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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…

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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.

International Business Times

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.

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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.

Radio France Internationale

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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VW Won’t Bring Small EVs To The U.S. But It's Mulling An Electric Pickup

Volkswagen is putting the finishing touches on a range of new affordable EVs that it wants to sell in Europe. The production versions of the ID.Every1 and ID.2All (which is getting a GTI hot hatch variant) will join the lineup soon, but there are no plans to bring these small…

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13 of the most iconic typefaces ever made – from Neue Haas Grotesk to Comic Sans

Experts weigh in on the most striking classic fonts.

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Volkswagen Built a New Sedan in an SUV World

Volkswagen may be the people’s car, but it’s a bit confounding that the quintessential mainstream German automaker no longer sells a gas sedan in Europe. That’s not to say the traditional body style has vanished entirely from VW’s global lineup. The Jetta is still available in the United States, and…

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How Elon Musk reportedly staked Tesla’s future on robotaxis against the advice of his own senior management team

The Information revealed Musk didn’t feel a compact EV was worthy of Tesla and opted for the Cybercab despite warnings it might not ever make money.

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I Drove A Cupra In The U.S. It’s More Interesting Than Any Audi

Look beyond the ambiguous marketing jargon and overused buzzwords, and there's something here worth being excited about. Cupra is a relatively new brand, spun out from its big sibling Seat in 2018. Even though it builds mostly SUVs, the emphasis is on performance; the “Cupra” name itself is an amalgamation of…

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Hyundai's Tariff Strategy: 'Sell Like Hell'

The current state of the auto industry feels a lot like a scene from The Office—automakers are putting on a brave face while trying to hide the fact that they secretly shaking in their boots over tariffs. I'll tell you this much: Hyundai is pulling off the brave act so…

The Independent UK

A Korean EV just won World Car of the Year (again) - did it deserve it?

The Kia EV3 was named best car in the world, with BYD, Hyundai, Volvo and Volkswagen other EV winners

AAP

Hail of bullets: widow describes husband's ambush death

A woman who helped her husband steal two rented vehicles as revenge has described how she watched his fatal shooting at their home.

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2026 Volkswagen Tiguan R-Line Has More Power Than the GTI

The Volkswagen Tiguan SEL R-Line finally has the power to live up to its name for 2026. The people's brand graced its crossover with a notable horsepower bump through modifications made to its existing turbo inline-four. Newly redesigned without a third row, the third-generation Tiguan is also lighter and more…

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New Audi R8 'Not on the Road Map,' Says VW CEO

If you were holding out on your next supercar purchase for a new Audi R8, you're going to be waiting for a long time. Kjell Gruner, Volkswagen Group of America's new CEO, confirmed there are no plans to revive the legendary all-wheel drive supercar.

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Volkswagen ID Buzz Customers Only Want Two-Tone Colors

The Volkswagen ID Buzz is a fun magnet. The quirky little ball of nostalgia isn't particularly practical, but by golly it's a head-turner. Well, in the right configuration, that is.

The Independent UK

Ford Puma Gen-E review: The UK’s best-selling car goes electric

A safe electric transition for Puma fans, the Gen-E has familiar appeal and lots of storage, though the battery’s range feels a step behind the best EV rivals

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Volkswagen GTI: No Manual, But You Can Play Pac-Man Now

Video gaming in cars is nothing new. Ever since thin TV screens became a thing in the 2000s, companies have offered all kinds of ways for passengers (those immune to road sickness, anyway) to pass the time with games. The ever-expanding sea of in-car apps has also brought gaming to…

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The Volkswagen logo is suddenly causing mass confusion and friendship-ending arguments

Was there an unofficial VW logo change?

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These Are The Biggest Losers In The Automotive Tariff War

Since President Donald Trump’s sweeping automotive tariffs were announced, we’ve seen plenty of denial, anger and bargaining. Depression is setting in. With the other four stages of grief sorted, let’s focus on acceptance. Accept, at least for argument’s sake, that an auto-market contraction will be a result of this trade…

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