Volkswagen News

Volkswagen is teasing autonomous-driving tech to America in the short-wheelbase version it won't sell in the U.S.

What has VW been doing that the iconic Bus took 20 years to return, and why won't it arrive in the U.S. until 2024?

The U.S. ID.Buzz will arrive later in 2024 and offer three rows of seating, 10 more inches, more power, and likely more miles of range.

Local assembly of U.S.-market ID.4 crossover SUVs, as well as local battery sourcing, help allow the ID.4 to qualify for the full credit amount.

The tax-credit rules require North American assembly of vehicles and their battery packs, and set requirements for where battery raw materials can be sourced from.

The ID.7 one-ups electric SUVs by going farther, more comfortably, with less.

The ID.2all is the first MEB-based vehicle with front-wheel drive, and it's about two feet shorter than the ID.4.

The PowerCo facilities are due to make a new cell format headed into EVs built on VW Group's next-generation EV platform, termed SSP.

VW's Scout brand will make its first model a "rugged utility vehicle" or "RUV," followed "in quick succession" by a larger electric pickup truck.

Volkswagen may be turning less to suppliers for the design of key EV propulsion components and more to in-house development.

According to VW's top U.S. executive, the possible pickup could have a hybrid of plug-in hybrid powertrain, but that it would definitely be one or the other.

In affected vehicles, software may cause a sudden loss of power while driving, due to a reset battery management control or deactivated inverter.

The Canadian province of Ontario is reportedly in the running for a battery plant, while an EV smaller than the ID.4 may have already been given the green light.

Based on the ID.Aero concept car that VW had already confirmed was U.S.-bound, the ID.7 is a large, streamlined sedan that might top 350 miles of range.

The updated version, dubbed MEB+, will incorporate charging and battery updates, plus an electrical architecture designed to support more advanced driver-assist tech.

Unlike Tesla or Polestar, this won't be an over-the-air update that can be done in an owner's driveway; it will require a dealership visit and the replacement of the 12-volt battery.

Building its own plant for the electric trucks is now the least likely option, according to the report, which indicates an about-face versus earlier this year, when VW was reportedly shopping for new factory sites.

A new Golf EV and Tiguan EV are reportedly being considered now that the brand's flagship electric car is being delayed to 2030.

Volkswagen claims to have reached this goal a year early, with 135,000 EVs on order still yet to be delivered.

The ID.4 Standard delivers a better driving experience than other sub-$40,000 EVs, with an EPA range rating of 209 miles.