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1. Volkswagen Begins Level 4 Autonomous Driving Testing In Hamburg (Germany)

(News - Transportation)

7 April 2019. Volkswagen has begun testing a fleet of 5 e-Golfs equipped with advanced autonomous driving technology on the streets of Hamburg, Germany. “Test drives in an urban environment give us ...

Created on 07 April 2019

2. Volkswagen embarks on $50 billion Electric Vehicle plan

(News - Transportation)

19 November 2018. Volkswagen expects to become the most profitable manufacturer of electric cars thanks to a multi-billion euro expansion plan to mass produce battery driven vehicles, Chief Executive ...

Created on 18 November 2018

3. Ford Begins Production Of DHL Electric Vans In Germany

(News - Transportation)

13 November 2018. Pity poor Volkswagen. When DHL, one of the world’s largest package delivery companies, went looking for someone to manufacture electric delivery vans for it a few years ago, managers ...

Created on 12 November 2018

4. How Serious Is Volkswagen About Electric Revolution?

(News - Transportation)

9 September 2018. Volkswagen is a fascinating case when it comes to the electric transport transition. With some interesting VW news coming in this week, we are thus revisiting some of the key facts ...

Created on 08 September 2018

5. Top Electric Vehicle Battery Maker To Build Plant In Germany

(News - Transportation)

1 July 2018. China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) is said to be ready to start building a battery factory in Germany, planting a flag on the grounds of car giants BMW, Volkswagen and Daimler ...

Created on 01 July 2018

6. What Will Volkswagen Do With The 300,000+ Diesel Cars It Has Repurchased In The USA?

(News - Energy)

31 March 2018. When Volkswagen got caught with its pants down in the diesel cheating scandal that broke in September of 2015, it took a $25 billion hit in the US alone. Part of that number is for fines ...

Created on 30 March 2018

7. Volkswagen To Pay $232 Million Settlement In Canada Relating To Diesel Emissions Scandal

(News - Transportation)

18 January 2018. Volkswagen will be paying a settlement of up to $232 million (CAD$290.5) in Canada relating to excess emissions from 3.0-liter diesel vehicles sold there in recent years, according ...

Created on 17 January 2018

8. Volkswagen To Install 2,800 EV Charging Stations In US By June 2019

(News - Transportation)

21 December 2017. Volkswagen’s Electrify America unit will have installed 2,800 plug-in electric vehicle charging “stations” in the US by June 2019, if newly revealed plans are to be taken at face value. ...

Created on 21 December 2017

9. Diesel Emissions Cheating Scandal May Hit BMW Next

(News - Transportation)

7 December 2017. Remember Dieselgate? Independent researchers in West Virginia strapped a portable exhaust gas analyzer to a Volkswagen turbodiesel and found its tailpipe emissions were way out of whack ...

Created on 07 December 2017

10. Volkswagen Agrees To Invest $40 Billion In Electric Car & Mobility Tech By 2022

(News - Transportation)

19 November 2017. This story about a plan by Volkswagen to invest $40 billion in electric cars was first published by Gas2. At the beginning of this decade, people were snickering up their sleeves at ...

Created on 19 November 2017

11. German Automakers Pressure European Regulators To Soften Emissions Rules

(News - Transportation)

... as BMW, Audi, Mercedes, and Volkswagen. Combined, they employ nearly 800,000 workers. CLEAN TECHNICA https://cleantechnica.com/2017/11/08/german-automakers-pressure-european-regulators-soften-emissions-rules ...

Created on 08 November 2017

12. Volkswagen - Pacheco Car Assembly Plant

(Automotive Industry)

  Type: Car Assembly Plant Area: Buenos Aires Products: Volkswagen Amarok Passenger Car Annual Production: 52,000 (2009) Owner: Volkswagen Argentina SA Shareholders: Volkswagen AG Activity since: Contact ...

Created on 26 October 2017

13. Volkswagen - Córdoba Car Transmission Plant

(Automotive Industry)

  Type: Car Transmission Plant Area: Córdoba Annual Production: 670,000 Gearboxes Owner: Volkswagen Argentina Shareholders: Volkswagen AG Activity since: Contact Coordinates: -31.464431,-64.166239 ...

