Tag: Volkswagen AG

• Thursday, December 13th 2018 - 09:04 UTC

  Bolivia, Germany agree to join efforts in extracting lithium from Uyuni

  

  Germany and Bolivia will join forces for the extraction of lithium, as Europe's largest economy moves to secure supplies for battery-powered vehicles, which are believed to be looming over, the German government announced Wednesday.

• Tuesday, January 5th 2016 - 08:22 UTC

  US Justice Department seeking billions of dollars from Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche

  

  The United States Justice Department has filed a federal lawsuit against Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche that seeks billions of dollars in penalties over claims that the car companies installed devices to deliberately misreport emissions. Nearly 600,000 diesel-engine vehicles were installed with these devices since 2009.

• Wednesday, July 29th 2015 - 05:52 UTC

  Volkswagen overtakes Toyota to became world's biggest selling vehicle maker

  

  Germany's Volkswagen became the world's biggest-selling vehicle maker in the first half of the year, overtaking Toyota for the first time. VW sold 5.04 million cars between January and June - slightly more than the 5.02 million sold by Toyota.

• Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 04:14 UTC

  Auto Industry Investment Plans Confirm Brazil as One of Five Main Global Markets

  

  The Brazilian automotive industry will invest 11.2 billion US dollars over the next two years to 2012, an amount that tops the 8.1 billion of the three preceding years, local media said Saturday.