VW ID.2all SUV teases electric subcompact due in 2026

Volkswagen on Friday teased a crossover counterpart to the ID.2all subcompact hatchback concept it unveiled in March. The crossover concept is called the ID.2all SUV, and VW has yet to say when it will be revealed, though the automaker has confirmed it will spawn a production model in 2026, or one year after the ID.2all spawns its own production...


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VW to launch electric GTI in 2026

Volkswagen is preparing to launch an electric hot hatch sporting the GTI badge in 2026, design chief Andreas Mindt has revealed, though it won't be a Golf GTI. In an Instagram post made earlier this week, and first spotted by Motor1, Mindt said the first GTI, based on the Mk1 Golf, was unveiled in 1975, and that in 2026 an electric version of the...


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Refreshed 2025 VW Golf to debut in late January

Volkswagen will reveal an updated version of its current Golf compact car at the end of January, the automaker said last week. The reveal is part of VW's celebration of the Golf nameplate, which turns 50 this year. The current Golf is the eighth generation of the nameplate, and was first introduced as a 2022 model in the U.S., and only in the Golf...


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Solid-state battery shows no degradation over 300,000 miles

Solid-state batteries promise to deliver much greater range, shorter charging times, lower costs, and improved safety for electric vehicles, though hurdles remain to getting the technology ready for the rough requirements of automotive use. One of those hurdles has been durability, but Volkswagen Group in its latest testing of a solid-state...


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2025 VW Golf teased at CES with integrated ChatGPT

Volkswagen will reveal an updated version of its Golf compact car later this month, and the automaker used 2024 CES currently underway in Las Vegas to reveal some of the planned technology updates. The hightlight is the introduction of the ChatGPT AI system to enhance VW's IDA voice assistant. VW worked with technology company Carence to integrate...


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Volkswagen came to the US 75 years ago

Volkswagen has been selling cars in the U.S. for the past 75 years, becoming one of the largest automakers in this market. And it all started with just two Beetles. As recounted by the automaker, Dutch businessman Ben Pon landed in New York with the two cars in 1949. The Type 2, also known as the Microbus, followed, reaching U.S. shores in 1950...


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2025 VW Golf GTI revealed with useful tech updates

Volkswagen's iconic Golf hatchback celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2024, and the automaker has marked the occasion with the launch of a major update for the current eighth-generation model, which was revealed late on Tuesday. The updates span the full Golf range but once again the U.S. will only receive the sporty Golf GTI and Golf R grades...


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GM delays shift at pickup plant for Detroit Lions game

<p>Flint Assembly, the only GM plant in Michigan scheduled to be open during Sunday's NFC Championship game, will start its third shift an hour later.</p>

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EV battery startup Our Next Energy gets financing after liquidity crisis

<p>“We were clearly strapped for cash,” said Paul Humphries, who took over the CEO role late last year from founder Mujeeb Ijaz. </p>

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Audi workers in Mexico hold first strike, seek 15.5% wage increase

<p>The carmaker said in a statement it remained open to dialogue, but a 15.5 percent increase was "beyond any comparative parameter."</p>

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