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China is doubling down on its commitment to electric vehicles as the government tries to fight pollution problems and global warming. It now has the biggest electric vehicle fleet on the globe.

With the Pikes Peak Hill Climb drawing closer, Volkswagen discussed the combined visions that brought the curvy hill racer to life.

Volkswagen's Atlas, already honored by publications, was honored again by Parents magazine and Edmunds. The three-row SUV, launched last year, was named to their 10-Best list for 2018.

Across the industry light truck -- crossover and SUV -- sales continued their growth, averaging about 4.7 percent. VW was right on that target as its crossover and SUVs pushed their sales up. Surprisingly, the new Jetta also finished May strongly.

There was an interesting report today that is making the rounds regarding the 2019 VW Golf. It is reportedly going to be the most powerful hatchback at 400 HP in VW history.

Whether a recall is 1 car or 1 million, responsible automakers usually push things out quite quickly to make sure owners are notified. It is also a PR coup when a recall is handled quickly and efficiently as it shows the automaker thinks highly of its customers.

Volkswagen Motorsport's engineering team has had to balance performance and weight to build the record-challenging racer for the June 24 Pikes Peak Hill Climb.

After a rocky couple of years, VW keeps on racking up honors for its products. This time it was named to Kelley Blue Book's coolest cars list.

After watching the failure of the Global Rallycross racing season, Volkswagen has enthusiastically jumped aboard its replacement, the American Rallycross (ARX) series. It kicks off Friday in Silverstone, England.

Though you probably have guessed it, it does take a lot of work to get a race car ready for a race that hasn't run yet. If you are wondering, here are some of the details of the VW ID R.

If you could be a fly on the wall in many automotive companies you would probably hear lots of griping about safety recalls; their cost, and their impact. Listening to that would make you think that the industry doesn't support the NHTSA recall program -- they do, but with forced smiles. However, the industry also realizes the recalls are needed because they help consumers know their products are safe.

With a combined total of about 45 percent of total sales, VW's Atlas and Tiguan are carrying the automaker's sales boom. With sedan sales lagging -- the Golf family is the exception -- the automaker must be happy that Atlas is in the mix.

For some years, Tesla has been the de facto electric vehicle market leader. Then again, why wouldn't it be? There was no one to challenge its leadership. Well, with the change in the automotive world, Tesla had better watch out.

Volkswagen has added another 71,000 vehicles to its Takata-related airbag inflator recall. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the automaker is recalling 2006-07 Passat sedans and wagons to check out their and replace the airbag inflators, if needed.

Volkswagen's former chief exec was named in an indictment Thursday that charged him with conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with the Dieselgate scandal.

Volkswagen's Electrify American subsidiary has begun to invest some of the $2 billion that VW committed as part of its diesel emissions scandal settlement.

Led by Atlas and Tiguan, Volkswagen continues to shake the sales doldrums that had engulfed it only a year or two ago due to the diesel emissions scandal.

Volkswagen has officially taken the wraps off its Pikes Peak challenger, the I.D. R and has partially wrung it out at the Spa circuit in Ales, Belgium. The smile on driver Romain Dumas' faces says it all.

Volkswagen and a Swedish design firm have linked up to drive down the number of distracted driving accidents,

Audi recalls 1.16 vehicles to repair fault with electrical coolant pump. Automaker launches 2nd global recall for the vehicles.

Volkswagen on Sunday unveiled its electric supercar, the I.D. R, which has been tasked with setting a new Pikes Peak Hill Climb record. Roland Dumas, current champion, is piloting the record-attempting vehicle.

Although it already holds the Nordschleife lap record, it appears that Porsche may be mounting a new effort with its 913 Hybrid Evo supercar.

For the first time in six years, Volkswagen is making changes in its venerable logo. Well-known, the logo is undergoing changes to make it more usable with digital media and devices like smartphones.

Volkswagen, facing a major product push in the next seven years, has tapped Herbert Diess to take over as the automaker's new CEO, replacing Matthias Mueller. Mueller presided over the automaker in the wake of the Dieselgate scandal.

After all this time and work plus hundreds of thousands of turbodiesels in storage, VW still have to find 10,000 VWs to complete this program.

Volkswagen is not stomping the Beetle out of its lineup.

Volkswagen confirmed Monday that it will build a two-row, five-passenger Atlas at its Chattanooga plant. It will invest about $300 million more in the plant to complete the model.

Volkswagen will equip 16 factories to produce electric vehicles by the end of 2022, but imagine how much better off the world would be if VW, BMW, GM, etc had started pushing this 10 years ago. Tesla had to take all the risk up-front and finally others noticed that you can make a good looking electric car people will buy. What do you all think?

VW, led by its crossovers, posted another sales gain in February. For the two months ending in February, the automaker sold nearly a combined six percent.

No matter what you want and how badly you want it, sometimes you just can't have it. That's the case with the VW Arteon. It's copywriters want the world to believe that coupes have four doors. Here's a news flash: coupes can only have two doors, whether it is here or on the far side of Mars. You can't change it.