Articles Tagged with "VW"

FAW- VW Foshan Plant Capacity Increase, Total Capacity Grows to 600 Thousands

On May 7, FAW- VW has its groundbreaking ceremony for the second phrase project of Foshan Plant at South China Base. The plant will own about 300 Thousand cars capacity after the second phrase project build up. The entire production capacity will mount to 600 thousandth.

May 16 , 2014
VW shifts focus to profit as 10 million sales goal met

German automaker Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) will reinforce steps to boost earnings in coming years as its long-planned target to increase sales to over 10 million cars a year is almost met.

Mar. 14 , 2014
Analysis: The future of dual-clutch transmission technology in the wake of second mass recall of DSG-driven VWs

Volkswagen has recently announced a recall of 640,309 Chinese cars and minivans due to a suspected flaw in which the synthetic oil in the vehicles' DSG transmission systems may cause an electrical problem. VW has promised to replace the synthetic oil with mineral oil, while simultaneously updating the transmission system's control software. This marks the second large-scale recall announced by VW in the country and has once again aroused suspicion about the build quality of their DSG transmissions. To better understand industry viewpoints on the recent trouble with the transmission systems, Gasgoo.com (Chinese) held a weeklong survey, inviting 1,563 analysts and figures to answer questions regarding the issue.

Mar. 10 , 2014
Ex-VW designer has Volvo on a hot streak

Volvo design chief Thomas Ingenlath has been turning heads and winning awards since joining the Swedish automaker from Volkswagen Group 20 months ago. There is a good chance the hot streak will continue at the Geneva auto show.

Mar. 10 , 2014