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Volkswagen hedges battery bets, looks to form JV with Varta

As Volkswagen looks to move forward with plans to build electric cars like the e-up! in the next several years, it apparently doesn't want to restrict itself to a single battery supply. VW has already previously announced plans to get lithium ion batteries from both Sanyo and Toshiba as well as collaborating with BYD in China. Now, the German giant wants to form a new joint venture with Varta Microbattery GmbH. VW and Varta will have to get approval from German regulators before the deal can proceed. However, VW seems keen to be able ensure ... Read more →

REPORT: Larger VW E-Up! could come to the States Jeremy Korzeniewski

After showing off the E-Up! at the Frankfurt Motor Show last week and declaring it the Beetle of the 21st Century, VW is promising to have the tiny little EV in small scale production in Europe by ...

Frankfurt 2009: World Premiere of the Volkswagen E-Up! Concept AutoblogGreen Staff

While today might be the middle of September, 2009, Volkswagen is looking to the future. 2013 to be exact. That's when Chairman Martin Winterkorn says they'll be launching the E-Up!, an ...

Frankfurt 2009: Volkswagen calls E-Up! Concept "Beetle of the 21st Century" Jeremy Korzeniewski

Volkswagen promises to release the "Beetle of the 21st Century" by 2013. Those are some of the biggest shoes in the history of the automobile to fill, and VW plans to do just that with a new car ...

Frankfurt Preview: Polo Three-Door diesel will get 71 mpg (U.S.) Sebastian Blanco

Rumors of an all-electric Volkswagen concept making an appearance at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month have died down since May, but VW is starting to reveal more details on the vehicles that ...

REPORT: Volkswagen interested in small-car partnership with Suzuki, still 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Just a few months back, Manager Magazin in Germany reported that Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piech was interested in procuring a small stake in Suzuki. Those rumors were subsequently denied by Osamu Suzuki, chief executive of the automaker that bears his name. News comes today from the ...

Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion detailed, available for order in UK 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Volkswagen is rounding out its new sixth-generation Golf model in the UK with the official introduction of its diesel models and BlueMotion variant. All three new VeeDubs will be powered by a 1.6-liter turbocharged diesel engine, and the BlueMotion model achieves a miserly 68.9 mpg on the ...

VW and BYD partner up for electric cars 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Last week, Volkswagen and Chinese automaker BYD signed a memorandum of understanding to work together "in the area of electric mobility" and vehicles that use li-ion batteries. BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu (yes, the guy who likes to drink battery fluid) and VW's Martin Winterkorn signed the MOU in ...

VW struggling to make business case for BlueSport Roadster 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Due to the distinct lack of people spending money on emotional purchases, Volkswagen is reportedly thinking that now might not be the best time to introduce a sport two-seat roadster. That's bad news for fans of the firm's BlueSport concept from this year's Detroit Auto Show. Despite the ...

Project Sipster finishes with an 84 mpg VW Golf 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

We have been following Top Gear America's Project Sipster for a while. The team's project was to install a modern ciesel engine from a VW Jetta TDI into a 28-year-old VW Golf and make the car go from 0 to 60 mph in less than 7 seconds but also able to achieve 70 mpg. Oh, and do it for less than ...

New VW Golf GTD to debut in April, Rabbit GTD to follow for U.S.? 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

We've been hearing rumblings about a new variant of the Volkswagen Golf and Rabbit for several months now, ever since a reader sent in what appeared to be an order form for the new sixth-generation model for the U.S. market. This new model was dubbed the Rabbit GTD, implying that it's a ...

VW CEO Martin Winterkorn: Electric cars 15-20 years away 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Show season is upon us, which means there will be a ton of interesting new concept vehicles and freshly announced production models for all of us gearheads to ogle over. Another sometimes overlooked feature of auto shows like the one that's currently taking place in Geneva is the presence of top ...

16 VW's Passat Lingyu fuel cell vehicles finally make it to the U.S. 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

We expected to see the hydrogen fuel cell-powered versions of the Passat Lingyu at the Los Angeles Auto Show last fall. We didn't spot any back then, but these fuel cell VWs should be easier to find in California now that Volkswagen Group of America has announced that 16 of them will be used ...

Detroit 2009: VW BlueSport, the 57 mpg roadster 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Some readers complain about the continued presence of diesel on these pages, but when it looks this good, we feel good about repeating diesel's inherent MPG advantage over gasoline? VW enjoys doing the same, and they didn't miss a beat in unveiling the new Concept BlueSport. The car is powered ...

LA 2008: Green Car of the Year is the Volkswagen Jetta TDI 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/VW_Jetta_TDI_named_Green_Car_of_the_Year'; 8:45 am - So, the choices for the 2009 Green Car of the Year are: BMW 335d Ford Fusion hybrid Saturn Vue 2 Mode hybrid Smart ForTwo Volkswagen Jetta TDI The ceremony should start in a few ...

LA 2008: Volkswagen's imposing Touareg TDI Trophy Truck 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Seriously, nobody in their right mind is going to suggest that racing across the Baja desert for about a thousand miles in any vehicle qualifies as green, but it takes place each and every year in Southern California and Mexico anyway. This being the case, Volkswagen is planning to tackle this ...

VW planning 117 mpg smart-killer? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We expect that Volkswagen will be debuting its up! subcompact car sometime in 2011, but we're now hearing that it's not the smallest car that the German automaker has on its mind. VW would use a shortened version of its up! microcar platform for the diminutive new city car. Being smaller than the ...

Passat BlueMotion 2 now on sale in the UK 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A month ago, Volkswagen introduced the Passat BlueMotion II, a truly frugal car that gets mileage numbers in the 57 mpg range (U.S.) and emits just 109 g/km of CO2. Now, the not-quite-as-clean Passat BlueMotion 2 is available for orders in the UK. The Passat BlueMotion 2 has automatic stop-start ...

