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Updated Volkswagen ID.3 announced with new infotainment

Updated Volkswagen ID.3 announced with new infotainment

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December 4, 2022
The electric Volkswagen ID.3 will receive its first round of updates in the spring of 2023. Developed largely for the European market, the first member of the firm's growing range of ID-branded EVs will get a nip-and-tuck on the exterior and an updated infotainment system. Volkswagen is keeping the hatchback's new look under wraps for…
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Volkswagen Group and PowerCo SE launch site search for first gigafactory in North America

Volkswagen Group and PowerCo SE launch site search for first gigafactory in North America

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December 2, 2022
The Volkswagen Group and its battery company PowerCo SE founded in July 2022 intend to accelerate the build-up of their global battery business through rapid expansion to North America. Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume and the Canadian Minister for Innovation, Science and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne, signed in Wolfsburg today an Addendum to the non-binding Memorandum of…
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Closing the skilled-labor gap together: Volkswagen and CARIAD support the 42 Berlin coding school

Closing the skilled-labor gap together: Volkswagen and CARIAD support the 42 Berlin coding school

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December 1, 2022
As a founding member of 42 Wolfsburg, which opened in spring of 2021, Volkswagen recognized the potential of the novel peer-based training concept for its transformation to a software-centered mobility provider from the beginning. Together with its software subsidiary CARIAD, Volkswagen is once again expanding its dedication to promoting the next generation of highly qualified…
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VW talking to Foxconn about building Scout SUVs

VW talking to Foxconn about building Scout SUVs

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November 29, 2022
BERLIN — Volkswagen is in talks with Taiwan's Foxconn about a partnership to build vehicles for the Scout brand, German autos publication Automobilwoche reported on Tuesday, citing Volkswagen company sources. Volkswagen said in May it planned to reintroduce the Scout off-road brand, creating a separate, independent company to build Scout trucks and SUVs starting in 2026 that will be designed, engineered,…
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Future Classic | 1990-1994 Volkswagen Corrado

Future Classic | 1990-1994 Volkswagen Corrado

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November 27, 2022
Will you have the 1.8-liter four? Can we interest you in the supercharged G60, or perhaps a 190-horsepower VR6? Count the fingers on one hand, and you still won’t reach the total number of engine variants that Volkswagen, through about seven years into the Nineties, plopped under the hood of the now-it’s-here, now-it’s-gone Corrado coupe.…
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VW Golf could transition to EV era as ID.Golf around 2028

VW Golf could transition to EV era as ID.Golf around 2028

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November 27, 2022
Over the next decade, OEMs will need to decide how to integrate their legacy ICE models with their new electric lineups. At Volkswagen, this means figuring out how to handle the transition of globally iconic monikers like Golf and GTI. When VW introduced the Golf-sized ID.3, many suspected the new electric hatch would eventually replace…
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Volkswagen CEO says clunky infotainment overhaul starts now

Volkswagen CEO says clunky infotainment overhaul starts now

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November 27, 2022
Earlier this year, the Volkswagen brand updated its MIB 3.0 modular infotainment matrix software. The evolution brought new features like more information in the digital gauge cluster, Park Assist Plus, and Travel Assist. It also tried to amend a few foibles we (and many others) have complained about since MIB's debut, improving touch recognition, speeding…
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Amazon backed out of taking a stake in Argo; then it folded

Amazon backed out of taking a stake in Argo; then it folded

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November 26, 2022
Amazon.com Inc. emerged as a potential savior for Argo AI, the now-defunct startup backed by two of the world’s biggest automakers, before the deal fell apart because of a sputtering economy, concerns about control and flagging faith in fully autonomous driving. The online retailer was prepared to invest several hundred million dollars into Argo last spring, according to…
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Volkswagen congratulates Sara Frenkel-Bass on her 100th birthday

Volkswagen congratulates Sara Frenkel-Bass on her 100th birthday

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November 25, 2022
Volkswagen congratulates holocaust survivor and former forced labourer Sara Frenkel-Bass on her 100th birthday. All her life she has campaigned for respect and tolerance, and to ensure the past is not forgotten. Volkswagen is profoundly connected to her and grateful for her valuable contribution to the company’s remembrance work. Talking to young people is of…
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Chevy 3100 pickups from the 1950s get an electric makeover

Chevy 3100 pickups from the 1950s get an electric makeover

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November 25, 2022
The electric age meets the Fifties … in luscious cherry red, appetizing buttercream, cool slate blue, and with 294 horsepower. Kindred Motorworks, a California-based restoration operation, is developing an electric version of the classic Chevrolet 3100, the half-ton truck that was one of the best-selling pickups in the U.S. during its production run from 1947…
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