Created on 26 October 2017

14. Chrysler - Windsor Car Assembly Plant

(Automotive Industry)

  Type: Car Assembly Plant Area: Ontario Products: Dodge Grand Caravan, Chrysler Town & Country, and Volkswagen Routan cars Annual Capacity: 520,000 vehicles Owner: Windsor Assembly Plant Shareholders: ...

Created on 11 October 2017

15. Volkswagen - São Carlos Car Engine Plant

(Automotive Industry)

  Type: Car Engine Plant Area: São Paulo Products: Car Engines Owner: Volkswagen Brazil Shareholders:  Volkswagen AG Activity since: 1996 Contact Coordinates: -22.063892,-47.872120 Address: Rodovia ...

Created on 03 October 2017

16. Volkswagen - São José dos Pinhais Car Assembly Plant

(Automotive Industry)

  Type: Car Assembly Plant Area: Paraná Products: Fox, CrossFox, SpaceFox, and Golf Passenger Cars under Volkswagen brand Annual Production: Owner: Volkswagen do Brasil Shareholders: Volkswagen AG Activity ...

Created on 03 October 2017

17. Volkswagen - São Bernardo do Campo Car Assembly Plant

(Automotive Industry)

  Type: Car Assembly Plant Area: São Paulo Products: Gol, Saveiro and Saveiro Cross Passenger Cars under Volkswagen brand Annual Production: Owner: Volkswagen Brazil Shareholders:  Volkswagen AG Activity ...

Created on 03 October 2017

18. Volkswagen - Taubaté Car Assembly Plant

(Automotive Industry)

  Type: Car Assembly Plant Area: São Paulo Products: Gol and Parati Passenger Cars Annual Production: 210,000 vehicles Owner: Volkswagen Brazil Shareholders: Volkswagen AG Activity Since: Contact  ...

Created on 03 October 2017

19. Lambhorghini - Sant'agata Bolognese Car Assembly Plant

(Automotive Industry)

... Volkswagen AG Activity since: 1963 Contact Coordinates: 44.658244,11.125566 Address: Via Modena, 12, 40019 Sant'agata Bolognese, Bologna Email: Phone: +39 (51) 681 7711 ‎ VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKYnQMSAdg ...

Created on 07 September 2017

20. Audi - San José Chiapa Car Assembly Plant

(Automotive Industry)

  Type: Car Assembly Plant Area: Puebla Products: Audi Q5 passenger vehicles Annual Capacity: 150,000 vehicles Owner: Audi AG Shareholders: Volkswagen AG Activity since: 2016 Contact Coordinates: 19.219951,-97.756169 ...

Created on 01 October 2016

21. VIDEO: Mitsubishi Admits Faking Fuel Economy Tests

(News - Transportation)

20 April 2015. The company spoke up after initial reports that vehicles had failed testing sparked the biggest one day fall in its share price for 12 years - losing 15%, or $1.2bn (£835m), of its market ...

Created on 20 April 2016

22. Volkswagen - Palmela Car Assembly Plant

(Automotive Industry)

  Type: Car Assembly Plant Area: Setúbal Products:Volkswagen Eos, Volkswagen Scirocco, Volkswagen Sharan (=SEAT Alhambra) passenger cars Annual Production: 112,500 vehicles (2012) Owner: Autoeuropa ...

Created on 03 March 2016

23. Volkswagen - Chattanooga Solar Power Plant

(Solar Energy)

  Type: Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant Area: Tennessee Power Capacity: 9.5 MW Owner: Volkswagen Group of America Inc Shareholders: Volkswagen AG Activity since: 2012   Contact   ...

Created on 22 February 2016

24. Renault shares tumble after police raids linked to VW scandal (France)

(News - Transportation)

... Volkswagen. FRANCE 24 http://www.france24.com/en/20160114-renault-shares-tumble-police-raids At industryabout.com: Renault - World Factories  ...

