Volkswagen

Russian court freezes all Volkswagen assets in Russia

Russian auto manufacturer GAZ sued the German carmaker for breach of contract after Volkswagen terminated the agreement in August.

Audi, Porsche decide to join Formula One

Earlier, there had been speculation that Audi and Porsche were in negotiation over partnerships to enter the highest class of international motor racing.

From Apple to Shell – here are all the big companies pulling out of Russia

The list of global companies cutting ties with Russia continues to grow as sanctions against Moscow rack up over its attacks on Ukraine.

Greenpeace Germany takes Volkswagen to court over carbon emissions

The automaker has been resisting demands of reducing carbon emissions and ending production of internal combustion engine cars by 2030.

EU slaps $1B fine on VW, BMW, Audi, Porsche in emission scandal

The German carmakers avoided competing on technology to restrict pollution even though they had the means to cut harmful emissions, EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager says.

Volkswagen to stop producing cars with combustion engines in EU by 2035

"We will make our entire fleet CO2 neutral by 2050 at the latest," says senior official of German carmaker.

German prosecutors charge former Volkswagen CEO with false testimony

The charges are related to a 2015 scandal when VW admitted it had equipped around 11 million vehicles with devices capable of producing fake carbon dioxide emission readings during tests.

Volkswagen says statement on name change to Voltswagen was April Fool joke

"Volkswagen of America will not be changing its name to Voltswagen, the renaming was designed to be an announcement in the spirit of April Fool’s Day, highlighting the launch of the all-electric car," the company's US spokesperson says.

Turkey opens investigation into Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes

Turkey's Competition Authority discussed earlier findings from a preliminary investigation and decided to open an investigation.

Auto industry races to make ventilators during virus crisis

As hospitals around the world face a surge of patients with breathing difficulties from Covid-19, the scarcity of ventilators has forced doctors to make life-or-death decisions. Auto manufacturers are responding to a massive global shortage.

Tesla compromises Germany's environmentalist credentials

Environmental activists are up against Tesla and the law as they try and stop the march of capitalism on their environment.

Canada charges Volkswagen over faking car emissions tests

Canada's case against Volkswagen comes more than four years after the company admitted to installing software on 11 million cars worldwide to trick emissions-testing equipment into concluding the cars run more cleanly than they actually did.