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In order to help consumers make the right purchase decision when shopping for a new vehicle, the team of journalists at The Car Guide publishes its yearly Best Buy awards in a slew of categories, including the compact-car segment. The latter remains a popular one, despite the market shift from …

German automaker Volkswagen will invest USD$800 million in their existing facility in Chattanooga in order to build electric vehicles for the North-American market. According to the company, this expansion will create 1,000 additional jobs at the plan and more for outside suppliers. “The US is one of the most important …

Manufacturers Volkswagen and Ford are currently in deep negotiations to help each other out in the commercial vehicle industry, but now, Reuters is expecting the imminent announcement of a much more important strategic alliance . The two automotive giants are seeking collaboration in order to share development costs of new …

Earlier this year, we showed you a concept car at the Geneva auto show called the Volkswagen I.D. VIZZION , one among an entire family of upcoming electric vehicles. Well, one of these cars has evolved into an actual driving machine, and it’s coming a lot faster than you can …

With the inevitable arrival of electric vehicles from all carmakers, the faith of the good old internal combustion engine, which continues to power the vast majority of cars and trucks on the road, looks bleak. Volkswagen has been clear and concise about this: its next generation of gasoline engines will …

Realizing like Tesla that electric vehicle acceptance depends largely on the ability for drivers to easily find a charging station and charge the battery in a short enough amount of time, Volkswagen Group Canada has just launched “Electrify Canada,” a new company that will build an ultra-fast direct current (DC) …

As you’ve probably observed, sub-compact SUVs and crossovers are by far one of the most popular segments of the auto industry right now, both on the mainstream side and the luxury side. These vehicles are popping up everywhere across the land and it’s easy to understand why: With gas prices …

Were you sad to hear that production of the iconic Volkswagen Beetle will end next year as the current generation bows out? Well, don’t shed a tear just yet. According to a report by Autocar , the company is already working on a plan that would see the lovable Bug …

Volkswagen and Canadian class counsel announced today that the Québec and Ontario Courts have now both granted approval of the nationwide class settlement to resolve consumer claims in Canada regarding approximately 20,000 affected 3.0L diesel vehicles. The approved settlement provides for cash payments and other benefits to eligible owners and …

The diesel engine has just taken another hit, and might not recover. In an effort to prove that diesel engine emissions don’t pose a health risk to the population, German companies BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen, along with supplier Bosch, funded an organisation called the European Research Group on Environment and …