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Volkswagen Group to boost safety systems with real-world data
Volkswagen Group is enhancing its driver assistance systems with sensor and image data from customer vehicles and real-world traffic situations.
30 September 2024
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CES 2024: VW brings ChatGPT to cars and previews new Golf
Volkswagen is to install the AI-based ChatGPT service in its cars from this spring, providing “accurate and relevant responses to nearly every query imaginable”.
9 January 2024
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Volkswagen launches first over-the-air updates for ID.3 and ID.4
Volkswagen is introducing over-the-air updates for its ID electric vehicle family from this month – updating the software every 12 weeks to bring new features
6 July 2021
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Ford and Volkswagen expand global cooperation
Ford and Volkswagen have signed agreements to expand their global cooperation to bring customers new commercial, electric and autonomous vehicles.
11 June 2020
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Ford and Volkswagen alliance advance electric and self-driving car developments
Ford and Volkswagen are to invest billions in advancing electric and self-driving car developments under an enhanced global collaboration.
12 July 2019
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Volkswagen’s WeShare gets out-of-hours access to supermarket chargers
Volkswagen’s newly launched WeShare car sharing service in Berlin will be able to additionally charge its cars at Lidl and Kaufland supermarket chains, following a
28 June 2019
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Volkswagen explains WLTP changes due in September
Mandatory for all newly registered vehicles with the second stage of the WLTP type test, Volkswagen has set about trying to explain the complicated emission
21 June 2019
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Volkswagen models now available on subscription under Drover scheme
Volkswagen has signed up with car subscription firm Drover in theUK too offer drivers access to selected Volkswagen models for a monthly all-in subscription payment.
4 April 2019
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Tesco, VW and Pod Point to roll out UK’s ‘largest free charging network’
Tesco is to fit more than 2,400 charging bays at some 600 stores over the next three years – said to mark the UK’s largest
30 November 2018
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Volkswagen aims for 50% SUV sales share by 2025
Volkswagen has stepped up its SUV ambitions, planning a line-up of 30 models by 2025 and expecting them to account for half of its global
25 October 2018
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VW ‘turbocharges’ connected car plans with Microsoft partnership
Volkswagen is accelerating its plans for digital services under a new partnership with Microsoft.
5 October 2018
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VW Group to recall plug-ins over poisonous materials
The Volkswagen Group has notified Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) of a potential recall of its plug-in vehicles, having discovered poisonous cadmium in part
7 August 2018
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Volkswagen and Ford talks could lead to joint vans
Volkswagen and Ford are exploring a strategic alliance that could see the carmakers jointly develop a range of commercial vehicles.
20 June 2018
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VW and Seat confirm seatbelt recall
Volkswagen and Seat have announced recalls for a number of models in their small car ranges due to an issue with seatbelt safety.
14 May 2018
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Herbert Diess named new CEO of VW Group
Volkswagen brand chief Herbert Diess is to take on the CEO role at Volkswagen Group as the carmaker overhauls its management and corporate structure.
13 April 2018
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Volkswagen reveals new Touareg SUV
Volkswagen’s premium-class Touareg SUV will be replaced at the end of this year, with the new model including a plug-in hybrid for the first time.
23 March 2018
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Volkswagen creates electric mobility division
The Volkswagen brand is to create an additional board of management division to oversee its electric mobility programme, launching on 1 February.
9 January 2018
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Volkswagen e-Crafter starts fleet trials
Volkwagen’s new e-Crafter van has started fleet trials with an international group of major customers.
21 December 2017
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Volkswagen planning 19-model SUV range
Volkswagen is predicting 40% of its global sales volume will be SUVs in the near future, with plans for a range spanning 19 models across
24 August 2017
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Volkswagen Bus to return as an EV
Volkswagen has greenlighted production of an electric van and MPV, said to be inspired by the split-screen Transporter and Microbus of the 1950s.
21 August 2017
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New 110g/km petrol engine for Volkswagen Golf
Volkswagen has added a 130PS petrol engine to the Golf line-up, which offers fuel consumption as low as 4.8l/100km with CO2 emissions from 110g/km.
14 August 2017
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Volkswagen Group to recall millions of diesels for NOx fix
The Volkswagen Group is to run a pan-European software update for Euro 5 and some Euro 6 diesel vehicles from group brands to cut NOx
4 August 2017
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Volkswagen returns to Iran after 17-year gap
Volkswagen is to start selling cars in Iran after more than 17 years away from the market.
4 July 2017
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Road Test: Volkswagen Golf GTE
The plug-in performance Golf could be about to find its spot in the limelight, reckons Alex Grant.
12 June 2017
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Volkswagen mobility company acquires digital ride-pooling pioneers
Volkswagen Group’s recently launched MOIA mobility company has acquired Finnish software company Split Finland Oy in line with plans for its ride-pooling concept.
6 June 2017
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New Volkswagen joint venture to mass produce EVS for China
Volkswagen Group and Chinese manufacturer Anhui Jinghua Automobile (JAC) have signed a 50:50 joint venture agreement to develop and launch electric vehicles on the Chinese
1 June 2017
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Shanghai Motor Show: Key fleet models break cover
Citroën expands into large SUVs Citroën’s forthcoming C5 Aircross large SUV is to debut at the Shanghai Motor Show ahead of its launch in 2018.
13 April 2017
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Volkswagen slams investigation of Dieselgate law firm
Volkswagen has condemned searches carried out by German prosecutors into the US law firm hired by the carmaker to investigate the emissions scandal.
17 March 2017
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Order books open for new Volkswagen Arteon
Volkswagen has started pre-sales of its new Arteon model two days after its world premiere at Geneva.
9 March 2017
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Volkswagen goes upmarket with Arteon
Volkswagen has revealed the successor to the CC saloon-come-coupe – the Arteon.
7 March 2017