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Xiaomi's SU7 Outsold All EVs Made By Ford And GM In 2024

Xiaomi's move from smartphones to electric cars has been a huge success so far. Its first EV, the SU7, has been an absolute hit in its home turf of China. CEOs of American car manufacturers, like Ford's Jim Farley, love the SU7 too, and that's kind of ironic considering that…

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Could The Audi TT Return As An Electric Sports Car?

Audi created one of its most iconic shapes in recent decades when it launched the TT sports car in 1998. The model went through three generations until it was discontinued in 2023, and a total of 662,762 were sold, an impressive number for a small two-door front-wheel-drive sports car. Now…

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Man arrested as 20-month-old boy dies after three-vehicle crash

The young boy died in hospital at around 1.20am on Friday.

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Fast, furious and foolhardy: Mapping India’s growing epidemic of consequence-free reckless driving

On March 14, a brutal collision between a speeding Volkswagen Virtus and two two-wheelers in Gujarat’s Vadodara district, killed one woman and injured seven others. The driver responsible, Rakshit Chaurasiya, a law student, was found overspeeding.

Newslaundry

VW Golf GTI 50th Anniversary Edition Is Coming Soon

The original Golf GTI is nearly 50 years young. Wolfsburg’s quintessential hot hatchback came out in 1976, but Volkswagen won’t wait until 2026 to celebrate the milestone. It intends to introduce a new flavor of the feisty compact car in June during the ADAC 24-hour endurance race at the Nürburgring.…

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The Volkswagen Tiguan Is Still Surprisingly Cheap

Volkswagen debuted its third-generation Tiguan in November 2024. Sharply restyled and graced with a bit more of everything, the Tiguan is poised to continue reigning as VW's best-selling vehicle in the US—as long as pricing doesn't go insane. On that front, we have good news.

Motor1

Bentley’s super-rich customers could bear the brunt of Trump tariff costs, CEO warns

Bentley customers may face higher prices as a result of tariffs, but they're still spending more on customization.

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Bentley could pass costs of US tariffs to buyers after fall in Chinese demand

The threat of tariffs from Donald Trump is hanging over the manufacturer, its chief executive says

The Guardian - UK

Electric cars lead World Car Awards nominations

Kia EV3 and Hyundai Inster EVs lead the way with three nominations each; Chinese brand BYD gets its first nomination

The Independent UK

New Blow To German Auto Sector As Audi Announces Job Cuts

Premium carmaker Audi said Monday it will cut 7,500 jobs by 2029 in Germany, citing "immense challenges" as the country's auto industry battles slowing electric vehicle demand and rising Chinese competition.

International Business Times

Volkswagen Plans To Hit Back Where It Matters Most

Western car companies expected China to be the golden goose. The world's largest auto market was supposed to turn out cars for companies like Volkswagen and General Motors and BMW, feeding insatiable Chinese buyers until the death of the universe. Somehow, none of those companies counted on their local joint-venture…

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VW Group’s Cariad Software Division Had A Bad Year. Again

Cariad, “the software powerhouse of Volkswagen Group,” as stated on the company’s website, has gone from shining star to source of financial headaches in less than five years.

InsideEVs

Rheinmetall’s stock has soared over 1,000%, and the German defense giant sees growth ‘that we have never experienced before’

“An era of rearmament has begun in Europe that will demand a lot from all of us,” CEO Armin Papperger said.

Fortune

Volkswagen ID.4 Motor Teardown: Killed By A Very Simple Problem

Compared to combustion engines, electric drive motors are shockingly simple. Case in point: the front drive unit of the Volkswagen ID.4 and Audi Q4 E-Tron you see in the video embedded below.

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I Took The Volkswagen ID. Buzz On A Road Trip. It Did Just Fine

When Volkswagen dropped the ID. Buzz, generally, we all fell in love with the big van’s retro styling—even me, InsideEVs’ resident carmudgeon. Yet, after the big dopamine rush from finally getting our retro-styled EV van wore off, it didn’t take long for my more rational side to examine the van’s technical…

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Even Tesla Is Getting Nailed By The 'Bipolar Tariff Regime'

Just about every car company is sweating the Trump administration's rapid-fire tariffs and tariff threats. It's hard to say what's worse, frankly; the potential price increases to new cars if tariffs do go into effect, the costs of retooling their businesses if tariffs stick around long-term, or the back-and-forth "will…

Fortune

Volkswagen’s own-brand currywurst sausage proves almost as popular as its cars

Volkswagen sold 8.55 million currywursts last year, almost equalling the 9 million cars sold across the group.

InsideEVs

America’s EV Sales Are Climbing Despite The Chaos

Despite the uncertainties around tariffs and the potential end to the federal clean vehicle credits, the uptake of electric vehicles has continued to grow in the U.S. so far this year. According to market intelligence firm Rho Motion, the U.S. saw a 28% growth in EV sales in the first…

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China’s 'Smart Car' Tech Could Get To The U.S. Through Volkswagen

China’s car companies are way ahead of traditional American and European automakers when it comes to software. It’s something many industry experts, including some top-tier execs, have admitted to.

Fortune

Germany's biggest weapons contractor could literally be moving onto Volkswagen's turf

Rheinmetall is open to the prospect of buying up an unwanted Volkswagen site, the latest sign of a shift in Germany's industrial backbone.

Latin Times

Trump's Tesla Car Show With Musk Compared to Hitler Promoting the 'People's Car' With Volkswagen: 'History Really Repeats'

The internet is drawing parallels between Donald Trump's promotion of Elon Musk's Tesla vehicles with Hitler's promotion of state-funded automaker, Volkswagen.

The Independent UK

No more confusing car names for Toyota

It’s back to tried and tested names rather than jumbles of numbers and letters for the world’s biggest car brand

The Guardian - UK

Volkswagen enjoys surprise bestseller amid financial woes: the VW currywurst

Sausage-based snack and ‘power bar of the skilled factory worker’ is being bought in record numbers in Lower Saxony

Motor1

Without Woodstock, There'd Be No ID.Buzz

The Volkswagen ID.Buzz might come from Germany, but it may not exist if not for what happened in Bethel, New York over half a century ago.

Motor1

Lamborghini’s EV Will Be Its Most Powerful Model Ever

Lamborghini is still set on launching its first electric vehicle by 2030, and it could have up to 2,000 horsepower on tap when it arrives. That’s what Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume said in a recent interview, revealing that the EV will ride on a special platform developed by Porsche…

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