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The European electric vehicle market is experiencing historic changes. According to JATO Dynamics, Chinese manufacturers have overtaken Tesla in electric car sales in Europe for the first time. This is occurring amid overall growth in electric vehicle demand and a significant weakening of the American manufacturer’s position. Detailed analysis of the European electric car market […]
Volkswagen has regained the lead in electric vehicle sales in Germany in the first seven months of the year, overtaking Tesla and a trio of premium domestic brands – Mercedes-Benz, Audi and BMW. VW outperformed Tesla in terms of electric vehicle registrations from January to July due to the added volume of new models, especially […]
Charged Volkswagen GTI will become electric. The first to receive this version will be the new Volkswagen Golf 9. The famous Volkswagen GTI line is about to be relaunched. The brand will produce sports electric vehicles. This became known to journalists of the CarBuzz website. They also have a new GTI logo, in which the […]
Volkswagen may do away with traditional turn signal switches. They want to place the controls on the rim of the steering wheel. The German Patent and Trademark Office has published a description of a new steering wheel with controls located directly on the rim, on the left and right. It is proposed to move the […]
The first passengers of Volkswagen self-driving taxis will be officials, business partners and journalists. In the future, autonomous electric vehicles will appear in other countries as well. Volkswagen is testing its autonomous taxis based on ID.Buzz electric minivans in Munich, Germany. Such cars will soon start carrying real passengers. MOIA and Apex.AI are involved in […]
Volkswagen tried its hand at developing an unusual type of transport – for office workers. VW’s new high-tech office chair comes complete with an electric motor, headlights, horn, entertainment system and even a hitch. VW engineers explained that they had the task of transferring as much of the capabilities of their work vans as possible […]
The German concern is looking for a buyer for the production site in Kaluga. According to the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Volkswagen still intends to leave the Russian market. The supervisory board of the concern does not see the possibility of renewing the supply of components, and therefore wants to sell the enterprise in […]
Concern Volkswagen AG presents its new drone concept called Gen.Travel. It is interesting that this unusual electric car does not have emblems of the concern’s brands. Gen.Travel is presented as a development of the Volkswagen Group Innovation division, where forward-looking projects are born. Gen.Travel is an unmanned passenger shuttle designed for long-distance travel. The developers […]
The German company Volkswagen has started selling a budget model – Virtus. The price starts at 16 thousand dollars, but it is not intended for the European market. Therefore, it is unlikely to appear in Ukraine. Volkswagen Virtus is the successor of the well-known Polo Sedan in our country. The car has a capacious 521-liter […]
Volkswagen expects to shorten delivery times for electric cars in the near future. For this, the company makes many efforts. By the end of 2022, the delivery terms of Volkswagen AG electric cars will be reduced. The chief executive director of the concern, Herbert Diess, is counting on this. ‘The forecast is excellent, we have […]