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Detroit Auto Show: Volkswagen E-Bugster Electric Concept
The Volkswagen Beetle is a classic — a car so unique that it has stamped the image of itself on our collective consciousness. It’s had songs written about it, been the subject of artists, starred in...
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Detroit Auto Show: Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid
While most of the attention paid to Volkswagen at this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit will be directed toward its new, irresistible electrified E-Bugster concept, the German...
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Volkswagen Up-Grades Its CNG Concepts
Late last year, we reported on a new line of six concept cars from Volkswagen, curiously called Up, unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show. As EarthTechling’s Aaron Colter reported, “The Up series of...
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Geneva Motor Show 2012: VW Cross Coupe Plug-In Diesel Hybrid
The VW contribution to green car technology at the 2012 Geneva Auto Show is a plug-in hybrid concept vehicle which is clean diesel powered. It is called the Cross Coupe, and VW is making use of this...
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Going Topless: VW’s E-Bugster Removable Roof Electric Car
Growing up I remember many a summer night spent cruising the New England countryside with my dad, top down in his old Volkswagen Beetle as the tunes played on the FM radio and the warm sun beat down on...
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VW Jetta Hybrid Rockets Down Bonneville Salt Flats
Just how fast can you drive your VW Jetta? Would you take it for a spin at 185 miles per hour? That’s what Motor Trend magazine writer Carlos Lago recently did at the Bonneville Salt Flats, setting...
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VW 2013 Jetta Hybrid Ready For The Roads
Volkswagen recently announced pricing and trim levels for its forthcoming 2013 Jetta Hybrid. The car, which we first covered earlier this year from the Detroit Auto Show, is notable for the fact it is...
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Detroit Auto Show: VW CrossBlue Hybrid Concept Hints At Future
Nissan isn’t the only one showcasing a rather innovative hybrid SUV style concept at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show. Volkswagen has also brought one of its own, unveiling last week the CrossBlue SUV idea...
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VW e-up! Concept Rises Up As A Real Electric Car
Back in 2009 Volkswagen debuted at the Frankfurt Motor Show what might someday be its first true electric production car for the consumer masses. Dubbed the e-up! at the time, VW projected forward and...
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VW Goes Plug-In Hybrid SUV With CrossBlue Coupe Concept
Volkswagen, at the recent Detroit Auto Show, showcased a mid-sized SUV hybrid concept known as the CrossBlue. The company now has taken this greener SUV design idea one step further, revealing at the...
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Volkswagen XL1 High Fuel Economy Variant Coming To US?
A 235 mpg car, like the Volkswagen XL1, could be a dream car on the current market, but the problem is that the XL1 is too expensive and limited to just 50 units, with none of these units arriving in...
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VW e-up! Electric Car Prices Around $34,500
Volkswagen has announced more details on its upcoming e-up! electric car, set to debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show this fall before it goes on sale next year. This includes word that it will have a...
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Taking The VW XL1 For A Spin Around London
I was [recently] introduced to the Volkswagen XL1. First unveiled at the Qatar Motor Show in 2011, the XL1 made its debut appearance in the UK, including being parked for the tourists’ cameras outside...
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VW Readies e-up!, e-Golf EVs For Mass Production
Volkswagen could easily end up making one of the biggest green car splashes at the upcoming Frankfurt Auto Show with word of two planned electric vehicle debuts. What’s more important here as well is...
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VW’s X1 Concept Car Goes 62 Miles On 1 Liter Of Gas
I’m attending the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference in Chattanooga, Tenn., this week. Thursday night, those of us mingling in the conference sponsors’ exhibit hall got quite the...
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VW Plans A Green Car Blitz In China
Volkswagen, looking to make a huge entrance into the emerging Chinese low carbon transportation market, is bringing offerings from across its various brands, including VW, Audi and Porsche, to drivers...
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VW e-Golf Will Offer 70-80 Miles Of Driving Range
Volkswagen, which earlier this year unveiled production ready models of the e-up! and e-Golf electric cars, will be showing off for its North American debut at the Los Angeles International Auto Show...
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Volkswagen twin up! Plug In Hybrid Very Fuel Efficient
Volkswagen, at the Tokyo Motor Show, is taking the experience it has learned from its extremely fuel efficient XL1 and turning that into a new concept vehicle known as the twin up! What will most...
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VW e-Golf Electric Car Goes On Sale In Germany
Volkswagen, ahead of a scheduled release of its upcoming e-Golf electric car in the United States by the fourth quarter of this year, announced it has begun making the vehicle available in Germany. It...
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