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Volkswagen Golf EV Won't Be Here Until 2030, At Least

It is time to add Volkswagen to the growing list of automakers delaying the launch of their electric vehicles. The company's CEO has confirmed that the electric Golf won’t arrive until around 2030 at the earliest, two years later than previously expected.

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VW Group Risks $1.7 Billion Fine For Missing Emissions Target

Much like all traditional automakers, the Volkswagen Group is caught between a rock and a hard place. The European Union’s push toward electrification is forcing the German juggernaut to sell more EVs to offset the CO₂ emissions from its combustion-engine vehicles. Otherwise, it risks paying hefty fines for exceeding fleet…

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VW Sounds The Alarm: 'We Must Fundamentally Transform Our Business Model'

The Volkswagen Group is in the midst of a large-scale restructuring plan that will wipe out tens of thousands of jobs in Germany by the end of the decade. In a recent letter to shareholders, CEO Oliver Blume revealed that around 50,000 jobs will be cut within the next four…

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Volkswagen's Struggles Continue: The Company Is Slashing Capacity Again

In 2019, before the pandemic, Volkswagen Group was riding high. The German auto conglomerate sold nearly 11 million cars worldwide and was preparing for 12 million, but it never got close to that figure. Since 2020, the company has failed to sell more than 10 million vehicles a year, which…

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This Volkswagen Jetta Electric SUV Is Real And Interesting

The Jetta has been around since 1979 as a sensible compact model, serving as the sedan sibling to the Golf hatchback. Nearly half a century and seven generations later, it retains the original's formula. However, Jetta stands for something different in China. The Volkswagen Group and local partner FAW spun…

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Volkswagen Denies It's Abandoning Three-Cylinder Engines

The Volkswagen Group is preparing to pull the plug on Audi’s inline-five engine in Europe due to stricter emissions regulations. Still, rumors of another engine’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. While some reports claim the smallest powertrain offered by the automotive conglomerate is living on borrowed time, the three-cylinder engine…

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Ducati Parent Company Volkswagen Faces Worst Annual Financials In A Decade

Volkswagen Group, Ducati's parent company, just posted its FY 2025 Annual Report, and now it's planning one of the biggest series of layoffs in automotive history.

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This Camouflaged Volkswagen EV Is Way More Important Than It Looks

Behind the camo is VW’s new €28,000 subcompact aimed at mainstream European buyers who want an electric urban crossover.

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Cupra Terramar Tribe Edition 1.5 e-Hybrid review: Bold plug-in SUV mixes standout style with impressive electric range

Special Terramar Tribe Edition brings cool design and strong PHEV credentials, but practicality and drive could be improved

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Volkswagen Revives The W12 Golf And It Sounds Incredible

Happy birthday to the Golf GTI! The Grand Tourer Injection turns 50 this year, and Volkswagen wants you to believe the limited-run Edition 50 is the ultimate GTI. Well, it is, provided you’re only considering street-legal models. Back in 2007, Wolfsburg built a crazy one-off that a production Golf will…

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Volkswagen Group Eyes 'Massive' Cost Cuts: Report

Here we go again. The Volkswagen Group may have already implemented a cost-cutting strategy, but it’s apparently not enough. Despite saving an unspecified amount in the double-digit billion-euro range, according to a company spokesperson, it now needs to trim even more. A new report from Germany claims the automotive conglomerate…

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Bugatti's Forgotten Sedan Resurfaces With A Supercharged W16 Engine

The Autostadt museum next to Volkswagen’s factory in Wolfsburg is the gift that keeps on giving. With so many wild experiments secretly developed during the Ferdinand Piëch era, this VW Group–owned destination is well worth a visit. We recently talked about a Lamborghini Diablo SV with a W16, but there’s…

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Bugatti Veyron Test Driver Describes Braking From 249 MPH: 'Incredibly Stressful'

We’re fortunate to be contemporaries of the Bugatti Veyron, a record-breaking car that boldly leapt into the unknown in the 2000s. Nothing quite like it had existed before, and it’s hard to imagine another supercar having such a profound impact, at least in our lifetimes. Even though most of us…

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Audi Is Bringing Back the A4. Here's What We Know

This is the last year for the Audi A4 in North America. Audi essentially killed its longstanding sedan when the company announced it would start using even numbers to designate electric vehicles, consolidating the gas-powered A4 into the new A5. Despite the model’s demise, Audi says the A4 will return—we…

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Rivian's EV Tech Could Go Way Beyond Just Rivians And Volkswagens

The Rivian-VW joint venture could make the

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The Rivian-Volkswagen Partnership Will Go Even Further Than We Expected

Rivian and Volkswagen are racing to bring next-generation software and electrical architecture to mass-market electric vehicles.

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Volkswagen Passat: Practical perfection

CAR REVIEW: The Passat estate returns as a plug-in hybrid that’s spacious, steady and reassuringly understated – a car for grown-ups, finds Sean O’Grady

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Porsche's New Flagship SUV Won't Be Electric—At Least, Not Initially

Porsche is pumping the brakes, hard, on electric vehicles. Today, the company announced that it will tweak an upcoming three-row electric SUV, which will slot above the Cayenne. Instead of giving it a big battery, Porsche will launch it exclusively with a combustion engine and plug-in hybrid powertrain.

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Volkswagen's EV Battery Dreams Are Coming Together

The VW Group's new

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Audi Wants to Catch Mercedes by Selling Two Million Cars Annually

It’s the dawn of a new era at Audi. The Concept C heralds a fresh design language and a return to form in the quality of interior materials. These fundamental changes are thought to be part of a broader strategy to chase, and ideally catch, archrival Mercedes in the luxury…

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Remember When Volkswagen Made Diesel Sports Cars?

The importance of the diesel engine in Europe during the 2000s and 2010s cannot be overstated. At their peak, they accounted for more than half of new car sales on the continent. Volkswagen's TDI-powered models spanned every market segment, from the tiny Lupo to the mighty Phaeton.

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The 2025 Audi SQ6 E-Tron Proves There's Light At The End Of The Tunnel

The new, electric Q6 E-Tron and SQ6 E-Tron are some of Audi's most important cars ever, but they debut at a tough time. Luckily, they get a lot right.

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Tariffs Have Cost VW Group $1.5 Billion: 'Negative Impact'

Volkswagen Group has reported its second-quarter financial results, and it’s not good news. Operating profits from April to June were down a whopping 29.4 percent, with the automaker facing increased pressure from the US’s new tariffs. They have cost the company €1.3 billion ($1.5 billion at today’s exchange rate) through…

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‘China’s car market has lost all reason’ – the country’s largest western carmaker refuses to compete in Tesla and BYD’s EV price war

VW Group China boss Ralf Brandstätter says he's willing to sacrifice market share during the price war to protect the equity of his company's car brands.

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The Numbers Are In: Volkswagen Smokes Tesla Again

The Volkswagen Group's electric-vehicle hot streak continues. Plus: Now's the time to buy an EV, and Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging gets a big mall rollout.

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