As promised, Volkswagen and Ford announce more information about their future cooperation. Herbert Diess (CEO Volkswagen Group) and Jim Hackett (CEO Ford Motor Company) confirmed the two companies are expanding their global cooperation. One of the main focuses is e-mobilty and a second one is autonomous driving. "While Ford and Volkswagen remain independent competitors their collaboration with Argo AI increases...

12 July 2019

Volkswagen has released an ID.3 commercial which focuses on the model's interior and more specifically - the dashboard. Those of you who have already checked out the dash of the Seat el-Born unveiled upon its announcement won't be surprised as both look almost identical. Because a picture is worth a thousand words we will leave you to the official video and screenshots from it listed below. UPDATE: as of this...

10 July 2019

In the next ten years, the Volkswagen Group will launch 70 pure electric cars on the market. The ID.3 is the first of those. Volkswagen continues heating up the audience about the ID.3 in an informative and detailed style of communication. The latest release from the Group explains which components for the ID.3 are manufactured by the Group and where they are made. VW ID.3 will be presented at the IAA in Frankfurt...

10 July 2019

According to the monthly report from Adamas Intelligence, NCM 811 batteries deployed in passenger EVs (measured by capacity in MWh) are up 113% in May compared to April 2019. In terms of global market share by capacity, the May figures are up to 2% compared to the April ones and the Chinese market share was up to 4% in May from just 1% and 2% the month prior. This increase in the Chinese market is due mainly to many...

9 July 2019

Reuters reports that Volkswagen will share its MEB platform for electric vehicles with Ford. According to "a source familiar with the matter", the two companies will extend their collaboration beyond commercial vehicles and will share electric and autonomous car technologies. A second source told Reuters that on July 11, VW's supervisory board will have a meeting discussing a possible further deepening of the...

8 July 2019

Volkswagen ID.R has set a new all-time record at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. It has been driven by Romain Dumas who completed the 1.86-kilometre track in the south of England in just 39.9 seconds. He was also victorious at the Sunday Shootout. The previous record at the famous hillclimb was set in 1999 by Nick Heidfeld in a 574 kW (780 ps) McLaren-Mercedes MP4/13 with a combustion engine. Volkswagen ID.R is...

8 July 2019