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VW Develops Car That Can Travel 313 Miles On Single Gallon
Volkswagen unveiled a new car at the 2011 Qatar Motor Show this week, a car that also caught the attention of the BBC in the UK. The car they unveiled isn’t a production car, but instead a new concept car that highlights that there could be alternatives to all-electric cars—at least...
Green Advice: You Filled A Diesel Car With Gasoline; Now What?
Unless you're Argonne Laboratories, putting gasoline into a diesel fueled car is a bad problem. Maybe it was brain fade. Perhaps you rented or borrowed an unfamiliar car. Or... December 29, 2010 by John Voelcker 3
1985 Electric Volkswagen Golf To Return To Factory of its Birth
When I met last month with Volkswagen to ride inside a prototype 2012 Golf Blue e-motion, I was eager to experience this all-electric version of its popular 2011 Golf... December 14, 2010 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 4
Volkswagen To Bring Golf R To United States
We’ve had to wait quite a long time for a new hot hatch from Germany, but now it seems that one is close to arrival. Tuned by the in-house R team at Volkswagen, the... December 12, 2010 by Bryan Usrey
2011 Detroit Auto Show Preview: 2012 Volkswagen New Midsize Sedan
With the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show past us, it's time to look toward January's 2011 Detroit Auto Show. Which should have a lot of interesting green cars, if early reports... December 10, 2010 by John Voelcker
VW, Daimler: There’s a Future in Electric Cars, Not Quite Yet
Can there ever be such a thing as too much honesty when it comes to frank discussions about your company policy? Normally we’d say no, but when you start to sow the... November 15, 2010 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 7
First Ride: 2013 VW Golf Blue-E-Motion Prototype
It’s a little-known fact that between the late 1970s and mid 1990s Volkswagen made a series of limited-run electric cars based on the VW Golf platform. Thirty years... November 9, 2010 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
Volkswagen Won’t Follow Fiat’s Lead With Two-Cylinder Engine
In Europe Fiat sells its funky 500 minicar with an optional 0.9-liter two-cylinder engine that when equipped with an automatic transmission returns an impressive fuel economy... November 8, 2010 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 1
2012 VW Up Minicar On Sale In Europe Next Year, Already Priced
VW hasn't yet unveiled the final version of its upcoming Up minicar, which will be smaller than the smallest vehicle it sells in Europe today, the Volkswagen Polo subcompact... November 5, 2010 by John Voelcker
VW Will Differentiate Its Hybrids By Making Them Sporty
Volkswagen is intent on becoming the world’s leading automaker by 2018 and that means being the top dog in every segment, including hybrid and electric vehicles... November 3, 2010 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Quick Drive: 2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup
Before unveiling the redesigned 2011 Jetta, Volkswagen decided to drop a special treat into the lineup of the 2010 model--a TDI Cup Street Edition. Like the old SCCA Showroom... October 20, 2010 by Tim Healey
Volkswagen Gains EV Experience With Ex-Renault Expert
Despite Volkswagen's green technology mainly being focused on clean diesels, the company are clearly serious about their EV program too, having lured Joerg Sommer from... October 15, 2010 by Antony Ingram
2010 Paris Motor Show: Skoda, SEAT Reveal New EVs
As you might have already gathered, the Volkswagen empire is rather big. Owning Volkswagen (obviously) and Audi and having a large stake in Porsche, they're one of the... September 30, 2010 by Antony Ingram
VW Charges Up Blue e-Motion Golf For 2013 Launch, Testing Now
As we pointed out last week, it’s not always best to be first to release a new generation of technology, especially when the competition is so fierce. Playing the game... September 13, 2010 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
Lithium-Ion Supply Delays Arrival Of Volkswagen Blue-E-Motion
Electric cars are coming; in fact, it seems like most major manufacturers either has a vehicle coming to market soon or has one in plan. Volkswagen is one of the... August 31, 2010 by Jonathan McGrew
Whisky-Based Biofuel Developed In Scotland
There seems to be no end to the number of organic materials that can be converted into usable biofuel to power a car. We’ve seen fuel derived from garbage before, a race... August 19, 2010 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 1
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