Why Western Automakers Desperately Need Help From China China's technology moved so fast that one-time senior partners like GM and Volkswagen need help. What does it mean for the rest of us? By Patrick George China - May 9 2025 -
Tesla In 'Panic Mode' After Report Of New CEO Search Plus, Ford axes next-gen SDV project and automakers can't even give a financial forecast anymore. By Rob Stumpf News - May 1 2025 -
Volkswagen's EV Sales Are Up. Here's The Downside Volkswagen's Q1 2025 results are not good, but it's betting on "strong product momentum." Meanwhile, Toyota aims to emulate China. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Apr 30 2025 -
Volkswagen Could Beat Tesla With ID. Buzz Robovan The automaker partnered with Uber to deploy a driverless ride-hailing service in the U.S. featuring the ID. Buzz By Suvrat Kothari Autonomous Vehicles - Apr 24 2025 -
Volkswagen Wants A China Comeback With These New Cars The ID. Evo, ID. Aura and ID. Era concepts are "specifically tailored to the needs of Chinese customers." But will those customers show up? By Patrick George China - Apr 22 2025 -
Tesla Is Bracing For Its Hardest Earnings Call In Years Plus, Tesla faces a red alert moment if Musk doesn't retreat from Washington and VW negotiates tariff terms with Trump. By Rob Stumpf News - Apr 22 2025 -
Volkswagen Is Plotting A High-Tech Comeback In China The automaker plans to launch an AI-powered advanced driver assistance platform in China soon. The first car using that technology will launch later this year. By Suvrat Kothari Critical Materials - Apr 18 2025 -
VW Won’t Bring Small EVs To The U.S. But It's Mulling An Electric Pickup America already has plenty of large, electron-guzzling vehicles, yet manufacturers don’t want to bring cheaper EVs to the States. By Andrei Nedelea News - Apr 18 2025 -
Hyundai's Tariff Strategy: 'Sell Like Hell' Plus, UAW argues automakers can absorb tariffs and VW support's Scout's decision to high-nose dealerships. By Rob Stumpf News - Apr 17 2025 -
Volkswagen ID Buzz Customers Only Want Two-Tone Colors VW shipped fewer dual-tone ID Buzz stateside. Now it's incentivizing dealers to wrap them so they'll sell. By Rob Stumpf News - Apr 16 2025 -
The Unexpected Rival Stealing Tesla’s Customers With blood in the water at Tesla, the Volkswagen Group is moving in. Plus: BYD surges, and South Korea plans a tariff rescue. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Apr 9 2025 -
Here's Every Single EV About To Get Hit With Tariffs Even the most red-white-and-blue EVs come loaded with foreign auto parts—and that's a ticking tariff timebomb. By Rob Stumpf Industry - Apr 3 2025 -
Tesla Braces For Impact Plus, the auto industry gets ready for the new tariff order, and the CEO of Volkswagen's Seat brand is out ahead of its U.S. debut. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Apr 2 2025 -
VW Group’s Cariad Software Division Had A Bad Year. Again In three years, Cariad racked up operating losses of over $7.5 billion. By Iulian Dnistran Corporate / Financial - Mar 17 2025 -
Volkswagen ID.4 Motor Teardown: Killed By A Very Simple Problem The coolant seems to have gone where it wasn’t supposed to. Yet the damaged motor looks pretty much perfect inside. By Iulian Dnistran Repair / Maintenance - Mar 15 2025 -
Even Tesla Is Getting Nailed By The 'Bipolar Tariff Regime' Even Tesla can't escape the tariff chaos. Plus, the VW Group's Cupra brand U.S. launch is on track, and BMW takes a hit in China. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Mar 14 2025 -
China’s 'Smart Car' Tech Could Get To The U.S. Through Volkswagen Volkswagen is teaming up with a Geely-backed hardware and software company, and they have their eyes on the U.S. as well. By Iulian Dnistran Software - Mar 13 2025 -
Can Nissan's New 'Real Car Guy' CEO Put It Back In The EV Race? Plus, modern in-car tech is getting worse and owners have brought receipts, plus Polestar turns to Volvo's dealer network. By Rob Stumpf News - Mar 11 2025 -
Recall: Nearly 14,000 VW And Audi EVs Might Lose Power While Driving The Volkswagen ID.4 and Audi Q4 E-Tron are affected. By Iulian Dnistran Recalls - Mar 10 2025 -
Nissan Could Nab Foxconn Exec For Its New CEO Plus, VW ID.Every1 is the first VW to use Rivian software and GM faces another legal battle over allegedly selling driver data. By Rob Stumpf Critical Materials - Mar 6 2025 -
The Volkswagen ID. Every1 Previews An Affordable EV For The Masses The concept draws inspiration from the Mona Lisa, and VW pledges production models will have inexpensive price tags. By Suvrat Kothari Official - Mar 5 2025 -
Volkswagen Was Already In Trouble. Tariffs Could Make Things Much Worse More than 40% of VW Group products sold in the U.S. are made in Mexico. And tariffs on European cars may still be on the way. By Mack Hogan Industry Outlook - Mar 4 2025 -
Volkswagen, Audi Recall 60,000 EVs Over Rollaway Risk The Volkswagen ID.4, Audi Q4 E-Tron and Q4 E-Tron Sportback are affected. By Iulian Dnistran Recalls - Mar 4 2025 -
The Volkswagen ID.4 Is Back With A Vengeance Volkswagen's electric crossover is off to a strong start in 2025. But can it keep up for the rest of the year? By Suvrat Kothari Sales - Feb 26 2025 -
