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Volkswagen Ousts CEO Herbert DiessPorsche boss Oliver Blume will succeed Diess within weeks, ending a four-year tenure in which his hard-nosed leadership style caused consta...
Volkswagen CEO will step down by September 1Oliver Blume, who is now CEO of Porsche, will succeed Diess. Volkswagen also said the company's chief financial officer, Arno Antlitz, will...
Volkswagen's Herbert Diess to step down as CEO, Oliver Blume to succeedHerbert Diess's departure comes as the company is pushing to beat Tesla at becoming the world's top electric vehicle maker, catch up on sof...
Volkswagen to build 800,000 fully-electric cars this yearThe company said it is working towards making half of its global output all-electric by 2030.
Volkswagen chief warns economic damage from war risks being worse than pandemicThe interruption to global supply chains "could lead to huge price increases, scarcity of energy and inflation", CEO Herbert Diess told the...
What's driving the latest Volkswagen power struggle?Volkswagen's four-member mediation committee is planning to discuss Diess' future soon, sources have said, creating uncertainty around the ...
Volkswagen CEO demands 'revolution' to tackle TeslaThe German group -- whose 12 brands include Audi, Porsche and Skoda -- is pumping 35 billion euros ($40 billion) into the shift to electric...
Tesla's Elon Musk dials into Volkswagen executive conferenceWhen asked by Herbert Diess why Tesla was more nimble than its rivals, Musk said it came down to his management style and that he is an eng...
Elon Musk joins VW executive conference as ‘surprise guest’In a rare move by a corporate titan addressing a competitor, Tesla Inc.'s chief executive officer spoke in the video conference at the invi...
The money is there, Volkswagen CEO says of planned battery cell pushBuilding new battery cell plants, which usually cost around 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) apiece, are a key requirement for Volkswagen's v...
Volkswagen's CEO Herbert Diess to step aside at Skoda, SeatAt Seat, Diess would be succeeded by current technology head Thomas Schmall and at Skoda by Murat Aksel, head of procurement on the Volkswa...
Volkswagen as the next Tesla is firing up stock investorsThe stock started taking off last week as investors bought into the Germany company’s plan to supplant Tesla Inc. as the global leader in e...
Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess 'not afraid' of an Apple electric carWhile Apple's plans are not public, Diess said its intentions as such were "logical" because the company had expertise in batteries, softwa...
Volkswagen CEO expects autonomous cars on market from 2025-2030Herbert Diess cited the improving performance of computer chips needed in autonomous cars while developments in artificial intelligence are...
Volkswagen CEO says Joe Biden victory would better suit carmaker's strategyPresidential candidate Joe Biden moved closer to victory in the U.S. election as officials continued to tally votes in the handful of key b...
Volkswagen replaces Herbert Diess as CEO of VW brandIn a statement published on Monday, Volkswagen said Brandstaetter, previously brand chief operating officer, would assume the new role on J...
Tesla is no niche automaker anymore: Volkswagen CEOThe words of praise may have been a response in kind to Musk who tweeted last month that Volkswagen's Herbert Diess was “doing more than an...
Volkswagen to cut engineering frenzy to revive profits amid emission scandalThe policy revisions are part of a 12-point strategy laid out to managers by the brand's new chief, Herbert Diess, according to people fami...
Volkswagen brand to cut investment, change diesel technologyVW brand head Herbert Diess made the announcement as the company struggles to overcome a scandal over cars equipped with software that let ...
Volkswagen to launch new generation Tiguan SUV in India next yearGerman auto major Volkswagen plans to launch the new generation of its most popular sports utility vehicle Tiguan in India next year.