Volkswagen

Volkswagen data leak exposed movements of 800,000 electric cars: report

A major data leak has exposed the movements and contact details of 800,000 electric vehicles (EVs) from Volkswagen and its affiliated brands, according to an investigation by German news outlet Der Spiegel. The breach reportedly allowed detailed tracking of drivers, raising significant privacy concerns.
2 January 2025, 06:25 AM

VW plans to sell electric Tesla rival for less than $23,000

Volkswagen intends to sell electric cars for less than 20,000 euros ($22,836) and protect German jobs by converting three factories to make Tesla (TSLA.O) rivals, a source familiar with the plans says.
9 November 2018, 04:48 AM

Legend of the Golf

The Legend of the Golf - explained through color and tuned VWs.
16 February 2016, 18:00 PM

VW to recall 8.5 million cars in Europe

Volkswagen orders to recall 2.4 million cars in Germany by the country's automotive watchdog as a result of the diesel emissions scandal.
15 October 2015, 13:48 PM

Volkswagen US boss told about emission cheat in 2014

Volkswagen's US boss admits he was aware early last year of the emissions cheating affecting millions of the company's vehicles.
8 October 2015, 04:36 AM

VW manipulated diesel emissions tests in Europe, says German minister

Germany's transport minister says Volkswagen has admitted using the same fake emissions test in Europe as it used to falsify results in the US.
24 September 2015, 12:45 PM

VW emissions scandal hits 11m vehicles

Volkswagen says 11 million vehicles worldwide are involved in the scandal that has erupted over its rigging of US car emissions tests.
22 September 2015, 15:37 PM

Apple and Google tech rolling out to mainstream motors

A year after both Apple's Car Play and Google's Android Auto in-car smartphone connectivity systems were announced, the technologies are finally arriving in mass-market cars.
2 August 2015, 05:30 AM

Volkswagen overtakes Toyota in sales

Germany's Volkswagen becomes the world's biggest-selling vehicle maker in the first half of the year, overtaking Toyota for the first time.
28 July 2015, 13:57 PM

Is an electric car battery breakthrough on the horizon?

Demand for the current crop of plug-in electric cars may still be weak but Nissan, Renault and Volkswagen are all confident that a mass-market electric car is just around the corner.
6 July 2015, 04:58 AM

Robot kills man at Volkswagen plant in Germany

A robot kills a contractor at one of Volkswagen's production plants in Germany, the automaker said Wednesday.
2 July 2015, 08:43 AM

Self-driving cars hold key to future highway: Google exec

Ray Kurzweil told the annual conference of the Society of Automotive Engineers that the rapidly declining cost of computing power and the advances in artificial intelligence will make autonomous driving a reality.
22 April 2015, 11:25 AM