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Volkswagen and rivals plug away at solid-state battery puzzl...
16 January 2024
LONDON/DETROIT: Volkswagen, whose drive to develop a "solid-state" electric car battery with US startup QuantumScape has been dogged by delays, is casting its net wider in pursuit ...
Volkswagen Group sales near pre-pandemic levels as bottlenec...
10 January 2024
BERLIN: Volkswagen Group deliveries rose 12% to 9.24 million vehicles in 2023, it said on Tuesday, indicating a post-pandemic sales recovery as supply chain bottlenecks eased. T...
VW and Bosch trialling autonomously recharging electric cars
10 January 2024
LAS VEGAS: German manufacturers Bosch and Volkswagen are trialling a new technology that allows electric cars to drive themselves to a charging station and recharge their batteries...
VW vehicles to converse with drivers via ChatGPT by mid-year
09 January 2024
LAS VEGAS: Volkswagen's voice assistant integrating ChatGPT into its cars will be able to converse with users in a back-and-forth dialogue by the middle of the year, the carmaker s...
Savings of up to RM18,888 in Volkswagen's CNY promo
08 January 2024
KUALA LUMPUR: Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) today launched its Chinese New Year campaign, with attractive deals on all models. Valid until Feb 29, the campaign offer...
VW Golf's 50th year means goodbye to petrol hatchback
05 January 2024
BERLIN: Volkswagen is marking the 50th birthday of its iconic Golf hatchback with a facelift range which includes the last petrol-powered models to be offered. Plenty of prototy...
VW Golf GTI upgraded for 2024, price upped at RM253K
02 January 2024
KUALA LUMPUR: The Volkswagen Golf GTI has been updated for 2024. It now comes with a Harman Kardon audio system and head-up display feature, upping the price of the car by RM6,9...
Updated VW Golf to debut in Jan 2024 to mark its 50th annive...
29 December 2023
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen (VW) will be celebrating the Golf with a vengeance in 2024 to mark its 50th anniversary. In fact, the Golf will get an update at the end of January 2024, i...
VW cost-cutting drive includes less staff, faster developmen...
20 December 2023
BERLIN: Volkswagen and worker representatives have agreed to measures for a cost-cutting drive that will yield €10 billion (RM51bil) in gains by 2026, up to €4 billion (RM20.4bil) ...
Volkswagen to pay subsidies for ID. EV buyers in Germany
19 December 2023
BERLIN: Buyers of Volkswagen ID. all-electric vehicles will have their subsidy paid for by the automaker after the government ended a state scheme prematurely, the company said tod...
Volkswagen previews its smallest electric SUV — the ID. 2all...
18 December 2023
COPENHAGEN: Volkswagen (VW) has given a first preview of the ID. 2all SUV, which is touted as the compact electric SUV for the masses. Like the ID. 2all concept shown in March t...
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...