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VW, Microsoft Extend Collaboration to Self-Driving Car Software
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Volkswagen AG and Microsoft Corp. are expanding their cooperation involving the U.S. software giant’s cloud technology to include speeding up development of automated driving.
February 11, 2021VW CEO Says Apple Can Mount Major Challenge With Auto Push
Volkswagen AG CEO Herbert Diess. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg News)
Volkswagen AG CEO Herbert Diess said cash-rich technology giants invading the auto industry pose a much bigger challenge for the German manufacturer than traditional rivals like Toyota Motor Corp.
December 23, 2020VW’s Battery Bet Reveals Data Showing Tech Could Top Tesla
Robots work on the body of a VW ID.3 car at the company's plant in Zwickau, Germany. (Jens Meyer/Associated Press)
QuantumScape Corp., a battery startup that counts Volkswagen AG as its largest shareholder, says new data shows its batteries can be charged to as much as 80% of full power in 15 minutes, almost twice as fast as a Tesla Model 3.
December 8, 2020VW Boosts Tech Spending Within $177 Billion Investment Plan
Robotic arms scan the body of a VW ID.3 electric car at the automaker's factory in Zwickau, Germany. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg News)
Volkswagen AG will reserve a bigger slice of its 150 billion euro ($177 billion) budget for investment in electric cars and software in the next five years, stepping up technology spending to navigate a tectonic industry shift even as the COVID-19 pandemic roils markets.
November 13, 2020VW CEO Diess Says Existential Electric Race Awaits After Pandemic
VW CEO Herbert Diess said that when it comes to electric cars, "if you're not fast enough, you're not going to survive." (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg News)
Volkswagen AG CEO Herbert Diess vowed to pursue a sweeping transition to electric cars, declaring it a matter of survival even as the coronavirus risks upending business in the near term.
November 5, 2020VW Aims to Turn Legions of SUV Buyers Into Electric Converts
A VW ID.4 stands in a street during a presentation in Germany on July 29. (Sebastian Kahnert/dpa via AP)
Volkswagen AG is setting a high bar for the first electric vehicle it will build around the globe.
September 23, 2020VW’s Traton Boosts Bid for Navistar to $3.6 Billion
International trucks are parked in a lot outside the Navistar facility in Melrose Park, Ill. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Navistar International Corp. confirmed that Volkswagen AG’s heavy-truck business boosted its bid to buy the rest of the U.S. manufacturer for $3.6 billion.
September 10, 2020Musk Test-Drives VW Electric Car in Meeting With CEO Diess
Elon Musk speaks at the site of the new Tesla Gigafactory in Germany on Sept. 3. (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)
Before Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk returned to the U.S. after a three-day visit to Germany, he made a final stopover to meet with one of his biggest competitors — Volkswagen AG CEO Herbert Diess.
September 4, 2020VW CEO Backs Bill Gates’ Proposals for Greener Transportation
Empty electric automobile charging bays sit in an employee parking lot at the Volkswagen AG headquarter factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, on Aug. 25. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg News)
Volkswagen AG’s CEO encouraged Bill Gates to advise governments on how to lower carbon emissions from transportation and renewed his criticism of Germany’s slow abandonment of coal power.
August 27, 2020SAF-Holland to Supply Air Suspension for VW E-Delivery Truck in Brazil
SAF-Holland
SAF-Holland announced it has been selected to supply the rear-drive air suspensions for the new VW electric delivery truck in Brazil.
August 3, 2020