German automaker Volkswagen has invested $300m in Israeli ride hailing provider, Gett, which competes with Uber, Lyft, and Didi Chuxing. Volkswagen's investment comes months after General Motors injected $500m into privately held American ...
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The Volkswagen Group is exploiting possibilities of digitalization as the company believes that IT will play an important role in its future operations. At the Group IT symposium held in Wolfsburg, Germany, members of the Volkswagen Group ...
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Scania will start delivering 51 hybridised Scania Citywide buses to Madrid in June. These complete buses feature cost saving and emission educing hybrid technology that meets the EU suburban and short distance Class II regulations. "We ...
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Volkswagen North American Region CEO Hinrich J. Woebcken along with Volkswagen passenger brand CEO Dr. Herbert Diess, have laid out a new strategy for Volkswagen North American Region. Volkswagen Passenger Cars Brand CEO Dr. Herbert Diess ...
US consumer watchdog the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen for deceiving consumers with illegal devices in its cars. FTC said the German carmaker had carried out false advertising campaign to promote ...
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Hyundai has filed a patent for a new door system for recreational vehicles (RV) which includes a sliding door attached on top of a gullwing. This gullwing design sits on the side of the RV and the company is expecting that the new ...
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Volkswagen has unveiled the production version of the new 2017 Golf Alltrack which will go on sale in the fall as a 2017 model. The vehicle is based on Golf Sportwagen - Volkswagen's Sportwagen models which offer more comfort and ...
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As part of the brand exhibit "Fascination Sports Cars – The Future of Performance", Porsche is presenting seven select show cars at the Volkswagen Group Forum DRIVE in Berlin – for example the 718 Boxster. As part of this ...
Automobile majors have reached an agreement to include automatic emergency braking in almost all the vehicles in the US by September 2022. The agreement by 20 auto majors has been announced by the US Department of Transportation's ...
Scandal-hit Volkswagen has got another jolt, as nearly 300 of its institutional investors have filed a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the global automobile major. The law firm representing the investors said that the carmaker has ...
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INRIX announced that it had acquired OpenCar, a U.S.-based automotive software and services provider. The OpenCar purchase extends the successful INRIX cloud platform into the dashboard with a broad portfolio of third-party content and ...
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Volkswagen America announced the pricing of the 2016 Beetle Convertible 1.8T Denim limited edition. Paying homage to the 1970s Jeans Bug, the vehicle offers fans a modern take on this classic model, with a starting Manufacturers Suggested ...
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The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers announced on Friday that passenger car sales totaled 2.2 million units in January, 9.3 percent more than a year earlier, and the production of new-energy vehicles surged by 144 percent. ...
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Audi has announced to start production of its fully electric SUV in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, starting 2018. This move came as Audi's reshuffle of its operations across Europe as the company tries to focus on electric vehicle ...
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Modern direct-shift production at the KODA Vrchlabí plant has received an intelligent assistant: An innovative lightweight robot is now aiding employees in the 'gear actuator piston insertion' manufacturing step. This is the first ...
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