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  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    Audi AG
    Audi boss takes on Tesla from his living room

    Motorbike fanatic Markus Duesmann is drawing up VW’s tech master plan while tackling a pandemic and chip shortages

  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    VW posts €10bn profit in pandemic-ravaged year after late recovery

    World’s largest carmaker benefits from surge in global demand for vehicles at end of 2020

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    VW hit with fines for missing strict EU emissions targets

    World’s biggest car manufacturer to pay more than €100m after electric ambitions fall short

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    Electric vehicles
    German carmakers outpace Tesla with electrified vehicle surge

    BMW, Daimler and VW tripled sales to almost 600,000 last year in race to meet CO2 targets

  • Friday, 27 November, 2020
    VW holds back on electric supermini

    Decision not to launch Polo-sized model for at least three years keeps group out of key market

  • Thursday, 5 November, 2020
    News in-depthElectric vehicles
    Volkswagen’s chief battles to keep electric dream alive

    Herbert Diess seeks to secure backing of unions and shareholders in drive to be electric heavyweight

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    Pollution
    VW within ‘1 gramme’ of compliance with EU carbon targets

    Carmakers must cut average fleet emissions to 95g of CO2 per kilometre or face significant fines

  • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
    Volkswagen returns to profit on Chinese recovery

    World’s largest carmaker is optimistic business will stabilise despite pandemic

  • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
    Auto industry no longer needs more stimulus, says VW chief

    Verdict from world’s largest carmaker follows stronger-than-expected recovery in sales

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  • Friday, 23 October, 2020
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    Carmakers breathe easier after emissions targets dash

    Generous subsidies for electric vehicles help Europe’s laggards reach the finish line

  • Thursday, 1 October, 2020
    BlackRock attacks Volkswagen’s post-Dieselgate governance

    World’s biggest fund manager concerned at lack of independent leadership in wake of emissions scandal

  • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
    VW forecasts car sales revival as it attempts to win over shareholders

    Board comes under fire over corporate structure and continued fallout from ‘Dieselgate’

  • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
    VW’s MAN tears up deal with German unions as it pursues job cuts

    Truck and bus manufacturer warns of ‘perfect storm’ as it cancels agreements in order to axe 9,500 roles

  • Monday, 28 September, 2020
    Chinese business & finance
    VW and Chinese partners pour €15bn into country’s electric car market

    German group steps up battle with Tesla as it plans 15 electrified models for Beijing market by 2025

  • Thursday, 24 September, 2020
    Ex-VW boss to be tried on charges of market manipulation over diesel emissions scandal

    Winterkorn accused of failing to inform investors in timely manner of existence of defeat devices

  • Wednesday, 23 September, 2020
    Driverless vehicles
    Volkswagen unit takes stake in self-driving truck start-up TuSimple

    Deal to jointly develop autonomous vehicles comes as San Diego group looks to public listing

  • Tuesday, 15 September, 2020
    Dieselgate could not happen again, VW executive claims

    German carmaker says it has strengthened its compliance and complaints procedures

  • Tuesday, 15 September, 2020
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    TikTok deal review, Arm Holdings deal, VW on ‘Dieselgate’

    White House will review the ‘technical partnership’ deal between Oracle and ByteDance this week

  • Wednesday, 9 September, 2020
    Special ReportE-mobility
    Brighter outlook for Europe EV sales amid Covid-19 wreckage

    Demand surges as government subsidies offer hope of a green recovery out of the pandemic

  • Thursday, 3 September, 2020
    Batteries
    Battery start-up QuantumScape to list via Spac deal

    Solid-state cell maker backed by VW and Bill Gates valued at $3.3bn

  • Sunday, 16 August, 2020
    Automobiles
    Carmakers launch direct internet sales

    Manufacturers bypass dealers as Covid and electric cars change the way customers buy

  • Thursday, 13 August, 2020
    German prosecutors say death of a man is linked to VW scandal

    Body was found in a burning car 20km from carmaker’s headquarters in Wolfsburg

  • Thursday, 30 July, 2020
    Volkswagen sinks to €1.4bn loss as pandemic knocks car sales

    World’s largest carmaker still expects to eke out a profit this year

  • Monday, 27 July, 2020
    VW’s electric ID.3 model draws flood of orders from new customers

    Demand for flagship EV from younger drivers boosts carmaker’s effort to take on Tesla

  • Friday, 17 July, 2020
    VW to focus on electric vehicle production in China

    German group looks to take advantage after Beijing’s subsidy cuts hit domestic carmakers

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