The Latest Breaking News from Volkswagen

We’ve known for months about the troubles Audi has been having with its Brussels plant that today only builds the Q8 E-Tron. Rumors that the automaker was considering ending production of the electric SUV early, essentially stopping all work at the facility. This made its 3,000 workers uneasy, and many…

Volkswagen Group's crisis in Europe could result in several manufacturing plants shutting down, but VW's works council thinks that can be avoided. The employee-led group recently proposed a sweeping cut in wages across blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Works council leader Daniela Cavallo believes this would be enough to avoid mass…

The Rivian-Volkswagen $6 billion joint venture got a little more interesting this week. The Volkswagen Group of America, which includes the core VW marques plus Audi, Lamborghini and other brands, is getting a new CEO whose last stint was at the California-based electric vehicle startup. And it's a homecoming of sorts…

Pablo Di Si, CEO of Volkswagen Group and Volkswagen Brand for North America, has resigned. The German automaker announced the news on Tuesday, though it's not clear exactly when he stepped down. In a press release, VW states Di Si "stepped down from his position on his own request." 

Fifty years ago, the electronic pioneers released a 23-minute song about a road – and changed pop music for ever. Our writer hits the speed-limit-free highways of Düsseldorf and Hamburg in search of its futuristic brilliance

Pedestrian safety. It’s something modern American cars struggle with, partly because there’s no standard in place to test how a human head hitting a vehicle hood would fare in an impact. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is working on introducing a new standard to change this, but until that…

Overbearing safety systems are making me wish for fully autonomous vehicles to hurry up and go on sale.

Donald Trump is only the second president in U.S. history to get elected for nonconsecutive terms. And he may be the first voted into the country’s highest office under the assumption that he would not follow through on his wildest campaign promises. 

The Volkswagen Tiguan has been around in the US since 2007. The second-generation model debuted in 2016, but we haven't seen the compact SUV updated much in those eight years. Finally, at next week's Los Angeles Auto Show, Volkswagen will show its new third-generation Tiguan.

Rivian's stock price volatility reflects the dynamics of the EV market, but the company's fundamentals and partnerships present potential for long-term growth.

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