Volkswagen overtakes Amazon as Rivian’s (RIVN) largest shareholder with 15.9% stake
Volkswagen overtakes Amazon as Rivian’s (RIVN) largest shareholder with 15.9% stake

Volkswagen now owns 209.8 million shares of Rivian (RIVN), representing a 15.9% stake in the EV startup, according to a new SEC filing. The German automaker has overtaken Amazon as Rivian’s single largest shareholder for the first time since the compan…

Volkswagen reveals the ID. Polo, a sub-$30k electric car for the masses with retro charm

Volkswagen has officially unveiled the ID. Polo, the all-electric version of its best-selling compact car, with a starting price of 24,995 euros.

Volkswagen is turning the Jetta into a $15,000 electric SUV, but not for the US roads

The Jetta X is a China-exclusive electric SUV concept from Volkswagen’s separate FAW-Volkswagen Jetta sub-brand, aimed at the budget EV market with a target price of around $14,700.

TechCrunch Mobility: Who is poaching all the self-driving vehicle talent?

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.  

Volkswagen abandons ID.4 EV plans for shoppers in the U.S.

The Volkswagen ID.4 is being discontinued in the US after years of volatile sales and the removal of key federal incentives, with VW now banking on a revamped Atlas to carry its American business.

Volkswagen drops all-electric ID.4 in the US in pivot back to gas SUVs

All resources at its U.S. factory are aimed at the upcoming Atlas SUV.

Volkswagen begins testing its self-driving microbuses in Los Angeles ahead of launch with Uber

Volkswagen subsidiary MOIA America still has a long and winding regulatory road before it can launch a commercial robotaxi service.

Rivian gets another $1B from Volkswagen

The two companies have been collaborating on a joint venture that would see Rivian tech go in VW’s EVs.

The great EV pullback: all the obstacles, cancellations, and delays
The great EV pullback: all the obstacles, cancellations, and delays

The auto industry bet big on electric vehicles, but now those ambitious goals are falling apart. Demand was already slowing down when Donald Trump took office and took an ax to pro-EV policy: the elimination of the federal EV tax credit, kneecapping clean energy, and bulldozing emissions rules. Tariffs have been taking their toll as […]

New VW Sportline is the 7-passenger electric GTi the ID.Buzz SHOULD have been
New VW Sportline is the 7-passenger electric GTi the ID.Buzz SHOULD have been

VW have finally built the van enthusiasts have been asking — and it’s not the ID.Buzz. Meet the new e-Transporter Sportline, the retro-tastic people-mover with GTI-inspired styling, a proper performance attitude, and room for seven that VW should have …