Up to the end of June, the Volkswagen Group handed almost 5.2 million vehicles over to its customers. This corresponds to a rise of 0.8 percent compared with the previous year. In the month of June, n…
Volkswagen Showcases Sedric in China
Volkswagen is ramping up efforts in terms of self driving vehicles as well but with a different type of twist. In China, VW just launched Sedric (Self-Driving Car), a concept car which is targeted for…
Audi and Porsche to work on shared vehicle architecture
Finally, you would think that the large corporate brains of the Volkswagen Audi Group would have thought about sharing things between the many companies under that umbrella. Well, finally, Audi and Po…
Volkswagen Sold 10.3 Million Vehicles in 2016 Despite Dieselgate Crisis
2016 was possibly one of the most challenging year for Volkswagen Group following its dieselgate emission scandal. However, despite having to resolve and overcome the diesel crisis, the German automak…
BMW, Daimler, Ford, VW Group Collaborate To Build EV Charging Stations
BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen Group with Audi and Porsche have all signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to install about 400 high-powered charging sites …
Volkswagen Relocates Asia-Pacific After Sales Centre from Singapore to Malaysia
The Volkswagen Group is relocating its regional after sales center for the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore to Malaysia to make the supply of genuine parts in the region even more efficient. Thanks …
Volkswagen Adding Particulate Filters to its Petrol Engines
In an attempt to clean up the brand’s image following its diesel emission scandal, Volkswagen Group has announced a wide-scale use of particulate filters for even its petrol engines to redu…
Positive start to the year for Volkswagen Group deliveries
The Volkswagen Group delivered more vehicles in the first month of this year compared with the prior year, handing over 847,800 models to customers. Commenting on the January figures, Matthias Müller,…
Volkswagen Group Remains as the No.2 World’s Largest Automaker in 2015
Despite the dieselgate scandal that caused a huge stir in the automotive industry recently, the Volkswagen Group remains the world’s second largest automaker behind Toyota after selling 9.9…
Oliver Blume appointed as new Porsche CEO
With Matthias Müller stepping up to take over the a new role as the new chief executive of Volkswagen Group, the Porsche division is going to need a new CEO of its own. Taking Müller’s place wil…
VW starts recalling 11 million diesel vehicles effected by the ‘Dieselgate’ scandal worldwide
Following the VW dieselgate scandal, VAG announced that a total of 11 million vehicles worldwide are affected by the emission scandal, spread across different brands in the Group. This include 5 …
VW CEO Winterkorn releases official apology video [+video]
Following the on-going dieselgate crisis enveloping the world’s top-selling carmaker, Volkswagen, it is reported that the company’s shares have plummeted by more than 2…
Volkswagen Group delivers 5.83 million vehicles in period to July
Volkswagen Group recently announced that from January to July this year, the company has delivered a total of 5.83 million vehicles worldwide.…
VW develops automated parking and charging of electric vehicles [+video]
In the future, your VW cars will be able to park and charge on its own, if it’s electric of course. This latest project, called ‘V-Charge’ by Volkswagen Group was jointly developed w…
Volkswagen to fully localize electric vehicles in China
Volkswagen and SAIC Motor Corporation Limited have entered an agreement to fully localize Volkswagen Groups’ electric vehicles in China.…
Volkswagen creates integrated commercial vehicles group
Volkswagen is creating the integrated commercial vehicles group and thus putting in place a structured framework for business with mid-sized and heavy trucks and buses. Truck & Bus GmbH is to beco…
VW Group Chairman Ferdinand Piëch steps down from his position
The tension between VW Group CEO, and Martin Winterkorn and its longtime board chairman, Ferdinand K. Piëch has led to Piëch’s shocking resignation as chair of the Supervisory Board with officia…
Volkswagen Group delivers 6.52 million vehicles
Targeting to the world largest car maker, the Volkswagen Group recorded a further rise in deliveries in the period to August, handing over 6.52 (January-August 2013: 6.17; +5.6 percent)* million vehic…
Volkswagen Group Grows January Deliveries by 6.5 Per Cent
Volkswagen Group began the new year with a sizable 6.5% rise in deliveries, handing over 798,100 vehicles to customers worldwide in the first month of 2014. Positive momentum continued on the overall …
Volkswagen Group grows 2013 deliveries almost 5 percent to over 9.7 (2012: 9.3) million vehicles
The Volkswagen Group reported yet another strong increase in worldwide deliveries for the full year 2013, topping the record set in 2012. “In total, our Group delivered over 9.7 million vehicles to cu…