Toyota says world not yet ready for zero-emission cars Large parts of the world are not ready for zero-emission vehicles, which is why Toyota did not sign a pledge this week to phase out ... Business • 12 Nov
Skoda to make quarter of a million fewer cars this year Volkswagen owned Skoda Auto said today it will make about a quarter of a million fewer cars than anticipated this year due to a shortage ... Business • 01 Nov
Chip crunch deals blow to Volkswagen as Q3 falls short Volkswagen has cut its outlook for deliveries, toned down sales expectations and warned of cost cuts as a shortage of computer chips caused the world's ... Business • 28 Oct
Volkswagen makes €2.5bn bid to take over Europcar German carmaker Volkswagen has offered €2.5 billion for French car rental firm Europcar, in an offer backed by a British investment firm and a Dutch ... Business • 20 Sep
Four ex-VW managers on trial over 'dieselgate' scandal The trial of four former Volkswagen managers accused of fraud in the "dieselgate" emissions-cheating scandal has begun in the absence of the group's ex-boss, whose ... World • 16 Sep
Smart cars, not e-cars, are gamechanger: Volkswagen CEO Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess has said that autonomous cars, not electric vehicles, were the "real gamechanger" for the auto industry, which is facing the end ... Business • 06 Sep
SEAT partly halts output at Spanish plant on shortage Volkswagen's Spanish unit SEAT has partly halted car assembly at its plant near Barcelona due to the global semiconductor supply bottleneck, the company said in ... Business • 20 Aug
Volkswagen posts H1 operating profit of €11 billion Volkswagen said its first-half operating profit is expected to come in at around €11 billion - surpassing pre-pandemic levels on the back of strong demand ... Business • 09 Jul
Only VW and Volvo doing enough to electrify in Europe Among the major carmakers, Volkswagen and Volvo are doing enough to electrify their vehicle lineups in Europe and the EU needs to set tougher CO2 ... Business • 16 Jun
Volkswagen expects chips shortage to ease in Q3 Volkswagen expects a shortage in semiconductor supply to ease in the third quarter but sees the bottlenecks continuing in the long-term, a board member told ... Business • 10 Jun
Volkswagen says Lamborghini is not for sale Volkswagen has received a €7.5 billion offer for Lamborghini, British weekly magazine Autocar has reportedy, though VW's Audi said the supercar brand was not for ... Business • 26 May
Chip crisis to eat into Volkswagen's Q2 profits Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess has said the carmaker is in "crisis mode" over an ongoing lack of automotive chips, adding that the impact of the ... Business • 06 May
'Voltswagen' corrects early April Fool's joke Volkswagen's US' subsidiary is keeping its name and will not rename itself "Voltswagen," a company spokesman has said, confirming that an earlier announcement was an ... News Lens • 31 Mar
VW's Skoda aims for 2021 rebound Czech carmaker Skoda Auto, part of the Volkswagen Group, has said it will invest around €2.5 billion over the next five years on future technologies, ... Business • 24 Mar
Citing tailwind, Volkswagen targets profit recovery Volkswagen is confident that cost cuts will help it raise profit margins in the coming years, the world's second-largest carmaker said today, a day after ... Business • 16 Mar
Volkswagen to make decision on Bugatti in H1 Electric hypercar maker Rimac Automobili and Volkswagen's supercar brand Bugatti are a good technological fit, Porsche's chief executive CEO told German weekly Automobilwoche, fuelling hopes ... Business • 22 Feb
VW points finger at suppliers over car chip shortage Volkswagen has said bad planning on the part of its suppliers has compounded a computer chip shortage blighting the global auto industry, claiming it gave ... Business • 15 Feb
Volkswagen explores flying cars in China Volkswagen is conducting a feasibility study in China about flying cars, Europe's biggest automaker said today, joining a growing number of companies looking into the ... Business • 09 Feb
Toyota overtakes VW to become top selling car brand Japan's Toyota overtook Germany's Volkswagen in vehicle sales last year, regaining pole position as the world's top selling automaker for the first time in five ... Business • 28 Jan
Volkswagen brand's sales drop in 2020 German carmaker Volkswagen said today that sales of its core brand dropped by 15% to 5.3 million vehicles in 2020 as the outbreak of coronavirus ... Business • 12 Jan
European new car sales drop by 13.5% in November European car registrations dropped in November, declining for the second month in row, industry data showed today, as measures to restrict a second coronavirus wave ... Business • 17 Dec 20
Premium cars drive Volkswagen back to profit Volkswagen returned to profit in the third quarter as surging Chinese demand for luxury cars helped offset a 1.1% drop in vehicle deliveries due to ... Business • 29 Oct 20
German truck maker MAN to cut up to 9,500 jobs German truck and bus manufacturer MAN said today it will cut up to one in four of its employees as it looks to make an ... Business • 11 Sep 20
VW's former CEO to stand trial over 'dieselgate' Volkswagen's former chief executive Martin Winterkorn will stand trial over the car giant's massive "dieselgate" scam, a German court said today, five years after one ... Business • 09 Sep 20
VW cuts dividend as H1 profits plunge on pandemic sales Volkswagen has today unveiled a first-half operating loss after suffering a 27% drop in vehicle deliveries due to the coronavirus pandemic, which forced the carmaker ... Business • 30 Jul 20
