The Latest Breaking News from Volkswagen

Volkswagen Had A Tough Year. Here's Why 2025 Could Be Tougher

Layoffs. Factory closures. Declining sales. Turning to upstart new partners in America and China to figure out how to make the cars of the future. Any way you want to look at it, the once-mighty Volkswagen Group had a hard 2024 pretty much everywhere it sells cars—electric or otherwise. And…

InsideEVs · Jan 20, 2025

Cupra Will Have Its Own Showrooms in the US

Scout isn't the only Volkswagen Group brand coming to the United States. SEAT's spin-off Cupra marque will arrive here by the end of this decade. CEO Wayne Griffiths says the Spanish brand, which was born just seven years ago, will have its own headquarters and will do business outside the…

Motor1 · Jan 20, 2025

All carmakers in UK to escape fines for missing electric car sales targets in 2024

Analysts say use of ‘flexibilities’ to avoid penalties shows that zero-emissions mandate does not need to be relaxed

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025

Volkswagen Is Closing Factories. China's EV Makers Want Them

German automakers are looking to the sky right now. But it's not drones over New Jersey that the Deutsch are worried about, it's Chinese electric vehicle makers circling over their European plants like vultures, ready to sink their teeth into idled plants while the machinery is still warm.

InsideEVs · Jan 16, 2025

Volkswagen CFO delivers warning to unproductive staff

Volkswagen CFO Arno Antlitz said the carmaker wouldn't invest in unproductive factories, paving way for new battle with workers.

Fortune · Jan 16, 2025

Scout's Range Extenders Will Be Silent: 'You Don't Hear It, You Don't Feel It'

When Scout begins producing the Terra truck and Traveler SUV in a few years, it’ll likely have a critical component from Volkswagen Group. The revived brand will offer range-extended versions of its models, with an engine that charges the battery. Scott Keogh, Scout’s CEO, told Edmunds that it’ll probably source it…

Motor1 · Jan 15, 2025

The Honda Civic Was the Best-Selling Manual Car of 2024

We spent the first couple weeks of 2025 getting sales data on manual-transmission cars in America. That led us to some interesting findings, which you've seen published on this fine website. We don't have take-rate figures for every single manual car sold here last year, but we have enough to…

Motor1 · Jan 15, 2025

Here’s Why a Trump Presidency Is Not the End of the Road for Rivian Stock

While President-elect Donald Trump’s economic policies are not expected to help electric cars, Rivian is still worth betting on.

Barchart · Jan 15, 2025

Porsche crisis renews calls for part-time CEO Oliver Blume to relinquish dual role at VW

Soaring costs, declining vehicle sales and problems in China are raising pressure on Oliver Blume to cede one of his two CEO jobs.

Fortune · Jan 15, 2025

German Economy Shrinks Again Amid Political Crisis

Germany's economy shrank for a second straight year in 2024, official figures showed Wednesday, with little hope of a speedy recovery as Europe's traditional powerhouse is also mired in political crisis.

International Business Times · Jan 15, 2025