Tag: Volkswagen
Volkswagen stops business with Russia
Toyota on Thursday said it would suspend production at its St Petersburg plant from Friday due to supply chain disruptions,…
Volkswagen hopes new software will banish accidents
Volkswagen says it will launch a new software operating system this year that it hopes will make accidents involving its…
Volkswagen to market self-driving cars by 2025
Volkswagen hopes to build self-driving cars, a commercial reality by the middle of the next decade, the German carmaker said…
Mass lawsuit: 470,000 drivers sue Volkswagen in Germany
Diesel drivers, numbering 470,000, demanded compensation from Volkswagen over an emissions-rigging scandal in Germany’s first-ever class-action lawsuit.
Volkswagen, Porsche recall 227,000 cars for airbag, seatbelt problems
Volkswagen and Porsche have recalled around 227,000 cars due to problems with airbags and seatbelt pre-tensioners, Germany’s Stuttgarter Zeitung said…
Former Volkswagen patriarch, Ferdinand Piech dies at 82
The former Volkswagen chairman and legendary one-time patriarch of the billionaire clan behind the carmaker's success, Ferdinand Piech, has died…
Ford, VW join forces for electric auto cars
Ford and Volkswagen have joined forces to develop autonomous and electric cars and said they were also looking at other…
Volkswagen shrugs off 1bn euro legal hit with higher SUV sales
Sales of Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) and cost cuts helped Volkswagen (VW) shrug off a 1 billion euro legal charge…
Volkswagen votes $50b on electric cars
German auto giant Volkswagen said Friday it will invest 44 billion euros by 2023 in the smarter, greener cars of…
Volkswagen signs MOU with Nigerian Govt
During the visit of the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel to Nigeria, Volkswagen took the opportunity to sign a Memorandum…
Volkswagen establishes second West African plant in Ghana
The second assembly plant for German-made Volkswagen cars is to be established in Ghana after the one established in Lagos-Nigeria,…
Automotive bill: Volkswagen to produce 2m cars in Nigeria
Mr Thomas Schaefer, the Chairman and Managing Director of Volkswagen, says the company is ready to produce two million made-in-Nigeria…
Volkswagen opens Rwanda’s first car plant
Rwanda’s first domestically built car rolled off the assembly line at Volkswagen’s new factory in Kigali on Wednesday as Europe’s…
Volkswagen expresses concern over U.S. steel tariffs
The Volkswagen on Friday expressed “regret and concern” over the imposition of tariffs by the United States on imports of…
Volkswagen executive charged with fraud denied bail
A Volkswagen executive arrested in the U.S. over the German carmaker’s emissions-cheating scandal has been denied bail by a federal…