Volkswagen's Herbert Diess cements support in boardroom deal
15 December 2020
Firmly in the driver's seat now. Diess gains full support to proceed with his goal to beat Tesla at the auto electrification game.
FRANKFURT: Volkswagen's supervisory board on Mon...
Volkswagen explores new sales model for electric cars in Chi...
09 December 2020
BEIJING: Volkswagen AG is launching another sales model in China that will see the automaker open showrooms in city centres for electric vehicles (EV) and offer fixed prices, depar...
Expect autonomous cars in 2025 to 2030, says VW CEO
07 December 2020
BERLIN Volkswagen (VW) CEO Herbert Diess says that autonomous vehicles will be ready for sale sometime between 2025 and 2030.
The CEO of the world's largest carmaker by sales re...
Volkswagen and PichaEats teamed up to deliver 280 meals to t...
07 December 2020
PETALING JAYA: Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) and PichaEats teamed up over the weekend to deliver a total of 280 meals to the less fortunate, in efforts to drive kindnes...
VW ID.3 electric hatch completes 28,000km marathon drive wit...
05 December 2020
WOLFSBURG: VW's ID.3 electric hatch has successfully completed a marathon test drive across Germany covering 28,198km.
In the process, the team involved in the mission also set ...
Volkswagen Motorsport disbanded
03 December 2020
WOLFSBURG: As Volkswagen shifts towards an era of electrified mobility, the German carmaker has decided to disband its Volkswagen Motorsport GmbH workforce.
Rather than to let i...
Complexity of new cars to drive consolidation, says VW
03 December 2020
FRANKFURT: The auto industry faces a new wave of consolidation as cars become electric, connected and add highly automated driving functions, Alexander Hitzinger, head of Volkswage...
VW entices with RM1,000 savings
02 December 2020
PETALING JAYA: Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) announced today a 5-day limited offer of RM1,000 additional savings on top of ongoing promotions for all models booked from...
VW seeks to avert crisis after CEO demands confidence vote
02 December 2020
FRANKFURT: Volkswagen’s top committee on Tuesday avoided discussing a potential contract extension for chief executive Herbert Diess in a bid to defuse a looming leadership crisis ...
Volkswagen powers freighters with used cooking oil
01 December 2020
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen Group Logistics will be using certified fuel from vegetable residues for certain new car shipments via marine routes.
The fuel is produced from materials s...
VPCM's Volkswagen Cares mobile app hits 30,000 downloads.
30 November 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia's (VPCM) mobile app - Volkswagen Cares, has managed to garner 30,000 downloads thus far.
The app (a locally developed and manag...
Goodbye Volkswagen Passat and Arteon?
30 November 2020
BERLIN: Here's a gloomy report from Automotive News Europe which claims Volkswagen has decided to discontinue production of the Passat sedan as early as 2023 and the Arteon will al...
VW plans small electric car for the masses
28 November 2020
The ID.4 electric SUV.
BERLIN: Volkswagen is bringing forward the development of a small electric car for the mass market in anticipation of tougher climate regulations, according...
Volkswagen's new Tiguan SUV parks itself without a driver
23 November 2020
BERLIN: Parking the car is most people's least favourite aspect of driving, which is why Volkswagen has updated the Park Assist function on its facelifted Tiguan crossover SUV to l...
New Golf Alltrack on sale in Germany
19 November 2020
BERLIN: The Golf Alltrack is a cross between the Golf and an SUV and is the latest iteration of the all-wheel-drive all-rounder.
It is based on the eighth, completely new Golf g...
Volkswagen begins production of new electric drivetrain in C...
17 November 2020
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen has officially confirmed that its components manufacturing and development subsidiary has begun producing the APP 310 drive system in China.
The subsidiary...
VW accelerates shift to electric, autonomous era
17 November 2020
FRANKFURT: Volkswagen is paring back the variety of combustion-engined cars and retooling more factories to build electric vehicles in an effort to keep up with rival Tesla, the ch...
VW’s boss warns the troops: we don’t want to end up like Nok...
06 November 2020
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen AG is at a critical juncture. It has weathered the pandemic relatively well but is fretting about cases going up again. It has electric cars rolling out but i...
VW's Diess says existential electric race awaits after pande...
06 November 2020
FRANKFURT: Volkswagen AG chief executive officer Herbert Diess vowed to pursue a sweeping transition to electric cars, declaring it a matter of survival even as the coronavirus ris...
VW boss sees Joe Biden being more in sync with electric car ...
05 November 2020
Biden smiling during an appearance in Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday. — Reuters
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen AG’s boss waded carefully into the fraught matter of US presidential poli...
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