Volkswagen ID.Code concept debuts new styling language for electric VWs in Beijing
The Volkswagen ID.Code concept just debuted at the Beijing Auto Show, providing a glimpse into the future of VW’s SUV design language.
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Volkswagen unveils ID. Code 01 SUV with new “Chinese DNA” and L4 autonomous driving
Volkswagen unveiled ID. Code 01 electric SUV ahead of its public debut at the Beijing Auto Show on April 25. It is designed for L4 autonomous driving, has a built-in robotic vacuum cleaner, and aims at young buyers. Volkswagen says the car has the new Chinese DNA as it follows the “in China for China strategy.”
VW GTI and Golf R Luggage Test: How much fits in the trunk?
Think of a compact hatchback. If it isn't a Volkswagen Golf, you probably used to own a Mazda3. Perhaps it's more ubiquitous in Europe, but the Golf has long stood as the prime example of a compact hatchback supposedly being more functional than a compact sedan. «Try putting that in a Jetta,» you can imagine someone saying after stuffing a TV into the back of a Golf.
UAW clinches watershed union victory at VW's Tennessee factory
A Volkswagen employee celebrates results of the unionization vote. (Getty Images)
UAW seeks landmark win in third Tennessee VW plant vote
DETROIT — A Volkswagen plant nestled against dense forests and Interstate 75 on the southern border of Tennessee has become a battleground over worker representation that could sway the future of the American auto industry.
In VW's EV plant in eastern Germany, gas engines are now verboten
The massive, worldwide transition to electric-powered vehicles is about more than changes in mechanical parts, or about the societal effect of abandoning the century-old habit of finding and burning gasoline.
50 at 50: Audi celebrates five decades of making small cars
There's a part of the Audi iceberg that we've never seen in the United States. It's where cars like the A1, which is now in its second generation, and the A2 are found. The car that started this lineage is a small, two-door hatchback called 50 that turns 50 years old in 2024.
Volkswagen's RooBadge aims to reduce car-kangaroo collisions in Australia
Volkswagen Australia cites data saying 90% of wildlife collisions in Australia involve some variety of kangaroo (yes, there's more than one kangaroo species). A 2018 story said the nationwide 'roo population had topped nearly 50 million animals, and as Aussie cities expand, the suburbs are moving further into kangaroo territory, increasing the number of annual incidents. Especially in rural areas, kangaroos will gather at the roadside starting around dusk to get to the water that pools by the roadway and the vegetation growing there because of that water; a single insurance firm, the National Roads and Motorists' Association, said it received 14,500 claims in 2018 just from car-kangaroo crashes. To reduce such events, Volkswagen Australia spent three years working on a project with its local ad agency DDB Sydney, kangaroo behavior specialists at the University of Melbourne, and wildlife organization WIRES to create a gadget that would protect drivers and animals: The RooBadge.