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In pictures: Volkswagen TDI diesels await their fate in Pike's Peak shadow
It might be the world’s largest single-company junkyard and pick-a-part business, if not for the prominent "No Trespassing" and "Drone-Free Zone" signs. Instead, it’s a massive storage facility in Colorado for thousands of disgraced VW and Audi TDI diesel vehicles awaiting whatever fate... read more
Volkswagen ID Crozz electric crossover concept updated at Frankfurt show
Germany's giant VW Group has said, several times, that it will have 30 different electric cars on sale globally by 2025. Over the last year, it's unveiled three different... read more September 12, 2017 by John Voelcker
Audi diesel: another shoe drops as top VW Group execs implicated
It has been nearly two years since Volkswagen came clean and admitted its "clean diesel" engines were actually quite dirty. In 2015, a VW engineer admitted the TDI diesel... read more August 28, 2017 by Sean Szymkowski
VW engineer gets 40 months in jail, $200K fine, for diesel cheating role
Former Volkswagen employee James Liang was sentenced in Detroit on Friday to serve 40 months in prison and pay a $200,000 fine for his role in the global Volkswagen... read more August 26, 2017 by John Voelcker
Volkswagen ID Buzz drive: electric VW bus offers unique EV concept
When you see a concept car drive onto the stage at an auto show, don't be fooled into thinking it's what you'll drive out of the dealer a couple of years later. We got to... read more August 19, 2017 by John Voelcker
Volkswagen to build ID Buzz electric Microbus, cargo vans too, on sale in 2022
The Volkswagen ID Buzz concept, an all-electric reinterpretation of the iconic VW Microbus, generated huge enthusiasm and public crowds when it debuted in January at the... read more August 19, 2017 by John Voelcker
VW exec to plead guilty to diesel cheating charges after jail, house arrest
It has been almost two years since Volkswagen changed the prospects for diesel-powered cars when it admitted to eight years' worth of cheating on emissions tests for its... read more August 4, 2017 by Sean Szymkowski
Modifications to oldest, dirtiest VW, Audi TDI diesels approved by EPA
VW Group of North America now owns hundreds of thousands of Volkswagen and Audi TDI diesel vehicles it has bought back from owners under the terms of various diesel emission... read more July 28, 2017 by John Voelcker
California should approve VW 'Electrify America' plan for electric-car charging: CARB analysis
This Thursday, the California Air Resources Board will meet to consider what action it will take on an important plan that could bring many more electric-car charging sites... read more July 24, 2017 by John Voelcker
All-electric VW ID Buzz Microbus confirmed for production
Working to redirect attention from its diesel-emission scandal—soon to wind down in the U.S. but ongoing in Europe—Volkswagen Group has talked a lot about its... read more June 20, 2017 by John Voelcker
Judge approves VW diesel V-6 settlement, last major piece of scandal
The Volkswagen diesel cheating saga has closed another chapter as a U.S. judge approved a proposed settlement for V-6 powered vehicles, the final major U.S. piece of the... read more May 15, 2017 by Sean Szymkowski
Extent of Volkswagen diesel deceit detailed in new book
It's getting close to two years since Volkswagen admitted it had installed "defeat device" software on hundreds of thousands of diesel vehicles sold in the U.S. The fact that... read more May 12, 2017 by Sean Szymkowski
Volkswagen T-Roc video teases new small SUV five months early (updated)
Sales of crossover utility vehicles—the ones that look like tough, capable, high-riding SUVs but actually sit on passenger-car underpinnings—continue to surge all... read more April 30, 2017 by John Voelcker
Modified 'new' 2015 Volkswagen TDI diesels come with big discounts
If you're itching to climb into a brand new, 2015 Volkswagen TDI, the german automaker wants to sweeten the deal for you. Volkswagen has begun selling its fixed, 2015 model... read more April 19, 2017 by Sean Szymkowski
VW Electrify America plan for electric-car charging across U.S. released
Two billion dollars is a lot of money. When VW Group of America agreed to fund a $2 billion project to spread zero-emission vehicle infrastructure across the U.S. as part of... read more April 18, 2017 by John Voelcker
Brand-new 2015 Volkswagen TDI diesels back on sale after modifications
If you're a diehard diesel fan, you now have one last chance to buy a brand-new Volkswagen TDI diesel car. Well, almost brand-new, anyhow: the cars in question are 2015... read more April 18, 2017 by John Voelcker
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