Focus on automotive: Volkswagen
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09/22/2017Volkswagen announced the launch of the next generation Passat also in India. The car is assembled at Aurangabad plant, Maharashtra region, and it will be officially on sale in the country by the end of the year.The ceremony was attended by the German carmaker's director of the local division, Steffen Knapp, according to which Passat will further... -
09/19/2017First crossover to showcase the Volkswagen logo, the T-Roc now becomes the first model of the German carmaker to be bookable online.Waiting for the official debut in the dealerships, T-Roc debuts in Italy with the Edition190, a limited edition of 190 units that will be available from midnight on September 19th and it will be purchasable for 190... -
09/15/2017Yesterday the German Chancellor Angela Merkel officially inaugurated the opening to the public of the Frankfurt Motor Show.Merkel reiterated the strategic future importance of developing less polluting cars, asking the local auto industry to invest heavily in the industry without ignoring the development of combustion engines.The Chancellor then... -
09/14/2017Speaking on the sidelines of the Frankfurt Motor Show, CEO Matthias Müller confirmed to Japanese Nikkei that the Volkswagen Group is aiming to sell 1.5 million electric vehicles in China by 2025, basically half of what is the target at the global level for that date.The German giant is already in an advanced stage of its electrifying offensive,... -
09/13/2017September 25 is the date set by Volkswagen's local division for the launch of the next generation of the Polo in Brazil, where it will be on sale from October.The Polo for the South American market will have some different specifications compared to that assembled in Germany for Europe and it will be produced at the São Bernardo do Campo factory... -
09/07/2017After the presentation at the Shanghai Auto Show last spring, Volkswagen will exhibit the I.D. Crozz updated at the IAA in Frankfurt, along the lines of what Skoda will do with the Vision E, also seen for the first time in Shanghai.The electric crossover prototype that we will see in Frankfurt will now be close to series production, although we... -
09/07/2017Following the agreement signed last December with local government authorities, the Volkswagen Group plant in Rwanda is now under construction and it will be operational by the end of the year.As anticipated by the German brand manager in South Africa, Thomas Schäfer, the Kigali factory will initially build 1,000 units a year, but it has the...