Created on 14 January 2016

25. Volkswagen Sinks Deeper Into The Mire

(News - Transportation)

7 November 2015. Since the emissions scandal broke in September 2015, Volkswagen (VW) has delivered three things: a third-quarter loss, a new CEO and an investigation into the “rogue coders” who supposedly ...

Created on 07 November 2015

26. Volkswagen - Chattanooga Car Assembly Plant

(Automotive Industry)

  Type: Car Assembly Plant Area: Tennessee Products: Volkswagen Passat NMS passenger car Annual Production: 150,000 vehicles Owner: Volkswagen Group of America Inc Shareholders: Volkswagen ...

Created on 30 October 2015

27. VIDEO: VW will stand by $900 mln investments in Chattanooga plant (USA)

(News - Transportation)

30 October 2015. Volkswagen is sticking with planned investments at its plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee - including production of a new SUV there next year - despite the uncertainty caused by its emissions ...

Created on 30 October 2015

28. Volkswagen Reports $3.84 Billion Loss Caused by Dieselgate

(News - Transportation)

28 October 2015. Volkswagen is hurting badly. The German car maker has reported for the first time in 15 years a quarterly loss. The Diesel emissions scandal has driven Volkswagen in the red last quarter. ...

Created on 28 October 2015

29. #Autogate: More tears to come (Opinion)

(News - Transportation)

25 October 2015. #autogate scandal that detonated like a bomb on 18 September, four intense weeks ago. Here we go. First, about the industry. All the evidence we have assembled has led us to say this ...

Created on 25 October 2015

30. 80% of public think Volkswagen isn’t the only car maker to cheat emissions tests

(News - Transportation)

20 October 2015. Car makers across the industry could be seeing brand perception affected by the Volkswagen emissions scandal after a Which? survey found that eight in 10 people anticipate more manufacturers ...

Created on 20 October 2015

31. Volkswagen considers cutting temporary worker numbers

(News - Transportation)

17 October 2015. Volkswagen is considering a reduction in temporary workers as part of efforts to offset the cost of the emissions scandal, the car maker's works council said on Saturday. REUTER ...

Created on 17 October 2015

32. VIDEO: Germany Orders Mandatory Volkswagen Recall of 2.4 million vehicles

(News - Transportation)

15 October 2015. Germany’s ministry for transport has ordered Volkswagen AG to conduct a mandatory recall of diesel models installed with software that cheats emission tests, Transport Minister Alexander ...

Created on 15 October 2015

33. Volkswagen Australia confirms 77,000 cars with emissions-rigging software

(News - Transportation)

7 October 2015. Volkswagen Australia has confirmed more than 77,000 diesel cars sold in Australia are fitted with emissions-rigging software. The company says owners of the affected models do not need ...

Created on 07 October 2015

34. Mexico May Impose Almost $7Bln Fine on Volkswagen

(News - Transportation)

6 October 2015. Federal Prosecutor for Consumer Defense Lorena Martinez said that Mexican authorities may impose a fine of almost $7 billion on Volkswagen for equipping some 32,000 diesel cars sold ...

Created on 06 October 2015

35. Automakers Ask Europe for Leniency in Emissions Testing

(News - Transportation)

5 October 2015. Despite the cloud cast by the Volkswagen scandal, automakers are proposing that they be allowed a 70 percent increase in the nitrogen oxides their cars emit, unreleased documents show, ...

Created on 05 October 2015

36. It’s not just VW: Official tester claims four more diesel car giants break toxic emissions limit

(News - Transportation)

5 October 2015. British researchers tested hundreds of new diesel cars on UK roads and found that popular brands including BMW, Ford, Mazda and Mercedes, as well as Volkswagen and Audi, all emitted ...

Created on 05 October 2015

37. Could VW scandal lead to open-source software for better automobile cybersecurity?

(News - Transportation)

30 September 2015. Carnegie Mellon University associate professor Philip Koopman, who works in the electrical and computer engineering department, said, “There’s no requirement that anyone except the ...

