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NewsVW Canada Powers Down Website, Plants Trees for Earth Day
For the second year in a row, Volkswagen Canada is raising awareness about the carbon footprint of the internet, which is responsible for about 4 percent of all global CO2 emissions. This time, instead of reducing the pages of its VW.ca website to their simplest form with little more than …
ElectricVolkswagen “Actively Looking” at EV Pickup for North America
Volkswagen remains out of the pickup segment in North America, but that could finally change in the future as the German automaker prepares to launch new electric vehicles. In an interview with Business Insider , Volkswagen of America CEO Scott Keogh said the company is “actively looking” at the idea …
ElectricVolkswagen Stops Taking Orders for ID.4 in Canada
With only one assembly plant for all global units and the same kind of supply chain issues that are slowing deliveries for a number of vehicles across the industry, the Volkswagen ID.4 electric crossover is nowhere near able to meet demand. Many customers are waiting for more than a year …
ElectricVolkswagen Group to Launch 25 New EVs in North America by 2030
Volkswagen Group has said it will launch more than 25 new electric vehicles in North America across its various brands ( Volkswagen , Audi , Porsche , Bentley , Lamborghini ) by 2030. At that point, EVs should account for 55 percent of total sales. The automaker will begin to …
NewsFelicity Ace Cargo Ship Sinks in Shocking Turn of Events
All hopes of salvaging some of the nearly 4,000 U.S.-bound Volkswagen AG vehicles aboard the Felicity Ace went down the ocean today as the cargo ship finally sank, Portuguese authorities and the ship’s operator have confirmed. After a fire broke out on February 16, all 22 crew members were quickly …
NewsBurning Ship Now Under Control, Losses Could Top $400M
The fire ravaging the Felicity Ace cargo ship, which carries nearly 4,000 U.S.-bound Volkswagen AG vehicles and is still adrift around 170 km southwest of the Azores near Portugal, has lost its intensity and is now under control according to the ship’s owner and local port authorities. However, bad weather …
NewsEVs Aboard Burning Cargo Ship are Giving Fire Crews a Hard Time
The Felicity Ace cargo ship, which caught fire in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean last week with nearly 4,000 U.S.-bound vehicles on board, continues to burn and is making the work of firefighters really difficult. While all 22 crew members were quickly evacuated and no one was injured, it …
NewsHundreds of VW Group Vehicles Could be Lost in Cargo Ship Fire
We now have more details about Felicity Ace , the 198-metre-long cargo ship that caught fire in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday and is currently adrift nearly 2,000 kilometres off the coast of Portugal. First of all, it must be said that all 22 crew members were …
New ModelsVolkswagen ID.Buzz Interior Leaked Ahead of World Premiere
The Volkswagen ID.Buzz will make its highly anticipated global debut in production trim in just over a month—March 9 to be exact—but pictures of the interior have now leaked online. The shots you see here were posted on a private Facebook page before being quickly removed, though someone managed to …
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