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Tag: Autos Volkswagen
VW's new exit warning system reduces dangers when opening th...
11 December 2023
WOLFSBURG: The latest generation of the Volkswagen assist system now comes as standard in the electric ID.7 as well as in the new Passat and new Tiguan. Exit warning system call...
First VW ID. models support bidirectional charging
10 December 2023
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen is introducing bidirectional charging with a "Vehicle to Home" function in a number of its ID. electric vehicles. With a home power station and the integra...
VW may team up with Renault on €20,000 electric car, says da...
08 December 2023
BERLIN: Volkswagen is speaking with potential partners, including France's Renault, about cooperating on the development of its €20,000 (RM101,000) electric car, Germany's Handelsb...
Volkswagen to reduce headcount at 'no longer competitive' VW...
28 November 2023
Schäfer at a works meeting held at the Wolfsburg headquarters in June. BERLIN: Volkswagen's €10 billion (RM51.3bil) savings programme will include staff reductions, managers told...
VW to launch China-specific entry level electric platform
25 November 2023
HEFEI/BERLIN: Volkswagen said on Friday it will develop a new platform for entry-level electric vehicles in China and use more local components to lower costs, as the German compan...
Vatican in deal with Volkswagen for all-electric car fleet b...
17 November 2023
VATICAN CITY: The Vatican on Wednesday signed an agreement with German carmaker Volkswagen to replace the city-state's entire car fleet with electric vehicles by 2030. The gover...
A €20,000 EV could come in second half of decade, says VW
16 November 2023
BERLIN: Volkswagen has not made a decision on producing a 20,000-euro (RM102,000) electric car yet, but chief executive Oliver Blume is convinced that the company can get there by ...
VW launches ID.7, an electric Passat with 621km of range
15 November 2023
BERLIN: Volkswagen is expanding its family of electrics with the newly unveiled ID.7, set to slot in at the upper end of the mid-range segment when it launches at the end of 2023. ...
VW aims to bring under-US$35,000 EV to US in 3-4 years, says...
10 November 2023
DETROIT: Volkswagen aims to bring an under US$35,000 (RM165,000) electric vehicle to the US market in 3-4 years, while Chinese automaker Nio said it is still "debating" a 2025 entr...
Volkswagen reveals first details of upcoming Crafter
08 November 2023
BERLIN: Volkswagen has released a series of initial sketches and details about its upcoming Crafter van. More than 354,000 Crafters have been delivered worldwide, with Volkswage...
VW reveals first pictures of ID.7 Tourer, its first estate E...
05 November 2023
LONDON: Volkswagen has revealed new disguised images of its ID.7 Tourer, which will arrive in 2024 as the firm’s first electric estate car. The ID.7 was revealed earlier in the ...
VW ID.3 passes ADAC endurance test with flying colours
30 October 2023
MUNICH: Europe's largest automobile association ADAC has given the Volkswagen ID.3 a positive review after conducting an endurance test on the vehicle. The test involved driving...
VW plans job cuts, further launch delays at software unit, s...
27 October 2023
BERLIN: Volkswagen wants to cut 2,000 jobs at its troubled software unit Cariad as part of a restructuring plan which will see its long-awaited new software architectures delayed e...
VW kills off its cheapest electric car over cybersecurity ru...
21 October 2023
BERLIN: Volkswagen has announced that it will cease production of its most affordable electric car, the e-Up, later this year due to new cybersecurity regulations in the European U...
Volkswagen's unremarkable Passat has lasted 50 years
09 October 2023
WOLFSBURG: In the list of words used to describe Volkswagen’s Passat, the word "exciting" almost never crops up. Indeed the Passat, which is named after the German for easterly ...
Umicore, VW present Ionway battery parts joint venture
06 October 2023
BERLIN: The US$2.9 billion battery parts joint venture between Volkswagen's PowerCo and Belgian materials firm Umicore will be called Ionway, the companies said today. Through t...
VW hires ex-Tesla, Rivian manager to bolster EV software pus...
03 October 2023
FRANKFURT: Volkswagen AG has hired a former Tesla Inc. engineering director to bolster the German carmaker’s ailing software push. Sanjay Lal will join next month from Rivian au...
Swiss-led team drives electric vans from Geneva to Doha
03 October 2023
DOHA: A Swiss-led team has driven electric vans across Europe and the Arabian Peninsula to Qatar to showcase zero-emission battery powered vehicles, organisers said Sunday. The ...
VW to build Trinity model at Zwickau, no further plant neede...
02 October 2023
BERLIN: Volkswagen plans to build its new generation of Trinity electric vehicles (EV) at its factory in Zwickau, Europe's largest carmaker said, scrapping plans for an all-new fac...
New VW Tiguan makes global debut
20 September 2023
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen unveiled the third generation Tiguan on Tuesday. The compact SUV has been chosen by over 7.6 million buyers since its debut in 2007. The new model will rea...