Volkswagen News
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Volkswagen will deploy about 1,500 e-Golfs to Germany later this year.
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VW guarantees EV battery capacity for 8 years/100,000 miles
Owners of VW's ID electric cars won't have to worry about their car's battery becoming a brick.
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Cutesy VW New Beetle truck conversion available for DIYers
A company called Smyth Performance has a do-it-yourself conversion kit to turn a VW New Beetle into an especially cute ute.
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VW ditches self-driving startup Aurora ahead of likely deal with Ford's Argo AI
VW is tipped to announce a partnership with Ford in the area of self-driving cars by the summer.
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How a $7,000 car became the "Million-Dollar" Scirocco
One man spent nearly a decade modifying his 19080 Volkswagen Scirocco S into a drag racing machine and then an art car.
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2020 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport spy shots
A new SUV that VW will build at its Chattanooga plant has just been spotted.
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The Volkswagen ID R set a new electric car lap record at the Nürburgring with a time of 6:05.33, besting the Nio EP9 by more than 40 seconds.
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A closer look at the VW ID R electric race car's charging system
For its Nürburgring electric car record attempt, the pair of batteries in the VW ID R race car are charged in about 20 minutes by two fast chargers that transfer electricity at a rate of 90 kw each.
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VW Golf GTI Aurora concept has hologram-controlled stereo
Volkswagen is thinking of the future with a hologram-controlled 3,000-watt stereo system in its Golf GTI Aurora concept car.
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Cheeky VW advertises manual transmission as anti-theft device
Driving a car equipped with a manual transmission these days is something of a rarity among the public, but this rarity has turned into something positve for owners of manual-equipped cars. It seems the decline of three pedals and a stick has produced numerous headlines declaring would-be thieves...
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VW caters to the hip crowd with enthusiast-inspired builds
Volkswagen is getting hip. The brand has prepared seven enthusiast-inspired "concepts" for SOWO: The European Experience, and there's something for everyone to take in. The event is a tuner fest for fans of European cars and runs this weekend in Hutchinson Island, Savannah, Georgia. Naturally, VWs...
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2020 VW Golf will introduce 48-volt mild-hybrid system
Volkswagen announced the next-generation Golf hatchback will get 48-volt mild-hybrid technology, but it so far it's just for engines not likely headed for the U.S.
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A new generation of the Volkswagen Golf is just around the corner and its digital dash has just been previewed.
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VW's ID R Nürburgring challenge is homework for future electric R model
Volkswagen is using its ID R race car for more than breaking records; it’s helping set the stage for a fully electric production model from its R performance division.
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VW ID 3 electric car tallies 10,000 pre-orders in 24 hours
Ten thousand European customers put down deposits of more than $1,200 within 24 hours for the VW ID 3 hatchback after Volkswagen started taking orders on Wednesday.
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Slug bug is still a hit: The game outlasts the Volkswagen Beetle that inspired it
The childhood game punch buggy is shadenfraude with wheels. It's unknown when the game started, but printed evidence goes back to 1964 and the game will outlast Volkswagen's iconic Beetle.
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VW confirms electric hatch as the ID 3 as order books open
Volkswagen's family of ID electric cars is coming, and the first model has been confirmed as the ID 3, a Golf-sized hatch with at least 200 miles of range.
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VW Group reportedly drops electric sports car platform, mulls Bentley sale to cut costs
The Volkswagen Group will no longer develop its SPE dedicated electric sports car platform and may also sell off Bentley as it looks to allocate resources to more profitable areas.
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Volkswagen is reportedly eliminating the standard Golf in the U.S. to concentrate on the performance models of its compact hatchback.
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Get a closer look at the Volkswagen ID R's battery technology
Find out how Volkswagen changed the ID R electric time attack special for the car's assault on the the Nürburgring-Nordschleife's lap record for EVs.
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First drive review: 2019 Volkswagen Arteon puts SUVs on notice, if it’s not too late
The 2019 Volkswagen Arteon delivers good performance and impressive utility in a stylish package.
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VW ID R completes first test at the 'Ring
The Volkswagen ID R electric race car will attempt to set a new lap record for EVs at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, and testing is already under way. Following a debut of the updated and tweaked version of the ID R for the Nürburgring, VW got right to work at the racetrack. The team hit...
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See how the Volkswagen ID R implements F1 engineering for 'Ring run
Check out how Volkswagen changed the ID R electric race car to attack the Nürburgring Nordschleife, including changing the body work and adding a Formula One-inspired DRS.
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Meet the Volkswagen ID R that aims to set a new Nürburgring record
Volkswagen announced its intentions to tackle the Nürburgring Nordschleife with its ID R electric race car in January, and on Wednesday, the company revealed the car set to take on the Green Hell. We've seen the ID R electric race car before when it smashed the outright record at the Pikes...
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