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The Latest Breaking News from Volkswagen

GOBankingRates spoke to several automotive professionals about used cars that are more of a financial hassle than a deal.

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Steve Jobs sold his Volkswagen to raise $1,300 for Apple’s first computer. He became a millionaire just two years later at 23

Steve Jobs sold his car to raise enough money to build Apple’s first computer. Just one year later, the tech titan reeled in nearly $3 million thanks to that early sacrifice.

Fortune

Volkswagen Warns Small Gas Cars Are Doomed: 'The Future... Is Electric'

Automakers are breathing a sigh of relief now that the European Commission is proposing to reverse the 2035 sales ban on new vehicles with combustion engines. However, companies will still have to slash fleet emissions by 90 percent compared to 2021 levels. Even before the middle of the next decade,…

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Need Space? These 2026 SUVs Have the Roomiest Third Rows

Compact, two-row SUVs may rule the non-truck sales roost here in America, but something tells me if a lot of those same buyers simply had bigger budgets, they’d be riding around in a three-row SUV instead. Aspirationally practical, the three-row (even a non-luxury one) has become somewhat of a suburban…

Motor1

Scout Motors Just Got A Big Step Closer To Bypassing Dealerships

Scout Motors is clear to sell its EVs and EREVs in Colorado directly to the consumer in Colorado. Will more states follow?

InsideEVs

Audi Is Bringing Back the A4. Here's What We Know

This is the last year for the Audi A4 in North America. Audi essentially killed its longstanding sedan when the company announced it would start using even numbers to designate electric vehicles, consolidating the gas-powered A4 into the new A5. Despite the model’s demise, Audi says the A4 will return—we…

Motor1

The Ford E-Transit Van Is On Its Last Legs

The electric van’s replacement will still have a battery, but not one that will power it over significant distances.

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Volkswagen Is Testing This Robotaxi With No Steering Wheel Or Pedals

The manufacturer says it’s using this driverless taxi prototype to gauge passenger reactions, but it likely has bigger plans for it.

InsideEVs

Volkswagen Is Lining Up a Wave of New Models for 2026

As the year draws to a close, Volkswagen is looking ahead to a particularly busy 2026, backed by a strong product offensive. The company’s sales chief, Martin Sander, says Wolfsburg is gearing up for “unprecedented launch activities” worldwide. These will include updates to existing models as well as new additions…

Motor1

The Volkswagen ID. Polo Is A 280-Mile, Sub-$30,000 EV For The Masses

The all-new electric subcompact hatchback will be available with LFP and NMC batteries made in Europe.

InsideEVs

Volkswagen's €3bn gamble: Can it win back market share in China?

VW is developing cars tailored to Chinese drivers — vehicles that will likely never be seen on European roads, though they may make their way to markets in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Euronews

Volkswagen's $3.5B gamble: Can it win back share in the competitive Chinese market

Volkswagen is making a big move in China by investing $3.5 billion in a research and development center in the low-key central China city of Hefei, west of Shanghai

The Independent UK

The Skoda Vision O Is A Cool Electric Wagon Concept That You Can Drive

This design study previews the production Skoda Octavia EV, which will bring stylish electric wagons to the European masses around 2028.

InsideEVs

This One Change Made The 2025 Ford Mustang Mach-E Way Better

Ford finally fixed one of its most annoying “features,' replacing the clunky rotary shifter with an intuitive column shifter.

InsideEVs

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6 Affordable Cars That Will Be Even Cheaper in 2026

Good news, commuters: two gas models and four electric vehicles will see steep drops in cost as the auto market returns to semi-normalcy at the start of 2026.

Barchart

Rivian Is Copying Tesla’s Playbook, but Is RIVN a Better Buy Than TSLA for 2026?

From a Musk-like compensation for its CEO to an Autonomy & AI Day, Rivian has borrowed several leaves from Tesla's playbook. But is RIVN stock a better buy than TSLA for 2026?

Motor1

Stellantis Can't Decide Which of Its 14 Brands To Keep

Stellantis calls its vast portfolio a “constellation of 14 iconic automotive brands,” but managing all of them isn’t easy. In Europe, that constellation includes Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Maserati, Abarth, Lancia, Citroën, Peugeot, DS Automobiles, Opel, and Vauxhall. On the American side, there’s Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, and Ram. Some are severely…

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Rivian’s Autonomy & AI Day Failed to Move the Needle for RIVN Stock. How Should You Play It Here?

Rivian announced a custom chip, new AI models, and in-house vehicle computer.

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Saxony eyes €500mn Volkswagen stake to save jobs and win influence

With Volkswagen planning to cut tens of thousands of jobs in Germany, Saxony’s Greens are calling for the state to buy into the carmaker and secure a seat on VW’s supervisory board.

The Independent UK

VW vans transformed into festive light display delight two-year-old boy

Rory Thorner has been a patient at Bristol Children’s Hospital since he was seven months old.

Motor1

Audi Gives Up Control of Italdesign After Selling Majority Stake

It’s the end of an era in the automotive corporate world. Audi has offloaded its majority stake in Italdesign to a tech company you’ve likely never heard of. California-based UST is taking control of the iconic design house, which had been part of the Volkswagen Group for well over a…

Motor1

These Cars Are Destined To Become Future Classics

What makes a car a classic? Performance, design, and rarity all play a role, of course. But trying to predict which modern vehicles could achieve classic status is no easy task. Fortunately, Hagerty has been doing this for years, and this year’s Bull Market List has some interesting vehicles of…

The Guardian - UK

Donald Trump has finally won a peace prize – from Fifa, no less. Here are five other awards he should win

The inaugural award bestowed upon the US president could pave the way for many more colourful accolades. I have some ideas, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Euronews

Seven EU countries pressure European Commission to rethink 2035 diesel and petrol car ban

Pressure from EU countries, lawmakers and the automotive industry is likely pushing the European Commission to delay the revision of the bloc's ban on diesel and petrol cars by 2035.

Caixin Global

Energy Insider: China to Prioritize Tackling Excessive Competition in 2026

EU weighs Volkswagen Anhui’s price pledge to duck EV tariffs, offshore fields drive China’s oil output growth

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