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  1. Volkswagen News Blog
    When they’re not preparing to sell an ultra-luxury supercar  brand  or creating a new line of  electric vehicles , they’re planning a big-time merger for a larger piece of the heavy-duty truck market. It’s only gonna cost them a few billion dollars. Volkswagen’s commercial vehicle subsidiary...
  2. Volkswagen News Blog
    A fleet of 35 autonomous ID. Buzzes will drive the people of Qatar around the nation’s capital Doha by 2022. The announcement follows an agreement signed by VW and Qatar to develop a system of autonomous shuttles and buses to fit into the city’s public transit system. “For our cities to...
  3. Volkswagen News Blog
    Although in many ways back on track financially, Volkswagen is still looking to simplify its empire with the sale of non-core, noncritical assets, even though that doesn’t include Ducati right now. “The list [of assets disposals] has not been put away on the shelf,” Matthias Müller, head of the...
  4. Volkswagen News Blog
    Although the Volkswagen Group sales have grown since the TDI scandal of a year ago, the Volkswagen brand has had less success. This August, though, the brand saw worldwide sales rise 4.7%.  This is "a good result given the present conditions,” says Jürgen Stackmann, VW brand board member for...
  5. Volkswagen News Blog
    2016 has undoubtedly been challenging for Volkswagen, but there’s good news coming from the automaker. North American deliveries for the Volkswagen brand are up 4% this April as compared to 2015. Deliveries April 2015 April 2016 Change (%)North America 48,700 50,700 +4.0Europe 151,700 150,300...
  6. Volkswagen News Blog
    China bought the most Volkswagens it ever has in the first three months of the year, which makes Asia-Pacific the brand’s biggest market and the group's second biggest. Central and Eastern Europe were also eager to buy VWs. Sales there shot up 9% in March, as compared to last year. In all, the...
  7. Misc. Professional Racing
    The competitors in the 2016 season of the European Truck Racing Championship, officially Europe’s most American sport, have been anounced. 14 drivers are signed up to compete in all nine scheduled races. Eight of the 14 drivers entered will be racing trucks originally produced by MAN and one...
  8. Volkswagen News Blog
    At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Ericsson and Scania announced joint research efforts to accelerate the connectivity of commercial vehicles and infrastructure. Ericsson and Scania are convinced that advances in communications technologies and future deployments of 5G networks will...
  9. Volkswagen News Blog
    Just five months after the initial go-ahead, the management team at Volkswagen Truck & Bus GmbH led by CEO Andreas Renschler is complete. Matthias Gründler (49) took up his post as CFO of the holding on September 1. Lars Stenqvist (48) has now been appointed to head the cross-divisional research...
  10. Volkswagen News Blog
    Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn becomes Chairman of the Board Corporate headquarters of the holding is Braunschweig Volkswagen Truck & Bus GmbH, the holding bringing together Volkswagen AG’s truck and bus business, has formed a Supervisory Board composed on a parity basis. Prof. Dr. Martin...
  11. Volkswagen News Blog
    Slight increase of 1.0 percent in deliveries for first four months 853,200 vehicles handed over in April Group Board Member for Sales Christian Klingler: “Mixed market trends. Continued focus on qualitative growth.” The Volkswagen Group delivered 3.34 (January-April 2014: 3.31; +1.0 percent)...
  12. Volkswagen News Blog
    Truck & Bus GmbH to become holding for commercial vehicle brands Prof. Martin Winterkorn: "MAN and Scania will together become global champion" Board Member for Commercial Vehicles Andreas Renschler: "MAN and Scania brands retain their independence" Works Council Chairman Bernd Osterloh: "The...
  13. Volkswagen News Blog
    Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft is paying SEK 200 plus interest of SEK 5.02 in cash per share to the noncontrolling interest shareholders of Scania who did not tender their shares in the course of Volkswagen's offer. This was announced by Volkswagen in Wolfsburg on Tuesday, based on the...
  14. Volkswagen News Blog
    968,300 vehicles handed over in March / +2.3 percent Group Board Member for Sales Christian Klingler: "No guarantee this will be successful year." The Volkswagen Group delivered 2.49 million vehicles from January to March (January-March 2014: 2.44; +1.8 percent). The Company handed over 968,300...
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