Volkswagen

Volkswagen budget cuts force battery unit to seek external funds

PowerCo is considering bank loans, external investors and a potential public offering

Volkswagen’s Chinese factories can make both internal combustion engine vehicles and electric cars and export destinations include South-east and Central Asian countries.

Volkswagen to export Chinese-made cars to more overseas markets

It has no plans to export them to Europe due to a difference in electronic architecture and software technology for smart vehicles

Volkswagen is unwilling to continue pouring billions of US dollars in a market where it has managed to eke out only a 2% market share after nearly two decades.

Volkswagen pares India EV development costs amid hunt for a partner

The spending cuts also reflect growing caution among global carmakers balancing investment between India, China and western markets

The chip will be used for processing data from cameras and sensors in a car with a single-chip computing power of around 500 to 700 tera operations per second (TOPS), Volkswagen said.

Volkswagen to develop chip for China smart cars with Horizon Robotics

The move would deepen the carmaker’s research and development capability ‘in China, for China’

The tariff hit heaps more pressure on Volkswagen boss Oliver Blume, who will hand over the CEO role at the troubled Porsche division early next year.

Volkswagen skids into the red on US tariff hit, Porsche woes

Volkswagen’s operating loss in Q3 was down from a 2.8-billion-euro operating profit for the group a year earlier

Nexperia produces relatively simple technologies such as diodes, voltage regulators and transistors that are nonetheless crucial, as vehicles increasingly rely on electronics.

Nexperia, the new crisis looming for Europe’s carmakers

Carmakers and parts suppliers warn of shortages that could halt production lines across Europe

Traffic flow at highway overpass in downtown Shanghai, China on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010

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A VW logo on the trunk of an ID.Polo on display at the International Motor Show Germany IAA Mobility 2025 in Munich.

VW unveils affordable EVs to take on Chinese rivals

Volkswagen has made considerable cost savings on the cars by sharing technology across the different models

Volkswagen also cited internal restructuring expenses and greater sales of lower-margin electric vehicles for the forecast change.

VW cuts outlook after US tariffs added 1.3 billion euros in costs

The automaker now sees an operating return on sales as low as 4%, from at least 5.5% previously

Volkswagen has achieved over half of its 35,000 headcount reduction target without resorting to compulsory layoffs.

Volkswagen says 20,000 workers agree to early exits

The carmaker is cutting production and jobs in Germany amid rising costs, soft European demand and growing Chinese competition