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VW Sees Positive Results for Potential Breakthrough Battery

Volkswagen said its battery startup has seen positive results with solid-state cells for electric vehicles, a win for the carmaker as it pushes to make EVs more efficient and less expensive.

January 3, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipment

Ex-Audi CEO Pleads Guilty to Diesel Emissions Charges

FRANKFURT, Germany — The former head of Volkswagen’s luxury division Audi pleaded guilty May 16 to charges tied to the automaker’s diesel emissions scandal.

May 16, 2023
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

VW Increases Investments in EV, Software Technologies

Volkswagen AG is increasing investments in software and EVs to close the gap to Tesla and halt a decline in China just as the threat of a demand slowdown hangs over the automotive market.

March 14, 2023
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

Volkswagen Emission Software is Faulty, German Court Rules

A Volkswagen AG Golf model that regulates polluting emissions based on the outside temperature doesn’t comply with the law, a German court ruled.

February 21, 2023
GovernmentBusinessEquipment

German Court Rejects Greenpeace Lawsuit Against VW

BERLIN — A German court on Feb. 14 rejected a lawsuit by environmental group Greenpeace aiming to force automaker Volkswagen to stop selling vehicles with combustion engines by 2030.

February 14, 2023
BusinessLogistics

Volkswagen Misses Full-Year Cash Target After Supply Chain Woes

Volkswagen AG missed its cash-flow target for the year after supply chain and logistics disruptions in recent months left the carmaker with unsold vehicles.

February 8, 2023
Business

Oliver Blume to Replace Herbert Diess as CEO at VW

Volkswagen AG will elevate Porsche chief Oliver Blume to replace Herbert Diess, who will leave his position leading the world’s second-largest automaker in a surprise shake-up.

July 22, 2022
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

VW, Bosch Team Up on Self-Driving Software

Volkswagen AG is partnering with Robert Bosch GmbH to develop a common software platform to bring hands-free driving functions to the German carmaker’s entire fleet in a bid to compete with Tesla Inc.

January 25, 2022
BusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomous

VW CEO Sees Autonomy Transforming Cars More Than Electrification

Volkswagen AG is undergoing the world’s largest industrial overhaul for the electric-vehicle age, plotting half a dozen battery plants just in Europe and retooling assembly lines around the globe. And yet, its CEO sees autonomous-driving technology bringing about an even bigger shift.

June 22, 2021
BusinessEquipment

VW Charged With Deceit Over Diesel

French investigators said Volkswagen AG has been charged in a fresh crackdown on alleged deception over diesel emissions that also has embroiled rival Renault SA.

June 9, 2021