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New Blow To German Auto Sector As Audi Announces Job Cuts

Premium carmaker Audi said Monday it will cut 7,500 jobs by 2029 in Germany, citing "immense challenges" as the country's auto industry battles slowing electric vehicle demand and rising Chinese competition.

International Business Times

Volkswagen Plans To Hit Back Where It Matters Most

Western car companies expected China to be the golden goose. The world's largest auto market was supposed to turn out cars for companies like Volkswagen and General Motors and BMW, feeding insatiable Chinese buyers until the death of the universe. Somehow, none of those companies counted on their local joint-venture…

InsideEVs

VW Group’s Cariad Software Division Had A Bad Year. Again

Cariad, “the software powerhouse of Volkswagen Group,” as stated on the company’s website, has gone from shining star to source of financial headaches in less than five years.

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Rheinmetall’s stock has soared over 1,000%, and the German defense giant sees growth ‘that we have never experienced before’

“An era of rearmament has begun in Europe that will demand a lot from all of us,” CEO Armin Papperger said.

Fortune

Volkswagen ID.4 Motor Teardown: Killed By A Very Simple Problem

Compared to combustion engines, electric drive motors are shockingly simple. Case in point: the front drive unit of the Volkswagen ID.4 and Audi Q4 E-Tron you see in the video embedded below.

InsideEVs

I Took The Volkswagen ID. Buzz On A Road Trip. It Did Just Fine

When Volkswagen dropped the ID. Buzz, generally, we all fell in love with the big van’s retro styling—even me, InsideEVs’ resident carmudgeon. Yet, after the big dopamine rush from finally getting our retro-styled EV van wore off, it didn’t take long for my more rational side to examine the van’s technical…

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Even Tesla Is Getting Nailed By The 'Bipolar Tariff Regime'

Just about every car company is sweating the Trump administration's rapid-fire tariffs and tariff threats. It's hard to say what's worse, frankly; the potential price increases to new cars if tariffs do go into effect, the costs of retooling their businesses if tariffs stick around long-term, or the back-and-forth "will…

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Volkswagen’s own-brand currywurst sausage proves almost as popular as its cars

Volkswagen sold 8.55 million currywursts last year, almost equalling the 9 million cars sold across the group.

Fortune

America’s EV Sales Are Climbing Despite The Chaos

Despite the uncertainties around tariffs and the potential end to the federal clean vehicle credits, the uptake of electric vehicles has continued to grow in the U.S. so far this year. According to market intelligence firm Rho Motion, the U.S. saw a 28% growth in EV sales in the first…

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China’s 'Smart Car' Tech Could Get To The U.S. Through Volkswagen

China’s car companies are way ahead of traditional American and European automakers when it comes to software. It’s something many industry experts, including some top-tier execs, have admitted to.

InsideEVs

Germany's biggest weapons contractor could literally be moving onto Volkswagen's turf

Rheinmetall is open to the prospect of buying up an unwanted Volkswagen site, the latest sign of a shift in Germany's industrial backbone.

Fortune

Trump's Tesla Car Show With Musk Compared to Hitler Promoting the 'People's Car' With Volkswagen: 'History Really Repeats'

The internet is drawing parallels between Donald Trump's promotion of Elon Musk's Tesla vehicles with Hitler's promotion of state-funded automaker, Volkswagen.

Latin Times

No more confusing car names for Toyota

It’s back to tried and tested names rather than jumbles of numbers and letters for the world’s biggest car brand

The Independent UK

Volkswagen enjoys surprise bestseller amid financial woes: the VW currywurst

Sausage-based snack and ‘power bar of the skilled factory worker’ is being bought in record numbers in Lower Saxony

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Without Woodstock, There'd Be No ID.Buzz

The Volkswagen ID.Buzz might come from Germany, but it may not exist if not for what happened in Bethel, New York over half a century ago.

Motor1

Lamborghini’s EV Will Be Its Most Powerful Model Ever

Lamborghini is still set on launching its first electric vehicle by 2030, and it could have up to 2,000 horsepower on tap when it arrives. That’s what Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume said in a recent interview, revealing that the EV will ride on a special platform developed by Porsche…

International Business Times

Volkswagen Profits Hit As High Costs, China Woes Weigh

German auto giant Volkswagen said Tuesday its annual profits nosedived during a torrid year that saw Europe's top carmaker increasingly struggle with high production costs and fierce Chinese competition.

The Independent UK

Voices: Is it time for EV owners to pay road tax, or will it hinder green progress? Join The Independent Debate

THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: With EVs set to lose their road tax exemption, some fear it could slow the shift to greener transport

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Cheap EVs Are Popping Off. Just Not In America.

Last week, Volkswagen previewed its upcoming $21,500 electric car by unveiling the ID.Every1 concept. The little hatchback looks awesome, has a space-age cabin with a big ol’ touchscreen and should go at least 150 miles on a charge. As TechCrunch reports, it will be the first VW Group car to…

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Recall: Nearly 14,000 VW And Audi EVs Might Lose Power While Driving

Volkswagen Group of America is recalling nearly 14,000 electric vehicles in the United States because 12-volt battery chargers may fail and lead to a loss of power while driving.

The Independent UK

Volkswagen Tayron review: The popular family SUV goes hybrid, but loses two seats

Sitting between the popular Tiguan and the giant Touareg, the plug-in hybrid Tayron offers bags of space and 75 miles of electric range, but misses out on seven seats

InsideEVs

VW Design Boss Confirms Buttons Coming Back: 'It's A Car, Not A Phone'

Manufacturers are slowly starting to listen to what car journalists and owners have been complaining about for almost a decade: Cramming all the car’s functions into a touchscreen is an inferior solution to having dedicated physical controls for key tasks.

Motor1

Volkswagen's Fix for 177,000 Fire-Prone Cars Is Ridiculously Simple

Volkswagen has recalled 177,493 Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport SUVs, all from the 2024 and 2025 model years. There's a problem with the plastic engine cover that could possibly cause it to contact hot areas on the engine. This can lead to melting in certain locations and, in some cases,…

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Volkswagen ID. Buzz Pro S: We've Got One For The Week, What Do You Want To Know?

Back in 2023, Volkswagen showed off the U.S. version of the electric van meant to pay homage to the classic Type-2 Volkswagen Bus of the 1960s. With it came marketing materials that conjured up ideas of surfing on the beach and living a free-spirit lifestyle. In reality, man of these…

Motor1

Volkswagen Is Suing a Dealership Over Poor Sales

A Volkswagen dealer in New York might not be part of the franchise much longer. Volkswagen of America (VWoA) has sued Prestige Imports for its poor sales performance, and the automaker is looking to end its dealer agreement with the retailer. According to the complaint, Prestige has cost the automaker…

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