V olkswagen CEO Herbert Diess will divide responsibility within the Group for the world regions in the future for his brands. In the future, one leading brand will take over group-wide control of a clearly defined world region, said Volkswagen on Friday in Wolfsburg. Decisions could be made more decentralized. “We’re giving the responsibility over… Continue reading VW distributes the responsibility within the Group new
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UPDATE 1-BP bets on electric vehicle switch with Chargemaster buy
LONDON (Reuters) – BP will buy Britain’s largest electric vehicle charging firm Chargemaster and plans to use its technology to roll out ultra-fast chargers across its 1,200 petrol stations in the country over the next 12 months. FILE PHOTO: The logo of BP is on display at a petrol station in Moscow, Russia, July 4,… Continue reading UPDATE 1-BP bets on electric vehicle switch with Chargemaster buy
First Rwandan-made Volkswagen rolls off assembly line
KIGALI: The first Rwandan-made Volkswagen car rolled off the assembly line on Wednesday at the country’s first auto factory. The small Polo hatchback vehicle was greeted by President Paul Kagame and Volkswagen South Africa boss Thomas Schafer at the $20 million (17 million euros) facility, set up following a December 2016 deal. “Some found it… Continue reading First Rwandan-made Volkswagen rolls off assembly line
Faraday Future receives £1.5 billion investment ahead of FF 91 production
Electric car company Faraday Future (FF) looks on course to launch its first model later this year after it received £1.5 billion worth of investment from a Hong Kong holding company. The money, supplied by Evergrande Health, adds to the £750 million Faraday Future raised last year by selling off shares. The cash injection means plans to put the FF 91 electric… Continue reading Faraday Future receives £1.5 billion investment ahead of FF 91 production
Volkswagen Wolfsburg to halt production for 1-2 days a week amid WLTP delays
Volkswagen willl halt production one to two days per week at its Wolfsburg factory, starting in August and ending in late September, because authorities are taking longer than expected to certify cars under the new, more realistic Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) emissions tests. Reuters reports that Volkswagen’s Zwickau plant will also be… Continue reading Volkswagen Wolfsburg to halt production for 1-2 days a week amid WLTP delays
Ex-VW boss Winterkorn does not want to testify as a witness
Wednesday, 06/27/2018 18:13 clock The former Volkswagen -Boss Martin Winterkorn does not want to testify as a witness in investors’ “dieselgate” systems. Winterkorn invokes his right to refuse to testify, said the district court in Stuttgart. Whether winter grain may actually stay away from the process is not yet certain. A so-called unloading was not… Continue reading Ex-VW boss Winterkorn does not want to testify as a witness
BER becomes a giant car park for Volkswagen
Wednesday, 06/27/2018 11:09 clock The missing approvals for vehicles according to the new WLPT exhaust test lead to a lack of parking space Volkswagen , Therefore, the group gives way with numerous new cars on the Berlin Breakdown Airport BER out. On the site, the Group had rented space to park cars with delays, a… Continue reading BER becomes a giant car park for Volkswagen
Jaguar to invest $18B in EV technology
Kaye Wiggins, Bloomberg News Published 4:56 p.m. ET June 26, 2018 The new Jaguar I-Pace electric SUV is unveiled during the first press day of the Geneva International Motor Show in March in Geneva. (Photo: FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP/Getty Images) Jaguar Land Rover is raising investment by about a quarter over the next three years… Continue reading Jaguar to invest $18B in EV technology
Volkswagen is also throttling production exhaust rules
Volkswagen Due to the new exhaust gas measurement cycles after the plant holidays, production at the parent plant in Wolfsburg can be rested on one to two days a week. This measure will be introduced immediately after the plant holidays in late July and is scheduled for the end of September, it said on Tuesday… Continue reading Volkswagen is also throttling production
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Volkswagen rivals taxis
S In the coming weeks, the Volkswagen subsidiary Moia intends to launch a public shuttle service with minibuses in Hanover. After Moia has received approval from the municipal administration for its novel – as the company says in the most beautiful new German – “ride-sharing offer”, in a first step a total of around 18,500… Continue reading Volkswagen rivals taxis