Brokerage houses said they had been contacted by Daimler ahead of a capital markets presentation this week and told that the analysts' consensus estimate for the automaker's 2020 operating profit was too high.

The Golf is the first Volkswagen to offer car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure Car2X communication as standard to predictively warn of hazards. The Golf can either be notified of upcoming traffic hazards by other Car2X-enabled vehicles or alert other participants within a radius of a half-mile.

Audi said it is working on a fresh direction for its urban air mobility activities as part of its new strategy announced in May.

The latest VW Golf will keep its classic exterior design but it gets a fully digital cockpit, advanced driver assistance features and online-based functions.

Audi's strategy of focusing on electrification, digitalization and autonomous driving to boost profits is already showing positive results, CEO Bram Schot said in an interview with Automotive News Europe.

Silicon carbide semiconductors could help boost sales of EVs by helping to allay customers’ fears over limited battery range, the German supplier says.

The Frankfurt auto show is doomed. It's hard to come to any other conclusion after the number of visitors to this year's event fell by nearly a third.

Europe's biggest auto show could move to Berlin from Frankfurt as organizers consider ways of boosting flagging interest from automakers and the public.

Auto manufacturers used the Frankfurt show to make clear that EV product availability is only one factor, and customers must now complete the environmental equation by switching to the new technology.

The concept takes its inspiration from the world of luxury yachts to present the automaker's vision of future premium mobility. It's expected to rival the Tesla Model S and to a lesser extent, Porsche's new Taycan.

Mercedes displayed several sketches on Twitter that hint toward what might become the EQS, a flagship four-door model.

The automaker will create warehouse space in Germany to supply batteries and components as demand rises for electric vehicles.

"Volkswagen, family, money -- in that order." That was the world according to engineer and entrepreneur Ferdinand Karl Piech, who ran VW as his own personal empire for decades. The brilliant but ruthless billionaire died Aug. 25 at age 82.