Volkswagen
Audi on fuel cell cars: Maybe later
Sept. 23The tepid outlook from one of the world's largest automakers could ripple across the industry by slowing or discouraging the adoption of fuel cell technology, which will require increased global scale and infrastructure investments to catch on.
Volkswagen chairman won't rule out outsider as next CEO
Sept. 22Volkswagen's supervisory board does not rule out doing away with a custom under which the automaker's top executive must be a company veteran, Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch said.
Employee meetings with CEO aim to soften VW's image
Sept. 22VW aims to overcome a reputation as a secretive and autocratic company by introducing a "Meeting Mueller" program which allows employees to pose questions directly to the CEO. Matthias Mueller hints VW is working on new responsibilities for the board and that the company will use fewer consultants and rely on internal expertise.
Bentley CEO to step down, report says
Sept. 22 Bentley Motors CEO Wolfgang Duerheimer is planning to step down and will be replaced by Adrian Hallmark, currently head of strategy at British rival Jaguar Land Rover, a German magazine reported Friday.
U.S. sales slip; SAAR falls to 16.13 million on Harvey impact
Sept. 1U.S. light-vehicles sales slipped 1.8 percent last month and the seasonally adjusted, annualized pace of sales fell to the lowest level -- 16.13 million -- since February 2014 behind a late-month wallop from Hurricane Harvey.
Audi opens Mexico plant to build Q5
Sept. 30, 2016Audi on Friday inaugurated its new $1.3 billion plant in Mexico, where it will build the redesigned Q5 crossover. The plant near the central city of Puebla will have production capacity of 150,000 cars a year.
Honda EV hops back in time
Sept. 18Honda made waves last week at the Frankfurt auto show by unveiling an electric car that at first glance appears to be a 1970s Volkswagen Rabbit.
Bentley takes the leap to Level 3
Sept. 18Bentley will roll out Level 3 autonomous driving capability across its range starting two years from now, CEO Wolfgang Duerheimer said.
AutoNews Now: 2 years into scandal, VW tries a reboot
Sept. 18Volkswagen 2.0: Two years after scandal broke, VW tries a reboot; New Accord, new jobs; No U.S. Cayenne diesel; 4-door Bugatti 'not dead'; Rolls seeks EV input; PSAs ready for USA.
VW Group to launch Level 5 fleets by 2021
Sept. 17CEO Matthias Mueller said the Sedric self-driving concept shown in Geneva and Frankfurt was only the beginning.
VWs awaiting diesel fix stolen from Mich. stadium
Sept. 18Dozens of Volkswagen vehicles repurchased from customers for violating diesel emissions standards have been caught up in a second scandal. They were stolen from their purgatory outside the abandoned Pontiac Silverdome in suburban Detroit and in some cases fraudulently resold.
Diesel: Whose fault is it?
Sept. 18The diesel disaster, made public two years ago today, has done more to move electric cars front and center than anything I can imagine
