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Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess Giving Up Managing VW Brand

Herbert Diess, CEO of Volkswagen, ceded direct control of the German company’s main passenger car brand after clashing with labor unions over production issues affecting two key models.

June 8, 2020
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Self-Driving Startup Argo Completes $2.6 Billion Tie-Up With VW

Argo AI, the self-driving startup tightly aligned with Ford Motor Co., completed an expected tie-up with Volkswagen AG involving a $2.6 billion investment from the German automaker.

June 2, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous, TCA

Report Projects Volkswagen to Be First to Profit From Manufacturing Electric Vehicles

A new report picks Volkswagen as the first incumbent global carmaker to make money selling electric vehicles, with profits expected to arrive by 2022.

March 12, 2020
Business

VW to Start Search for New CFO

Volkswagen AG Chief Financial Officer Frank Witter is set to leave by the middle of next year after the carmaker agreed not to extend his contract by the customary five-year period, according to people familiar with the matter.

February 20, 2020
Business, Safety

Volkswagen Postpones Restart of China Joint Venture Production

Volkswagen AG has postponed the resumption of production at its China joint ventures in the latest sign of the coronavirus’ impact on economic activity.

February 10, 2020
Business, Technology, Breaking News

Volkswagen's Traton Unit Submits Buyout Offer for Navistar

Navistar International Corp. said it has received an unsolicited buyout offer from its European truck partner Traton SE — which is owned by Germany’s Volkswagen AG — in a $35 per share cash offer.

January 30, 2020
Business, Technology

VW’s Herbert Diess Confident He Can Catch Tesla in Electric Car Race

Volkswagen AG CEO Herbert Diess is preparing to muscle Elon Musk out of the electric-car lead.

January 24, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel

Volkswagen Raises Forecast for Electric Car Production

FRANKFURT, Germany — Automaker Volkswagen is accelerating its move into battery-powered cars, saying it will reach its goal of 1 million electric cars per year two years earlier than planned.

December 27, 2019
Business, Technology

German Automaker Audi to Cut 9,500 Jobs by 2025

BERLIN — Volkswagen subsidiary Audi says it’s cutting 9,500 jobs in Germany through 2025 as part of a transformation plan to make the company “lean and sustainable.â€

November 26, 2019
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

VW Challenges Rivals With $66 Billion Splurge for Electric Era

Volkswagen AG will ramp up spending on electric vehicles and automated driving by 36% as the world’s largest automaker challenges rivals to keep pace with an aggressive shift into the post-combustion era.

November 15, 2019