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VWG sees EV sales surge 45%
- 27/10/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Volkswagen Group has announced that sales of all-electric model increased by 45% in the first nine months of the year. In total, it sold 531,500 zero emission vehicles around the world, which represents 7.9% of all deliveries. This is up from 6.1% in the first nine months of 2022. In the third quarter [...] -
Bentley names new manufacturing director
- 14/07/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Bentley Motors has appointed Andreas Lehe as the new board member for manufacturing. He will take up his post on 1 September, reporting to Adrian Hallmark, chairman and CEO. Lehe joins Bentley from AUDI AG, where he most recently held the role of head of strategic planning, responsible for the continuous [...] -
Audi network achieves 100% EVA accreditation
- 29/11/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Audi is the first car manufacturer in the UK to receive Electric Vehicle Approved (EVA) accreditation across its entire network of 113 centres. Developed by the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) and endorsed by the government’s Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV), the EVA accreditation proves [...] -
English solution for German brand
- 26/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Audi UK has named Claire English as new head of fleet, replacing James Buxton who will be leaving the business. She takes up her role on July 12, moving across from the equivalent position at VW Commercial Vehicles. Andrew Doyle, director of Audi UK, said: “We are delighted to welcome someone of Claire’s [...] -
More VW cars involved in diesel scandal
- 03/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Volkswagen cars with bigger diesel engines also contained software designed to dupe emissions testing, according to the US Environmental Protection Authority. The scandal has widened to include luxury brand Porsche and Audi, the EPA said VW also used devices to cheat air-pollution tests in 3.0 litre V6 diesel [...] -
VW boss says firm will recover
- 16/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The newly appointed Volkswagen boss, Matthias Mueller, has said the company will recover from the diesel emissions scandal in two to three years. In a speech to managers he said the company needed to become leaner and take decisions more rapidly. The comments come as VW said it would recall 8.5 million cars in [...] -
400,000 VW cars need injectors
- 13/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Around 400,000 Volkswagen cars in the UK will need fuel injectors altered as well as a software fix, according to the UK boss. Paul Willis, UK managing director, said that cars fitted with the 1.6Litre diesel engine would need the injectors modified. Those with the larger 2Litre engine would only need a software [...] -
ECP ask experts about VW scandal
- 12/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Euro Car Parts has asked experts in emissions-related repairs what they make of the VW ‘defeat device’ scandal affecting Audi, Seat, Skoda, VW and VW Commercial vehicles. Tony Wilson, managing director of Klarius said, ‘The Volkswagen emissions scandal began when regulators in America discovered software [...] -
VW values ‘marginally affected’ by emissions
- 30/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Trade values of Volkswagen used cars have so far only been marginally affected by the news of last week's emissions scandal, according to figures from Glass's. These are the key findings from data released today covering more than 78,000 observations: Trade values of all Volkswagen used cars in the Glass's [...] -
Seat involved in diesel scandal
- 30/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Seat is the latest VW brand to reveal it is involved in the diesel duping scandal that has rocked the automotive world. Seat sit under the Volkswagen umbrella along with Audi, Skoda and Seat and all have admitted to installing software that allows diesel vehicles to give false emissions readings during [...]
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