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E-Drivers Wanted: VW To Test Pre-Production E-Golfs In US
This week Volkswagen of America announced it will be bringing a test fleet of 20 battery electric Golfs to the U.S. for a nine-month research project beginning in April. The E-Golf pilot program will take place in the Detroit Metro, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. markets, and a dozen of the cars will be handed [...]Important Dates For VW Up! MiniCar Revealed
Mark your calendars Volkswagen mini-car fans. It has just been learned that the much-anticipated Volkswagen Up! 3- and 5-door city car will have its world premiere in Paris on August 22. After the world debut, the Up! – which will ultimately be available with either electric or small displacement gas or diesel engines – will [...]First Drive: 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
By most accounts, clean diesel is beginning to make its run into the automotive mainstream in the United States. So, we decided to take the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI out for a test drive to judge for ourselves. “If any car is going to wake America up to the diesel movement, it’s this one,” Ben [...]2015 VW Golf To Be Launched In New York
Volkswagen will hold the North American unveiling of the next generation of its popular Golf hatchback at the New York auto show. Yes, the TDI version will be back. The 2015 Volkswagen Golf is said to be bigger inside and out, lighter, more fuel efficient, and safer than the vehicle it replaces. Volkswagen also said [...]Clean Diesels Poised for Continued Growth in U.S.
Not so long ago the U.S. vehicle market was all but diesel-free, thanks in part to California’s strict air standards that prohibit high nitrogen oxide emitters. But with the debut of the Volkswagen Jetta TDI in 2008 and subsequent releases from Mercedes, BMW and Audi, diesel’s fortunes here are beginning to change. Far from the [...]Future Drive Technology Highlighted By VW
During the 34th International Vienna Motor Symposium last Friday, Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, gave a forecast of the company’s future drive system technologies. Areas of work being focused on by Volkswagen include the development of a high-performance diesel engine delivering 100 kilowatts per liter of displacement [...]VW Overwhelmed by Demand for Clean Diesel Sportwagen
Soaring demand for Volkswagen’s clean diesel Jetta Sportwagen TDI has left VW dealerships unable to keep up with demand. Waiting lists for the $24,000 vehicle—with MPG ratings of 30 city / 42 highway—are as long as 45 days in some Southern California dealerships. The Numbers So far this year, 80 percent of Jetta Sportwagens sold [...]e-Co-Motion Is VW’s Electricity-powered Delivery Solution
Will the next hippie-mobile be powered by electricity? It could be as Volkswagen is studying ways to go electric for its next cargo vehicle offering. At next week’s Geneva International Motor Show, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles will be showing a transporter concept vehicle it calls the e-Co-Motion. This concept is said by Volkswagen to be rated [...]Volkswagen Considers Subcompact for US
After more than three years of rumors, Volkswagen has acknowledged that it is considering bringing a subcompact car to the US market in order to compete with other small car offerings, such as the Toyota Yaris and Honda Fit. Earlier this week, Stefan Jacoby, president of Volkswagen Group America told The Detroit News, “We could [...]Greenpeace Takes Partial Credit For VW's Euro Emission Cuts; Says It's Not Enough
Last week, we reported a Greenpeace PR campaign against Volkswagen might have had some effect in prompting VW to announce revised European emissions reductions targets, and since then, Greenpeace has taken credit, while saying VW is still doing too little. Since last year, Greenpeace has played off of the Star Wars theme and spoofed VW [...]