Articles tagged by the tag "Volkswagen Group"
Volkswagen Group to boost 5-year e-mobility and tech spend to 73 billion euros

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar13 Nov 2020

Supervisory Board meeting confirms increase in investments in capex and R&D for future technologies to 50%  from 40% o...

Analysis: Will the EV start-up bubble burst?

By Autocar UK calendar27 Oct 2020

Investors fear the high share values of many EV start-up firms are poised for a big fall.

Volkswagen India’s Steffen Knapp headed for Europe, Ashish Gupta to take charge

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar22 Oct 2020

Steffen Knapp, Director, Volkswagen Passenger Cars India, is set to move to a new role at the German carmaker. Ashish ...

Porsche commits to Responsible Mica Initiative

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar15 Oct 2020

Porsche says India is one of the world’s most important mica producers, and the local mining regions of Jharkhand and ...

Volkswagen software arm acquires Hella’s camera software business

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar29 Sep 2020

Through the acquisition, the software company of the Volkswagen Group, which develops assistance systems and automated...

SEAT names Wayne Griffiths as its new president

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar23 Sep 2020

In his current role as head of sales and marketing, Griffiths has been instrumental in driving record sales at SEAT fo...

Volkswagen aims for all rail transport of materials and vehicles inside Germany

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar10 Sep 2020

Move is expected to reduce carbon dioxide by 26,700 tonnes compared to using the standard German electricity mix.

Vitesco’s drive control unit powers Volkswagen ID.3 electric car

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar12 Aug 2020

The component will go into series production in further electric vehicles from the carmaker’s other Group brands using...

Volkswagen opens SKD vehicle assembly facility in Ghana

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar03 Aug 2020

Ghana becomes fifth VW vehicle assembly location in sub-Saharan Africa after South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Rwanda. ...

Volkswagen Group losses mount in pandemic-impacted first half 2020

By Lawrence Allan, Autocar UK calendar31 Jul 2020

Group calls the first half of 2020 “the most challenging in the history of the company” due to Covid-19 fallout