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Volkswagen factory produces last ever combustion engine car, shifts to EVs only

Volkswagen's Zwickau factory produces its last ever combustion engine vehicle, closing a 116-year chapter on fossil-fuelled cars and switching to EV production, only.

Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess at new Golf world premiere in Wolfsburg, 2019. Source: VW

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Volkswagen injects $3.5 billion into China electric car projects

German automotive giant Volkswagen Group announces plans to invest around €2.1 billion into Chinese operations described as “the next chapter for its business in China.”

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Volkswagen launches all-electric eTransporter van in the UK

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles launches first fully electric van in the UK, the ABT eTransporter 6.1.

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VW gears up to sell ID3 with new “ID stores” opening in Germany

Gearing up to fulfil promise of summer launch of ID.3 electric hatchback, Volkswagen announces it will open series of stores in Germany starting with Dresden.

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Volkswagen unveils electric version of the classic 1966 Kombi bus

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles presents e-Bulli electric bus, bringing T1 Samba into electric era to celebrate the classic Kombi's 70th anniversary.

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Volkswagen wants to go head to head with energy providers on EV batteries

Volkswagen wants to tap a projected 350GWh of storage capacity in electric car batteries to compete with energy companies, but there is no official word on V2G for the ID3.

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