The Volkswagen ID. Buzz Won't Get A 2026 Model The retro electric van had been in the works for years. Now it's taking a break after one model year. InsideEVs · Dec 19, 2025
5 Used Cars You Shouldn’t Buy GOBankingRates spoke to several automotive professionals about used cars that are more of a financial hassle than a deal. GOBankingRates · Dec 19, 2025
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 · Dec 19, 2025
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,… Motor1 · Dec 19, 2025
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 · Dec 18, 2025
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 · Dec 17, 2025
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 · Dec 17, 2025
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. InsideEVs · Dec 17, 2025
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 · Dec 16, 2025
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 · Dec 16, 2025
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 · Dec 15, 2025
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 · Dec 15, 2025
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 · Dec 15, 2025
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 · Dec 14, 2025
InsideEVs · Dec 13, 2025 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.
GOBankingRates · Dec 13, 2025 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 · Dec 12, 2025 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 · Dec 12, 2025 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…
Barchart · Dec 11, 2025 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.
Euronews · Dec 11, 2025 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 · Dec 11, 2025 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 · Dec 11, 2025 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 · Dec 9, 2025 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 · Dec 9, 2025 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 · Dec 8, 2025 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.