A number of recent articles describing the recent meeting between the US President Barrack Obama and the VW Group CEO Matthias Müller have featured rather colorful language. The New York Times article on the subject even […]
Yes, Ford Energi in the title probably comes as a little bit of a surprise, but if you add Ford’s two Energi models together, they almost tie the Chevy Volt for #2 in US electric car sales […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. Volkswagen Group is planning to invest around €4 billion in conjunction with its joint venture partners in China in 2016, according to a recent press release. The investment funds will be used […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. The AAA Green Car of the Year this year was the Tesla Model S 70D. As the leading green car, Tesla Model S 70D is featured with 80 other green vehicles in 2016, but […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller has taken to the airwaves again to emphasize the company’s refocus on electric cars, as well as “mobility services” like carsharing, ridesharing, etc. This is not the first time […]
One of the early developers of hybrid vehicle technologies, Paice, has filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission against Volkswagen Group for patent infringement. The filed complaint argues that VW, Audi, and Porsche (note […]
Despite all of its ongoing legal and PR issues (following the diesel emissions cheating scandal), it seems that Volkswagen is still chugging along just fine …. The company recently released a number of new teaser images […]
Electric car sales in the US were a mixed bag again in March. Several plug-in hybrid models, led by the Chevy Volt, had a strong month and first quarter, but several fully electric models saw lower sales […]
An issue with “oversensitive” diagnostics in the high-voltage battery management system of 2015 and 2016 Volkswagen e-Golfs has led Volkswagen of America to issue a recall for 5,561 affected vehicles, according to reports. The issue involves […]
The top position for electric vehicle sales in Germany for the month of February 2016 was, surprisingly, held by the Audi A3 e-tron, with 210 units sold during the month in the market. This was followed […]
Volkswagen just gave the BUDD-e concept car its NYC debut at the New York International Auto Show. This follows the concept’s official unveiling at the January Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The BUDD-e electric vehicle (EV) […]
The UK-based electric vehicle charging station company POD Point will now be the recommended supplier of Volkswagen UK, following on the announcement of a new partnership, according to an email sent to EV Obsession and CleanTechnica. […]
Volkswagen recently unveiled a new luxury sedan model, known as the Phideon, ahead of the 2016 Geneva International Motor Show — the first Volkswagen model to feature the Modular Longitudinal Matrix platform. The new model — […]
US electric car sales (pure electrics and plug-in hybrids) rose 4.4% in February 2016 vs February 2015, but that slight change masks large variations by type of EV. 100% electric cars dove 14% (4479 sales in Feb 2016 vs […]
As part of its principled shift away from diesel vehicles towards electrics following the diesel emissions cheating scandal (or, more likely, as part of its image rehabilitation strategy), Volkswagen recently revealed that it is now intending […]
