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Frankfurt am Main, Germany | AFP | German carmaker Volkswagen doubled down Monday on efforts to clean up its image tarnished by the dieselgate scandal, vowing ahead of the IAA auto industry show to electrify its entire range by 2030. By the end of next decade, VW vows to offer “at …

Has Volkswagen made the world’s best small car better, or just heavier? | Agencies |The entire world of city cars has traditionally had one benchmark, and that benchmark has just taken a big leap forward. The Volkswagen Polo has just moved on to its sixth generation, growing in every dimension …

One car likely to benefit is the Volkswagen Polo By Motoring Guru The German car maker, Volkswagen, has launched a Sub-Saharan Africa region to develop and strengthen the African market. Sub-Saharan Africa is a geographical term used to describe the area of the African continent which lies south of the …

Frankfurt am Main, Germany | AFP |  German carmaker Volkswagen and India’s Tata Motors plan a future “strategic partnership” in the subcontinent to jointly develop parts and vehicles, the two firms said in a joint statement Friday. Europe’s and India’s largest auto manufacturers signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) “to …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Volkswagen on Wednesday opened a new assembly plant in Kenya and launched plans for a ride-sharing service in Rwanda as it seeks to take advantage of surging car demand in Africa. The German car manufacturer’s move into East Africa comes just weeks after it signed …

Algiers, Algeria | AFP |  Volkswagen on Sunday signed a deal with its Algerian sales partner Sovac for the construction of a vehicle assembly plant in the North African country, officials told a news conference. Under the deal, worth $170 million (160 million euros), the plant will produce its first …

Wolfsburg, Germany | AFP |  Volkswagen, world champions for the past four years with Sebastien Ogier, said Wednesday they are withdrawing from the world rally championship dealing a major blow to the series. The German auto giants, reeling from the Dieselgate scandal, announced last week that luxury brand Audi was …

Frankfurt, Germany | AFP |  It has been a year since Volkswagen admitted to fitting millions of cars with cheating software to dupe emissions tests, plunging the German auto giant into one of the biggest scandals ever to hit the industry. Billions of dollars in compensation later and mired in …