Part of Volkswagen‘s repentance for that diesel boondoggle is some EV philanthropy known as Electrify America (EA), charged with “investing $ 2 billion over the next 10 years in Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure, education/outreach, and access/exposure.” When EA announced the first phase of its plan last February, it said it would install roughly 500 […]
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VW's I.D. Crozz EV crossover — we'll get it in 2020
Volkswagen’s all-electric I.D.Crozz concept crossover has been on the global auto-show circuit this year, first popping up in Shanghai in April and then traveling to Frankfurt with some improvements. Now, it’s made its way to Los Angeles, and with it some news: Volkswagen will introduce a production version of the I.D Crozz in 2020, as […]
VW's new Tiguan crossover gets R-Line trim
For this week’s L.A. Auto Show, Volkswagen has announced an R-Line package to give the clean lines of its new 2018 Tiguan crossover “an even more dynamic appearance.” The R-Line package costs $ 1,795 in SEL trim, $ 1,495 in SEL Premium. (The price difference is attributable to the addition of parking sensors in the […]
U.S. will get VW's I.D. Crozz first — and here's the latest on that I.D. Buzz retro VW bus
When Volkswagen revealed each of its three I.D. concepts, the original I.D., the I.D. Buzz, and the I.D. Crozz, each prompted two key questions. Will it reach production? If so, when will it reach production? The company officially said that the first I.D. will arrive in 2020. With the other two, we were in the […]
VW's French unit reported false delivery figures since 2010
Volkswagen’s French division reported inaccurate delivery figures to German headquarters for years to make its performance look better, Der Spiegel said on Friday, citing a report by the carmaker’s internal auditors. The auditors found a number of cars were registered by their owners “several months or even years” after the deliveries were recorded by the […]
VW's new style maker | 2018 Volkswagen Arteon First Drive
“Never has there been a sexier Volkswagen,” says Klaus Bischoff, VW’s design director. Though here it’s important to consider the gap between ‘sexier’ and plain sexy. I’m not sure the new Arteon is anywhere near the latter. But even if you aren’t in the market for a mid-sized, German four-door ‘coupe,’ you might want to […]
VW's autonomous Sedric concept looks like anything but a car
The thing you see above probably doesn’t remind you of a car. The Sedric concept doesn’t even remind us of a VW Thing. What it is is the Volkswagen Group’s first crack at a Level 5, full-autonomous vehicle. And according to VW, it’s sort of not supposed to have styling. (Which is somewhat of a […]
