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
Volkswagen can face emissions claims where cars bought European Union citizens should be able to sue Volkswagen in their national courts if they have bought cars with emission cheat devices installed, the EU's ... Europe • 09 Jul 20
Volkswagen explores acquisition of Europcar - sources Volkswagen is in talks to acquire car French rental firm Europcar Mobility Group in a deal that would allow the German car maker to better ... Business • 24 Jun 20
Bentley to cut 1,000 jobs in UK German-owned luxury car brand Bentley has said it would axe around 1,000 jobs in the UK as the market weathers the coronavirus-induced downturn. Business • 05 Jun 20
VW pumps €2 billion into China electric vehicle bet Volkswagen has agreed to invest €2.1 billion in two separate Chinese electric vehicle players, upping its bet on the world's biggest auto market as international ... Business • 29 May 20
European carmakers restart production as lockdowns ease Volkswagen restarted production at its Wolfsburg factory in Germany today, the latest of a fleet of European carmakers to take advantage of eased coronavirus lockdown ... Business • 27 Apr 20
Europe's auto industry shuts factories, cuts output Europe's major car and parts makers rushed to close factories and cut output in Italy and considered sending workers home elsewhere, in the first signs ... Business • 11 Mar 20
Volkswagen resumes talks over emissions compensation Volkswagen and the German consumer protection organisation have agreed to resume talks aimed at reaching a deal in a class action lawsuit over the carmaker's ... Business • 20 Feb 20
Bentley returns to profitability as sales rise in 2019 British luxury carmaker Bentley returned to profitability in 2019, helped by a 5% sales increase after a strong performance in Europe and the Americas, the ... Business • 07 Jan 20
