German government may support Volkswagen to avoid factory closures
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck has announced that the government wants to help Volkswagen AG get through the cost-cutting period…
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Germany readying new electric car incentives as Volkswagen plant closures loom
The German government is readying the implementation of new tax breaks for electric company cars, amid collapsing sales and mooted…
APIA: Green cars reached a market share of 21.7% of total registrations in 2022
New car registrations increased by 6.8% last year, compared to 2021, with “electrified” cars registering a jump of 49% and…
Volkswagen is investing in an EU-backed energy transformation fund
German car group Volkswagen has decided to expand its green strategy by investing in an energy transformation fund supported by…
Volkswagen Group doubled its sales of electric cars in the first six months
Volkswagen Group announced that its offensive of electric models led to more than double the number of sales, with over…
Porsche will increase its stake in Croatian electric carmaker Rimac
German sports car maker Porsche AG, a division of the Volkswagen Group, announced on Monday that it will increase its…
Volkswagen to convert entire Greek island’s transport system to electric mobility
Volkswagen (VW) and the Greek government are planning a pilot project to introduce fully electric mobility on an island in…
VW ID.3 set a new single-charge range record: 531 km
Volkswagen’s new electric car, ID.3, managed, in a factory test, to break all consumption records of this model so far,…
Volkswagen and Bosch CEOs clash over future use of hydrogen in cars
German car industry heavyweights Volkswagen and Bosch are at odds over the use of hydrogen in mobility, with the world’s…
ACEA: European car market will decline by a record 25% in 2020
The European car market is expected to record a historic 25% drop this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the…
Dieselgate: Emissions fraud compensation ruling marks black day for Volkswagen
Volkswagen lost a key legal battle in the long-running Dieselgate scandal on 25 May when a court ordered that a…
Volkswagen confirms summer launch for ID.3, says it will cost less than gas/diesel models
Volkswagen issued a press release focusing on the upcoming launch of its ID.3 electric car. It confirms that deliveries of…
Industry production stops set to slash Germany’s energy demand, lowers CO2 certificates cost
The extensive suspension of Germany’s industrial production in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus will have a substantial…
Poland: PGE and VW to reach 300 electric car charging points installed this year
State owned group PGE and Volkswagen plan to install up to 300 electric car charging points this year in Poland,…
It’s official: Dacia will launch an electric model next year
The first Dacia electric car will be launched on the market in 2021-2022 and will be a small city car,…
VW fined 135 mln. euro by a court in Canada
German carmaker Volkswagen was fined by Euro 135 million by a Toronto court after pleading guilty to 58 counts of…
Volkswagen boosts e-car sales by 60% to reach 80,000 cars worldwide in 2019
In 2019, the Volkswagen brand delivered 6,278,300 vehicles throughout the world, exceeding the prior-year figure by 0.5 percent, even if…
Dieselgate: Searches at Volkswagen headquarters
Prosecutors in Germany on Tuesday searched Volkswagen’s Wolfsburg headquarters in the latest Dieselgate investigation, reports Reuters. Prosecutors said that documents…
Bosch cuts jobs as diesel, petrol car demand dwindles
German car part supplier Bosch will cut around 2,600 jobs in the coming years because the demand for diesel and…
Romania seems to have lost the race to attract Volkswagen
Romania had the best country bid for Volkswagen in the competition to open a factory, but the decision was taken…
New EU emission rules turn SUVs from “climate killers into profit killers”
The SUV (sport utility vehicle) boom cheered on by German carmakers BMW, Daimler and VW is about to turn into…
Seat will present in Frankfurt its first electric SUV under the Cupra brand
The Cupra brand of Seat will be present at the Auto Show which starts in Frankfurt on September 10 with…
Huge EV bet could turn diesel pariah VW into “game-changing” pioneer
VW has initiated a remarkable transformation in the wake of the Dieselgate scandal. Shaken to the core by the emissions…