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Uber and Volkswagen are teaming up to launch a robotaxi service with self-driving, electric microbuses

The partnership builds on Uber’s strategy of integrating others’ autonomous systems into its ride-hail network, adding to existing deals with Waymo, WeRide, and Avride.

Fortune

Car bomb kills senior Russian General Yaroslav Moskalik near Moscow

A home-made explosive device blows up in a parked car, killing Lieutenant-General Yaroslav Moskalik, authorities say.

Al Jazeera

Russian General Killed By Car Bomb Near Moscow

An explosive device ripped through a parked car near Moscow on Friday killing a senior Russian general, investigators said, in an attack that resembled previous killings claimed by Ukraine.

International Business Times

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Volkswagen confirms range extender hybrid for Europe – but what’s a range extender?

VW takes a leaf out of Nissan’s book with a clever hybrid that drives like an EV

The Independent UK

European Carmakers On China Charm Offensive As Sales Droop

Once blithely dominant in China, European automakers are now launching full-fledged charm offensives at consumers in the world's largest car market, seeking to claw back sales lost to domestic rivals.

International Business Times

Volkswagen Could Beat Tesla With ID. Buzz Robovan

People love the Volkswagen ID. Buzz. When I had a press loaner in New York City last month, the electric van grabbed eyeballs everywhere I went. Even the police were interested in checking the van out. Now, you might see a lot more of these vans out on the streets…

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Uber's New Autonomous Vehicle Is the VW ID. Buzz

Volkswagen of America first rolled out an autonomous vehicle test fleet using ID. Buzz electric minivans in July 2023 in Austin, Texas. Now, the retro-styled people mover has found a new role as Uber’s autonomous driving vehicle. However, you’ll have to wait until late next year to book the ID.…

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Who is benefiting from Tesla's slump in Europe? Buyers are turning to these carmakers' EVs instead

Many have pointed to Elon Musk's embrace of far-right politics as a reason for Tesla's downturn. It's become an opportunity for these rival automakers.

Euronews

The Electric Van Is Poised To Take Over The World

Mercedes helped invent the motorized van in Germany in the late 19th century. Now, it’s reinventing the category for America in the 21st. The global luxury brand has announced that it will be sending various iterations of its modular, battery-powered VAN.EA architecture to the States to move not just cargo,…

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2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI Review: They Fixed It, Mostly

I don’t know if the Mk8 GTI fully deserves its bad reputation.

Motor1

All eyes on EVs as carmakers eye competition at Auto Shanghai 2025

Global car companies as BMW, Volkswagen and General Motors are attempting to retain their market share in China as tariffs and rising Chinese competition threaten sales.

Euronews

Auto Shanghai Showcases New EV Era Despite Tariff Speedbumps

The world's largest auto industry expo opens its doors Wednesday in Shanghai, showcasing the new electric world order even as mounting trade barriers risk dampening China's global ambitions.

International Business Times

Wow: Volkswagen's EVs Are Outselling Tesla in Europe

Remember when Tesla had the best-selling vehicle in the world? Now, the beleaguered brand can't fend off Volkswagen's fleet of EVs in Europe.

Motor1

Volkswagen's Three New Concepts All Look Ready for Production

After unveiling the ID. Code concept at the 2024 Beijing Motor Show, Volkswagen continues to develop models exclusively for the Chinese market. The German brand has presented three new concepts at the 2025 Shanghai Motor Show that look like they could enter production tomorrow.

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Volkswagen Wants A China Comeback With These New Cars

People often forget this today, but Volkswagen was among the earliest Western automakers to break into China. It launched a joint venture with the locals at SAIC in 1984, and that was the start of decades of sales and profits in what became the world's biggest car market. For its…

InsideEVs

Tesla Is Bracing For Its Hardest Earnings Call In Years

Tesla is facing perhaps its most pivotal moment in recent history. The automaker's sales are slipping, investor confidence is dwindling and political pressure coming from within has stained the automaker's reputation. With its first earnings call of the year coming today, Tesla has a lot to answer for. I hope…

International Business Times

Auto Shanghai To Showcase Electric Competition At Sector's New Frontier

The world's biggest auto show opens Wednesday in Shanghai, with foreign carmakers raring to show they can compete against the ultra-competitive Chinese firms that dominate the sector's new electric frontier.

The Independent UK

Four high school students killed and two injured as SUV crashes into tree in California

Six teenage girls aged between 14 and 16 were traveling in a Volkswagen SUV that careered off the road and hit a tree in Marin County, near San Francisco

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The Volkswagen Phaeton Had the Most Comically Overengineered Trunk

The Volkswagen Phaeton is a car you could never make again. It's a product of a very specific time and place, and the vision of the late Ferdinand Piëch, grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, then chairman of VW, and a man with a flare for complicated engineering. This was a Volkswagen…

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Ford Already Has 40 Recalls This Year

We are just a few weeks into spring, and Ford already has a truckload of recalls in the US for 2025. From January 1 through April 18, the automaker has posted no less than 40 recalls. That includes a brake recall for 123,611 F-150s, Expeditions, and Lincoln Navigators we covered…

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The Kia EV3 Has Been Named 2025 World Car Of The Year

It's not even sold in America yet. But it still took home a major award when it showed up in America.

Radio France Internationale

How the EU’s reliance on China has exposed carmakers to trade shocks

Caught in the middle of a deepening trade row between the United States and China, Europe’s car industry is under growing strain. The latest round of US tariffs on Chinese vehicles and components is shaking up global supply chains – and putting French and European carmakers in a tough spot.

InsideEVs

Volkswagen Is Plotting A High-Tech Comeback In China

In today’s automotive industry, carmakers can’t just stubbornly continue following their decades-old script. They have to constantly adapt by riding the wave of new technologies, or risk extinction. It seems like Volkswagen finally understands this reality, especially in its second-largest market: China. The automaker’s sales suffered a setback in China in 2024,…

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How Ferdinand Piëch Invented the Bugatti Veyron

A legend of the automotive industry, even six years after his death: Ferdinand Karl Piëch, born in Vienna on April 17, 1937, was fascinated by technology from an early age—a passion that would define his entire life. He studied mechanical engineering in Zurich and began his career at Porsche, where…

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