Consistent use of renewable energy for electric mobility

German alliance is to research sustainable use of E-cars until 2012
Volkswagen supplies the innovative hardware in the Golf Variant twïnDRIVE Wolfsburg / Berlin, 28 June 2011 - Today, Volkswagen – in cooperation with 6 project partners and the German Ministry of the Environment – is presenting the current status of the “Fleet study in electric mobility” that was initiated in July 2008. The p...

Chinese government approves plans for Foshan and Yizheng
Planned annual capacity of 300,000 vehicles for each plant Wolfsburg/Berlin, 28 June 2011 - As planned, the Volkswagen Group can build two further automobile plants in China, continuing its long-term growth strategy in the world's largest market for passenger cars. During the German-Chinese government consultations in Berlin, final approval was granted today for the plants to be built at Foshan and Yizheng. Prof. Dr. Martin Wint...

Volkswagen Motorsport Director Kris Nissen’s crew experienced an almost equal measure of success and disappointment at the 39th 24-Hour Race at the Nürburgring. The two blue biogas Scirocco GT24-CNG cars repeated last year’s success by coming first and second in their category. In addition to winning in their category, the three Dakar Rally winners Carlos Sainz, Nasser Al-Attiyah and Giniel de Villiers and the touring car legend Klaus Niedzwiedz also finished in a good 27th...

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Leohold: “An important milestone on the path towards fully automatic and accident-free driving.” Wolfsburg/Borås, 23 June 2011 - At the final presentation of the EU research project HAVEit (Highly Automated Vehicles for Intelligent Transport), Prof. Dr. Jürgen Leohold, Executive Director Volkswagen Group Research, has presented the “Temporary Auto Pilot” by Volkswagen: Monitored by the driver, the car can drive semi-automatically up to a speed of 130 kilo...

Endurance Challenge Team Tackles World’s Longest Road in Celebration of the Pan-American Highway’s 75th Anniversary, Demonstrates Power and Durability of Clean Diesel Technology Ushuaia, Argentina / Herndon, Va. – June 23, 2011 – Renowned adventurer and off-road driver Rainer Zietlow and his team today announced they will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the legendary Pan-American Highway with the ultimate endurance challenge. They will embark on a fast, two-week drive from ...

Two hydropower plants to cover 40 percent of power demand Wolfsburg, 24 June 2011 - Volkswagen do Brasil is investing 120 million euros in the construction of two hydropower plants. The two plants will have a total rating of 48.3 megawatts and will supply almost 40 percent of the electric power required by the company. Volkswagen is the first automaker in Brazil to invest in the generation of clean power from renewable sources. One of the two power plants has already been in operation since...

VW Board Member for Human Resources Dr. Neumann: Intensify training and support for young scientists on Chinese growth market Shanghai / Wolfsburg, 22 June 2011 - Volkswagen and Tongji University in Shanghai are strengthening their long-standing cooperation and setting up an endowed chair for human resource management at the Sino-German College for Graduate Study. At the signing ceremony in Shanghai today, Dr. Horst Neumann, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft responsible...

Volkswagen Group Reports 14.6 Percent Rise In Global Vehicle Deliveries From January to May Volkswagen Group reports 14.6 percent rise in global vehicle deliveries from January to May • Record: Vehicle deliveries for first five months top 3 million for first time • 17.4 percent increase in May • Group Board member for Sales Christian Klingler: “Benefiting from convincing model range” Wolfsburg, June 17, 2011 – The Volkswagen Group reported a further rise in globa...

The most spectacular Golf will line up for the most extreme race as Volkswagen prepares to contest the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring this weekend (23–26 June) with three 450-hp Golf24 cars. Flat out around the clock, more than 200 competitors, rapidly changing weather conditions, strategy chess and all this on the world’s most difficult race track – the Golf24 has been built for exactly this enormous challenge. Fitting the 35th anniversary of the Golf GTI, Volkswagen Motorsport h...

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is launching an anniversary model to celebrate over 25 years since the first Multivan was built. The ‘Edition25’ Multivan is based on the current Multivan Comfortline, but offers even more finesse. It will only be available in Candy White paint and ‘Nappa’ leather interior trim in grey and anthracite highlights, so that the special touches are shown off to best effect. The model can be recognised above all by its matte black roof and black 18-inch ...

The Scirocco R is finally on its way to Australia. It did not happen overnight but we did make it happen. The four-seat sports car is a dynamic performer as well as economical companion on the roads of everyday life. The Scirocco R – conceptualized by Volkswagen R GmbH – is an impressive performance package with a brilliant engine and chassis, unique looks and exclusive features. Advantages of boosted TSI engine available in the Scirocco R are very high power and torque values with ...

Volkswagen Group Australia is pleased to announce that Chanh Trinh of McGrath Volkswagen, Liverpool, has achieved a record breaking positioning for the Asia-Pacific region at the annual Service Qualification World Championships placing ninth in the world at the recent competition in Wolfsburg, Germany. Trinh was the highest placed Australian technician taking out second place in the Asia-Pacific Regional Master Technician category, and achieving a ninth place overall. This top 10 position is...

Five out of nine possible podium places go to Volkswagen at Brands Hatch Title defender Volkswagen made another top-form showing in the British Formula 3 Championship on the Grand Prix circuit at Brands Hatch. A victory and five out of nine possible podium places were achieved by the partner teams running with Volkswagen Power. Felipe Nasr and Rupert Svendsen-Cook secured second and third place for Carlin Motorsport in round one, while Menasheh Idafar was successful for T-Sport as the r...

Two podium places for Fredrik Ekblom on the city street circuit in Gothenburg At the fourth race weekend of the Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) two podium places went to Fredrik Ekblom in the Volkswagen Scirocco of the Biogas.se team. On the city street circuit in Gothenburg Ekblom finished the first round on a dry track as the runner-up. At the second round the Swede showed a strong performance and in pouring rain pushed forwards from seventh on the grid to third place. After f...

Should be noted is the Ultimate has the pernament 4Motion system that does not have low range, the selectable 4Motion is available as an option with low range....