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Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous, TCA

Report Projects Volkswagen to Be First to Profit From Manufacturing Electric Vehicles

A new report picks Volkswagen as the first incumbent global carmaker to make money selling electric vehicles, with profits expected to arrive by 2022.

March 12, 2020
Business

VW to Start Search for New CFO

Volkswagen AG Chief Financial Officer Frank Witter is set to leave by the middle of next year after the carmaker agreed not to extend his contract by the customary five-year period, according to people familiar with the matter.

February 20, 2020
Business, Safety

Volkswagen Postpones Restart of China Joint Venture Production

Volkswagen AG has postponed the resumption of production at its China joint ventures in the latest sign of the coronavirus’ impact on economic activity.

February 10, 2020
Business, Technology, Breaking News

Volkswagen's Traton Unit Submits Buyout Offer for Navistar

Navistar International Corp. said it has received an unsolicited buyout offer from its European truck partner Traton SE — which is owned by Germany’s Volkswagen AG — in a $35 per share cash offer.

January 30, 2020
Business, Technology

VW’s Herbert Diess Confident He Can Catch Tesla in Electric Car Race

Volkswagen AG CEO Herbert Diess is preparing to muscle Elon Musk out of the electric-car lead.

January 24, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel

Volkswagen Raises Forecast for Electric Car Production

FRANKFURT, Germany — Automaker Volkswagen is accelerating its move into battery-powered cars, saying it will reach its goal of 1 million electric cars per year two years earlier than planned.

December 27, 2019
Business, Technology

German Automaker Audi to Cut 9,500 Jobs by 2025

BERLIN — Volkswagen subsidiary Audi says it’s cutting 9,500 jobs in Germany through 2025 as part of a transformation plan to make the company “lean and sustainable.â€

November 26, 2019
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

VW Challenges Rivals With $66 Billion Splurge for Electric Era

Volkswagen AG will ramp up spending on electric vehicles and automated driving by 36% as the world’s largest automaker challenges rivals to keep pace with an aggressive shift into the post-combustion era.

November 15, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, TCA

Volkswagen Breaks Ground on Chattanooga, Tenn., Electric Vehicle Facility

Marking construction of an electric vehicle facility in Chattanooga, Volkswagen of America today broke ground on an $800 million expansion that will add more than 700,000 square feet of new space to its plant.

November 13, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous

VW Considers Sharing Autonomous-Car Tech to Defray Development Costs

Volkswagen AG is open to sharing future autonomous-vehicle systems with other manufacturers as it races to catch up with the likes of Waymo LLC in cost-intensive technologies that could transform the way people and goods move, according to an executive at the German automaker.

November 6, 2019