Enlarge / The VW plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen reader comments 229 with The Volkswagen passenger car brand looks set to lay off workers, according to a report in Reuters. The news organization saw a post on VW’s intranet quoting CEO Thomas Schaffer, who blamed low productivity and high costs for the impending cuts. “With ..
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Enlarge / Dirk Hilgenberg was appointed to take over Cariad from Christian Senger in 2022; now he’s to be replaced by someone from Bentley. Volkswagen Group reader comments 2 with Volkswagen Group’s troubled software division Cariad is getting new leadership again. According to Reuters, later today, VW Group is expected to announce that it’s replacing ..
Aurich Lawson reader comments 116 with Share this story In 2019, Volkswagen Group had a bold plan. After proving that it made sense to use a few common architectures to design a varied range of vehicles across multiple different brands, it decided to apply that same approach to software. It set up a new division ..
Enlarge / Danish racing driver Tom Kristensen leads another pair of Audi RS e-tron GTs through the corkscrew corner at Laguna Seca. reader comments 39 with 0 posters participating Share this story Call it platform sharing, call it badge engineering, call it what you like—car companies have collaborated with each other to make cars for ..
Enlarge / The exterior clues that this is a Porsche 718 GT4 ePerformance and not a 718 GT4 Clubsport are subtle; it’s 140 mm (5.5 inches) wider, and the headlight projectors look more like a Taycan’s than a Cayman’s. But it’s an all-electric car with more than a thousand horsepower on tap. Jonathan Gitlin reader ..
Enlarge / Argo AI was one of the more promising autonomous driving startups. But now it’s ceasing operations. Aurich Lawson | Argo reader comments 89 with 54 posters participating, including story author Share this story The world of autonomous driving took a big blow on Wednesday with the sudden news that Argo AI will shut ..
Mario Tama/Getty Images reader comments 240 with 137 posters participating Share this story California’s ability to regulate its own air quality is being defended by five automakers this week. BMW, Ford, Honda, Volkswagen Group, and Volvo have filed a motion to defend the Golden State’s waiver, issued by the US Environmental Protection Agency, that allows ..
Enlarge / In 2026 we might well see a Red Bull F1 car powered by a Porsche hybrid powertrain. Dan Mullan/Getty Images reader comments 26 with 20 posters participating Share this story Rumors that Volkswagen Group is poised to enter Formula 1 have circulated for years. Every few months, often in a European car magazine, ..
Enlarge / The Bugatti Chiron will be joined by new electrified models. reader comments 102 with 69 posters participating Share this story For almost a year, a rumor has been circulating that Volkswagen Group plans to offload Bugatti to Croatian electric vehicle specialists Rimac. That rumor turns out to be true: on Monday Porsche and ..
Enlarge / Red Bull is assuming control of its own engine development next year once Honda leaves the sport. But could we see Porsche badges on the cars before too long? The rumors won’t stop swirling. Lars Baron/Getty Images reader comments 53 with 37 posters participating, including story author Share this story Even though we’re ..