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Volkswagen has kept very quiet about what it is bringing to the Paris Motor Show other than the seventh generation Golf, but at the Hannover Commercial Vehicles show, VW will show the eT! electric delivery van concept.  The eT! appears to...

The super efficient sports concept is powered by a Ducati engine

The latest prototype from Volkswagen was unveiled at the Paris Motor Show. The XL Sport is based on the XL1, the most efficient car launched to date. At the rear of the XL Sport is a technological innovation, an adapted V2 engine from the new...

Ferdinand Piech showed it to students in Vienna

The rumors that Volkswagen is at least considering a sport version of the XL1 super efficient car have been swirling for a few months, but Volkswagen Supervisory Board Chairman Ferdinand Piech has confirmed them by showing a rendering of the car t...

Super efficient diesel also on the way

Volkswagen Group Chairman Dr. Martin WInterkorn announced future technology plans during the International Vienna Motor Symposium. The company is working on a 10-speed dual clutch gearbox, plug-in hybrids and diesel engines that produce 134hp...

Volkswagen has been working on the idea of driver-less cars for a while. First there were the Touareg and Passat cars for DARPA that were totally autonomous. Given all of the radar and computers packed into those cars, they were never going to be for...

Volkswagen has developed a way for multiple vehicles from its multiple brands to be built on the same assembly line. In theory this would cut costs because VW could make A- and B-segment cars simultaneously. The breakthrough that allows the techno...

To support the Catholic charity Kolpingwerk in Brazil, Volkswagen has donated a Gol with a Totalflex engine to allow the humanitarians to get into deprived areas.  Kolpingwerk aims to supply educational charity and social help to imp...

The redesigned modern Volkswagen Beetle has debuted in its convertible guise that will launch in Europe in the spring of 2013 and fourth quarter in the US.  The new design uses the flatter roof from redesigned Beetle but covers it in fabr...

A compact, electric comercial van that can carry 800kg

Volkswagen has yet another green car to add to its stand in Geneva. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles will display a concept for a compact, electric commercial van that it calls the e-Co-Motion Concept. The small van is built to be able to c...

It has invested €7 billion to have 14 electric and hybrid models on sale by 2014.

Volkswagen has launched its new e-Up and e-Golf at the Frankfurt Motor Show along with the e-Load Up micro, electric cargo van concept. While these are Volkswagen’s first two electric cars, the company has set a goal of being the Europea...