The New York International Auto Show began this past week, and the biggest star was the CEO of GM, Mary Barra – who took the company helm last December. But the attention was not because of the new automobile models on display.
Daily Archives: April 21, 2014
Volkswagen Group launching major electro-mobility campaign in China
The Volkswagen Group is launching a major electro-mobility campaign in China—the the biggest initiative for e-mobility in China’s automotive history, said Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen AG, on the eve of the Auto China motor show in Beijing. The initiative gets underway with the launch this year of the Volkswagen brand’s battery-electric e-up! and e-Golf models.
Volkswagen has agreed budget car concept, design
Volkswagen has agreed the basic concept and design of a budget car for emerging markets, said Hans Demant, the VW executive in charge of the project.
VW forecast it will outsell GM in China for second straight year
Volkswagen forecast its sales in China will increase 10 percent or more in 2014, signaling that the company will outsell General Motors Co. in the world’s biggest auto market for a second-straight year.
