Volkswagen News

Volkswagen will reportedly hire an ex-FBI Director to advise it.

Battery-cell improvements will yield greater range, the company's electronic-development boss says.

By this point, the principles of corporate crisis-management communications are pretty well established. A company with a looming PR catastrophe needs to respond immediately, keep one trustworthy and high-level executive in front of the cameras, repeatedly promise the company will make good, and...

The California Air Resources Board rejected Volkswagen's plan to modify 2.0-liter diesel cars.

Volkswagen will give 3.0-liter V-6 diesel owners the same "goodwill" package offered to owners of 2.0-liter four-cylinder cars.

Volkswagen could buy back 115,000 diesel cars in the U.S., a new report says.

It's been a little more than three months since the Volkswagen diesel emission scandal erupted into the public eye. Over that time, VW has revealed multiple violations of emissions rules across the globe for roughly 11 million of its TDI diesel cars sold not only by Volkswagen but also Audi and...

Volkswagen continues to argue with regulators over modifications for non-compliant diesel cars.

The Volkswagen Budd-e Concept that was revealed at CES this week marks several firsts. While there are some radically different design and interface approaches (like expanded gesture controls), several of the most important firsts in the Budd-e concern what’s claimed underneath: an all-new...

The U.S. government is suing Volkswagen over its diesel cheating.

The 2016 Consumer Electronics Show will be a big one for cars.

The rumor of an electric Volkswagen Bus concept to be shown at next month's Consumer Electronics Show first appeared in September, just before the VW diesel emission scandal erupted. In the wake of a pledge to boost its vehicle electrification efforts, Volkswagen has now confirmed that it will show...

Hundreds of thousands of diesel-VW owners are waiting to find out how their cars will be updated to meet emissions standards, once modifications are approved by regulators. And Volkswagen Group has clearly been tarnished by the emission-cheating scandal, which affects 11 million cars worldwide. But...

A group of environmental leaders disputes a proposal to forgive Volkswagen's diesel transgressions.

Volkswagen's Canada arm will offer gift cards and free roadside assistance to owners.

The California Air Resources Board is extending a deadline to review VW's proposed emissions updates.

A Chinese environmental group is suing Volkswagen over its "defeat device" software.

It will cost a huge sum, likely billions of dollars, to make Volkswagen fix all of the 482,000 TDI diesel vehicles it has admitted use "defeat device" software to ignore emission laws. Indeed, it may not be practically possible for VW to modify 325,000 of those cars--and it would cost the company...

German prosecutors are investigating Bosch to see if it helped VW configure "defeat device" software.

Volkswagen says a small group of employees were responsible for the "defeat device" software.