Volkswagen to downsize Golf VII 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Despite the fact that the sixth-generation of VW's insanely popular hatchback has yet to hit the driveways of actual customers, speculation on gen-seven is already well underway. Number-six continues the tradition of enlarging each successive model-year, but that trend is set to come to an end ...

Diesel fan? VW wants you (to promote its cars) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If you are a fan of the diesel engine - and Volkswagen's TDI engine series in particular - VW would love it if you'd go ahead and spread your love of the oil-burner with your family and friends. Of course, having the only 50-state legal diesel on the market, at least for a little while, the ...

Learning from the past: two green Golfs almost lost to history 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Although the current signature for the "greener" VW Golfs is BlueMotion, there have been at least two models in the Golf's past that should be considered green for their time. German's Auto-News has published a complete report about special-edition Golfs and there are two green variants: One is an ...

FWD VW up! delayed five months 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've heard rumors that Volkswagen would be going against the concept up!'s rear-engine and rear-wheel drive architecture, and it now appears that those earlier rumblings are indeed true. That's a big knock against the retro-theme that attracted many to the concept in the first place. After all, ...

Top Volkswagen researcher says no electric car explosion 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While Volkswagen may be offering their first electric car as early as 2010 and are already imagining their 2028 electric offerings, the company's chief research officer, Juergen Leohold, doesn't see an explosion in the numbers of electro-mobiles on the road any time soon. In fact, by the time 2028 ...

Many dealers report selling out of Jetta TDI, Tiguan TDI possible 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Volkswagen dealerships are reporting strong demand for the brand-new 2009 Jetta and Jetta Sportwagen TDI. Some dealers have even sold out before their first TDI even showed up on the lot, despite the fact that customers won't actually be getting their cars for at least another month or so. The ...

New range of small eco cars coming from KTM 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the above image for a high-res gallery of the KTM X-BOW KTM, the Austrian maker of some of the world's finest dirtbikes, is currently on a new product blitz which covers nearly every niche in both the automotive and motorcycle markets. While the company is currently rolling out new ...

Volkswagen looks into its crystal ball, sees zero-emissions in 2028 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above on the Ego concept for more images of VW's 2028 concepts Apparently, Volkswagen thinks its time for another weird and wacky look into the future. This time, the German automaker is gazing just twenty years ahead. The results of its future look are three virtual concept cars. Yes, all ...

VW supposedly still working on one-liter car - possible 2010 launch? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for more shots of the VW One-Liter concept It has been so long since anything has been heard about Volkswagen's so-called one-liter car that we nearly forgot the concept had existed. It turns out that VeeDub has been quietly working away somewhere deep in Germany perfecting the design. ...

VW is OK with EU CO2 targets, proposes nuclear power 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It has been said numerous times that German automakers are upset with European proposals which would limit CO2 output to around 120 grams per kilometer. Perhaps we shouldn't be lumping Volkswagen or its subsidiaries into that category. Martin Winterkorn, CEO of VW, has admitted that the VW brands, ...

Porsche going way down market with VW Golf-based hatchback? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The issues that Porsche has had with legislation which would require it to meet the same strict fuel efficiency and emissions goals as economy car makers has been well documented. While Lamborghini has apparently decided that it should get a free pass considering how few vehicles it sells, Porsche ...

Volkswagen TSI engine wins its category again for Engine of the Year 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Since winning the "Best New Engine of 2006" award from the International Engine of the Year committee, Volkswagen's Twincharger TSI engine has taken the 1.0 to 1.4 liter category by storm, taking the class victory last year and again for 2008. Cited reasons for the win include the engine's high ...

VW finishes development of BlueTDI; 60 mpg Jetta coming to U.S. this summer 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At the International Vienna Motor Symposium, which starts today, Volkswagen is announcing that its next-generation turbo diesel engine, BlueTDI - developed especially for the North American market - will initially be available in the U.S. version of the Jetta. The Jetta BlueTDI will come to North ...

Will Consumers Accept Diesels? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Diesel engines have been widely accepted in Europe for decades, mainly because the oil-burners are much more efficient than their gasoline-powered counterparts. Here in the U.S., however, the loud and smelly performance of diesels in the '70s and '80s has left a bad taste that obviously hasn't ...

Auto Bild reveals the VW Golf TDI Hybrid ahead of Geneva! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click image for a gallery of the Golf TDI Hybrid German buff mag Auto Bild has spilled the beans on the Geneva-bound Volkswagen Golf TDI Hybrid concept. As we reported earlier, the car will average 69 US mpg in the European cycle and emit just 90 g/km of carbon dioxide, but we now know more details ...

NBC News reports on electric car conversion shop 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Among the videos at the NBC News website, mostly of CEOs and political leaders, there is one video about a company that converts gas cars to run on electricity. This "tiny shop in the middle of Kansas," the NBC News reporter says, "turns out more purely electric cars than any other place in the ...

Videos: car factories in the middle of the city? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Who says car factories have to be dirty? Volkswagen built a car factory in the middle of the city of Dresden called the Transparent Factory. The factory actually replaced a convention center and attracts tourists and people wanting to buy a car. The factory workers wear white, there is no pollution ...

ADAC awards VW a "Yellow Angel" for DSG transmission 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If you have one of Volkswagen's new DSG transmissions in your Golf, Golf Estate, Golf Plus or Jetta, then you also have the 2008 "Yellow Angel" award from ADAC under the hood. ADAC, the German automobile club, awarded the "Gelber Engel" prize to VW's Dual clutch transmission this week and VW Group ...

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