Created on 30 September 2015

38. VIDEO: VW faces barrage of litigation

(News - Transportation)

rmUYb5FwS0Q 29 September 2015. Lawyers are moving to consolidate widespread litigation stemming from Volkswagen’s emissions-cheating scandal, drawing the German car maker into a prolonged legal case ...

Created on 29 September 2015

39. Audi confirms 2.1 million cars use emission cheating software

(News - Transportation)

ToOvOZJqPUU 28 September 2015. The barrage of legal woes against Volkswagen continues as the auto company confirmed that approximately 2.1 million Audi vehicles across the globe are equipped with software ...

Created on 28 September 2015

40. Beware Europe’s automotive-political complex

(News - Transportation)

... cop. It was left to an American regulator to expose the corporate skulduggery. Closer examination of the record of VW’s relations with the EU will only add to the charge sheet. POLITICO.EU http://www.politico.eu/article/europes-automotive-political-complex-volkswagen-scandal-eu ...

Created on 26 September 2015

41. The Environmental Legacy of the Volkswagen Scandal (Opinion)

(News - Transportation)

25 September 2015. It took a few days, but the inevitable happened Wednesday: Martin Winterkorn, the embattled C.E.O. of Volkswagen, stepped down in the wake of revelations that his company had equipped ...

Created on 25 September 2015

42. VIDEO: Volkswagen diesel scandal spreads to Porsche and Audi

(News - Transportation)

xPnAoMkw9Bs 24 September 2015. The fallout from the Volkswagen diesel scandal is spreading fast to the company's other famous brands, including Porsche and Audi, and across the Atlantic to the U.S. MASHABLE.CO ...

Created on 24 September 2015

43. VIDEO: Not Just Volkswagen: A List of Past Auto Industry Scandals

(News - Transportation)

lgOxWPGsJNY 23 September 2015. With Volkswagen's admission that 11 million of its diesel vehicles worldwide contain software that can rig emissions tests, the German automaker joins a list of auto industr ...

Created on 23 September 2015

44. Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn quits over diesel emissions scandal

(News - Transportation)

DTRhqelOgls 23 September 2015. Volkswagen has announced the resignation of its chief executive, Martin Winterkorn, and said the fallout from the diesel emissions test scandal would result in further ...

Created on 23 September 2015

45. Volkswagen Says 11 Million Cars Worldwide Are Affected in Diesel Deception

(News - Transportation)

lbq-RCYNcBY 22 September 2015. A scandal that has undermined Volkswagen in the United States spread to its core market of Europe on Tuesday, after the company said that 11 million of its diesel cars ...

Created on 22 September 2015

46. Mladá Boleslav - Škoda Coal Power Plant

(Fossil Fuels Energy)

  Type: Coal Power Plant Area: Středočeský Kind of Fuel: Coal Power Capacity: 80 MW Owner: ŠKO-Energo sro Shareholders: Volkswagen AG Activity since: 1998   Contact   Coordinates: ...

Created on 23 July 2015

47. A robot killed a Volkswagen factory worker in Germany

(News - Transportation)

2 July 2015. A robot killed a factory worker at a Volkswagen plant near Kassel in Germany. The 21-year-old worker was installing the robot when it struck him in the chest, crushing him against a plate. ...

Created on 02 July 2015

48. Volkswagen to invest €4.2 billion in Catalonia and Navarra factories over next 4 years

(News - Transportation)

11 May 2015. Volkswagen has announced massive investment in two of its factories in Spain: its plant located in Martorell (Greater Barcelona) and its factory in Navarra. CATALAN NEWS AGENCY http://www.catalannewsagency.com/business/item/volkswagen-to-invest ...

Created on 11 May 2015

49. Volkswagen to spend $1 bln on Mexico assembly plant expansion for Tiguan model

(News - Transportation)

10 March 2015. German carmaker Volkswagen will invest about $1 billion to expand its vehicle assembly plant in Mexico's Puebla state and prepare it for production of the new Tiguan compact crossove ...

Created on 10 March 2015