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The Volkswagen Group Comes Out Swinging With 44 Cars At The Beijing Auto Show

Today on Critical Materials: VW group shows of 44 new cars at Beijing Auto Show, CATL unveils 620-mile LFP battery, and Xiaomi's SU7 is crushing expectations.

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Volkswagen’s Upcoming Cheap EVs In China Will Use Xpeng Tech

Four entry-level EVs will debut in 2026 using Xpeng’s electronic architecture to slash costs by up to 40%. Let's hope these improvements will make their way to the U.S. sooner rather than later.

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Volkswagen Group Global EV Sales Slid In Q1 2024

In Q1, Volkswagen Group's global all-electric vehicle sales amounted to about 136,400 (down 3.3% year-over-year). That's 6.5% of the total volume.

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Time Forgot Volkswagen's Bizarre VR-5 Engine

Five cylinders, arranged in a vee, banked 15 degrees apart. The "V5" is one of the strangest engines ever made.

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Bentley Boss Suddenly Steps Down

Adrian Hallmark will take the reins of Aston Martin.

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Volkswagen's Cupra Brand Is Coming To The U.S. With Two EVs: CEO

By the end of the decade, the Volkswagen Group will plan an even bigger electric U.S. expansion with SEAT's Cupra brand.

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The 2025 Audi Q6 E-Tron In-Car Tech: PlugShare, Video Games, OTA Updates And More

After lots of delays, the Volkswagen Group says its software revolution is ready for prime time. We try it out on the new Audi Q6 E-Tron.

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Volkswagen Is Expanding Its EV Lineup, But Not The EV Price War

Volkswagen's American CEO Pablo Di Si weighs in on the ID. Buzz, the ID.7, and why fire-sale price cuts aren't in the cards.

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Volkswagen Group Reaffirms Internal Combustion Will Be 'Phased Out' Eventually

The Volkswagen Group says that "e-mobility [is] the future of the automotive industry," but has to stay flexible during the transition.

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Scout Motors Aims To Help Volkswagen Do What It's Never Done: Conquer America

The Volkswagen Group's newest brand is a homegrown effort that runs on batteries and has big plans for trucks, SUVs and more.

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Scout Motors EV Could Be More Expensive Than We Thought, No Hybrid: CEO

It may be more than the $40,000 price tag that's been tossed around, but the Volkswagen Group has big plans for Scout Motors.

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Scout Motors' Electric Trucks Will Have Real Buttons

The Volkswagen Group's new all-American EV effort won't go big on screens, but will offer actual physical controls, buttons and hard touchpoints.

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The 2025 Porsche Taycan Gets Major Upgrades In Range, Performance And Charging

The Porsche Taycan is back and better than ever, with significant upgrades to power, overall range and charging speeds.

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VW, China’s Long-Time Top-Selling Car Brand, Was Dethroned By BYD In 2023

After edging past Tesla in the all-electric game in Q4 2023, BYD overtook VW as China’s best-selling car marque last year.

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Top All-Electric Car OEMs By Sales In Q4 And 2023: Tesla Vs. BYD

The fourth quarter of 2023 was a turning point in the competition between the two largest all-electric car manufacturers—Tesla and BYD—in terms of sales volume.

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Volkswagen Group Set A New Global BEV Sales Record In Q4 And In 2023

In 2023, the group sold more than 771,000 all-electric vehicles around the world—35% more than in 2022, achieving a new record BEV share of 8.3%.

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Toyota’s bet on hybrid cars seems to be paying off as it rides consumer skepticism of an all-EV future to maintain its lead as the world’s top selling automaker

The Japanese automaker has sold 3.1 million hybrid vehicles for the January–November period this year, a 30% increase from last year.

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Hyundai Motor Will Halt One Of Its ICE Vehicle Factories To Build A New EV Plant

Other manufacturers claim their EV sales are slow due to weak demand. So how come Hyundai is charging ahead?

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Hyundai Motor Group Surprisingly Beat GM, Ford At EV Sales In Q3 2023

The Hyundai Motor Group has become the number one in terms of all-electric car sales in the U.S. among traditional carmakers, but Tesla remains far ahead.

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Volkswagen's APP550 Electric Motor Bottleneck Spreads In Europe

The Volkswagen Group's problem with the all-new APP550 drive units for MEB-based EVs might be bigger than initially thought, as now also Skoda is affected.

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Volkswagen EV Production In Zwickau Interrupted Again, But Not Because Of Demand

The Volkswagen Group's electric car factory in Zwickau, Germany will have to pause production of some of the MEB-based models.

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Volkswagen Group To Slash 2,000 Jobs At Cariad, Future EV Platforms Face Delays

Volkswagen Group-owned Cariad is undergoing a sweeping reform to solve its software issues for future electric vehicles.

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BYD All-Electric Car Sales Almost Passed Tesla In Q3 2023

An exceptional thing happened in the third quarter of 2023, as the two largest all-electric car manufacturers (OEMs) sold a similar number of vehicles.

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Volkswagen Group's Electric Car Order Bank Shrunk By 50% In Europe

The Volkswagen Group experiences lower than expected demand and sales of electric cars, but intends to maintain its pricing, prioritizing margins.

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Volkswagen Group Global BEV Sales Hit New Record In Q3 2023

In Q3, Volkswagen Group's all-electric vehicle sales amounted to about 209,900 (up 40.5% year-over-year), which is a new record.

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