, says paper
16 November 2021
BERLIN: Volkswagen will relieve its China unit chief Stephan Woellenstein of duty at the beginning of February next year, German publication automobilwoche reported today, citing s...
Year-end deals from Volkswagen
12 November 2021
KUALA LUMPUR:  Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) is making the ownership of its cars more enticing with a slew of  year-end specials. Available for all the models in the...
VW's Diess says to remain CEO, dismisses fossil fuel phase o...
11 November 2021
BERLIN: Volkswagen's Herbert Diess said on Wednesday he was confident he would remain as chief executive into next year, dismissing speculation that he could be pushed aside. Di...
VW plans farewell to legendary Santana model in China
10 November 2021
BEIJING: Volkswagen plans to stop making Santana cars in China, bidding farewell after over three decades to its first Chinese-made model that became a symbol of the country's risi...
VW’s China partner buying much bigger ships to transport car...
08 November 2021
SHANGHAI: China’s biggest automaker is finalising an agreement to buy two ships capable of carrying almost twice as many cars as its current transport vessels amid a surge in globa...
VW CEO Diess still has backing of Porsche, Piech families
05 November 2021
FRANKFURT: The Porsche and Piech families, which control Volkswagen's largest shareholder Porsche SE, continue to support the carmaker's CEO Herbert Diess, a spokesman for Porsche ...
Volkswagen to launch self-parking ID5 electric SUV in early ...
04 November 2021
BERLIN: Volkswagen is expanding its ID family with the ID5, set to roll up beside the ID4 and ID3 at the beginning of 2022. At around €47,000 (RM227,000), VW's first SUV coupe i...
Volkswagen committee to discuss future of CEO Diess, say sou...
03 November 2021
HAMBURG: A specially convened Volkswagen committee will discuss the future of CEO Herbert Diess, three people familiar with the matter said today, a week after a longstanding confl...
VW invests in EU-backed energy transformation fund
03 November 2021
FRANKFURT: Volkswagen is expanding its green strategy by investing in an EU-backed fund to jointly back technology firms in the field of energy transformation. The carmaker, whi...
Latest VW Golf and Golf GTI coming to Malaysia soon
01 November 2021
PETALING JAYA: Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia will finally bring in the latest Golf and its sportier sibling the Golf GTI. The car company has begun inviting prospective cus...
VW gets reality check after Tesla's week of milestones
30 October 2021
FRANKFURT: It's been a sobering week for Herbert Diess' electric vehicle ambitions. While Tesla joined the trillion-dollar club, received a landmark order from Hertz and set a n...
VW's 9-month electric vehicle deliveries to China more than ...
15 October 2021
FRANKFURT: Volkswagen's deliveries of battery-powered electric vehicles to China more than tripled in the first nine months of the year, the carmaker said today, less than two mont...
VW CEO warns a delay in shift to EVs could cost 30,000 jobs,...
14 October 2021
BERLIN: Volkswagen's CEO Herbert Diess told a supervisory board meeting in September that the company could lose 30,000 jobs if it transitioned too slowly to electric vehicles (EVs...
Volkswagen roadshow at 1 Utama from Oct 13-17
12 October 2021
PETALING JAYA: Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) is organising a five-day Volkswagen Tour at the 1 Utama Shopping Centre (Centre Court, Old Wing) here from Oct 13 to 17. ...