Volkswagen’s Audi Aims to Launch Two Electric Vehicles by 2018: CEO

Volkswagen’s premium Audi division aims to bring two purely electric vehicles to market by 2018 as it tries to catch up with rivals such as Tesla Motors and BMW, reported Reuters. Audi’s Chief Executive Rupert Stadler told German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) in an interview to be published on Saturday that the launch of ... Read More »

Toyota Global Sales Rise 2.8% in Tight Race vs Volkswagen

Toyota Motor Corp. said global sales climbed 2.8 percent in the first nine months of this year as the carmaker battles Volkswagen AG for leadership, reported Bloomberg. Worldwide deliveries for Toyota, including its Hino Motors Ltd. and Daihatsu Motor Co. units, climbed to 7.6 million vehicles through September, spokesman Dion Corbett said by phone. Volkswagen ... Read More »

Volkswagen Edges Out GM For No. 2 Spot in Global Sales

DETROIT, Mich. – Despite posting its strongest third quarter since 1980, General Motors appears to have given up its spot at second place in global sales to Volkswagen for the first nine months of 2014, reported Michigan Live. GM’s global sales were up 2 percent to 7,371,743 vehicles through September, but VW said it sold ... Read More »

Volkswagen on Track for 10 million Vehicle Sales this Year: CEO

Germany automaker Volkswagen sold more than 7.5 million passenger cars and heavy trucks between January and September, Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn said on Wednesday at the Paris auto show, reported Reuters. Eur‎ope’s largest automaker is “well on the way” to achieving a target of 10 million vehicle sales this year, four years earlier than originally ... Read More »

Anti-UAW Workers Seek to Form Union at Volkswagen Plant

Employees at the Volkswagen AG auto plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, are attempting to form a union that will include hourly and salaried workers as a counter to the United Auto Workers Local 42 established last month, a leading anti-UAW worker said on Tuesday, reported Reuters. Mike Burton, who helped anti-UAW workers defeat the UAW’s effort ... Read More »

VW Recalls 189,000 SUVs in North America for Potential Stalling

Volkswagen AG said on Saturday it is recalling 189,490 Tiguan small sport utility vehicles in North America for potential stalling issues, reported Reuters. The German automaker said gas bubbles may form in the fuel system in the affected vehicles from model years 2009 through 2014 when winterized fuel with high vapor pressures is used in ... Read More »

VW Production Chief Leaves Amid Production Troubles

Volkswagen has replaced its production chief Michael Macht, who oversaw the introduction of a manufacturing platform which was designed to cut costs, a day after the company reported a drop in operating profit, reported Reuters. VW is increasingly relying on its MQB modular platform, a production system introduced two years ago, to save money by ... Read More »

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