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If Volkswagen AG decides to build its U.S. assembly plant in the South, the German company will join other foreign automakers that are increasingly turning the region into a hotbed of car manufacturing.The South offers automakers ample highway and rail...
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Most visitors to Germany’s reunited capital wouldn’t recognise it as such, but there is still a bit of original Berlin Wall left standing in the...
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Germany’s Bundestag had just legalised a right of terminally ill patients to voluntarily reject a use of a life support system while being in an unconscious state,...
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To many on the outside, Germany looks like a big, rich country enjoying the benefits of being Europe’s largest economy. Inside, Germans know that looks can be...
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While President Obama has chosen a deliberately measured response to the contested Iranian election, European leaders have been far less restrained in their comments....
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Surrounded by the barbed wire of Buchenwald concentration camp, Barack Obama laid a white rose on a memorial to the 56,000 people murdered there by the Nazis yesterday....
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Built by two German engineers, the Elmoto is a zero-emission electric bike. A 2kw motor powers the bike for up to 65km on a full charge, allowing a top speed of 45kmph....
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a rare public rebuke of central banks, suggested the European Central Bank and its counterparts in the U.S. and Britain have gone...
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Unmanned aerial vehicles are of prime importance with the security risks increasing across the globe. Drones like the mini-UAV developed by German-based AirRobot could...
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The European Union’s legislature, accustomed to toiling in obscurity, will be thrust into a rare spotlight next week as its elections gauge voter anger and the...
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Sixty-nine per cent of people questioned said they had been horrified by the “condescending tone” some Germans took with locals.
The poll, conducted by...
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Authorities in the states of Hesse and North-Rhine Westphalia have ordered retailers to stop selling the beverage.
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BMW drivers in Germany will be able to view current precipitation in any part of the country simply by using the automaker’s new “precipitation radar,” which BMW...
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The students of Kingston University have designed a bike to demystify all myths related to low speed of green vehicles. Six of Kingston University’s final -year...
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German carmaker Volkswagen AG said Wednesday net profit fell 74 percent as the world economic crisis cut into demand for its cars and trucks.
made popular Apr 22 2009
AP, Frankfurt
German automakers BMW AG and Volkswagen AG said Tuesday that they would put thousands of German employees on reduced working hours as they slow production in the...
made popular Jan 20 2009
AP, Berlin
Volkswagen AG says it will put about 60,000 workers in Germany on shorter hours for five days next week.
made popular Jan 20 2009
AP, Berlin
Porsche SE says it has increased the number of shares it owns in Volkswagen AG, a move that will give it indirect control of Swedish truck maker Scania AB.
made popular Jan 5 2009
AP, Beijing
Two Chinese auto plants run by German automaker Volkswagen AG through joint ventures are planning to partly suspend production lines to conduct maintenance work, state...
made popular Dec 14 2008
AP, Berlin
The German parliament’s upper house on Friday approved a planned law governing automaker Volkswagen AG that has put Berlin at odds with the European Commission.
made popular Nov 28 2008
AP, Frankfurt
A court on Thursday rejected an attempt by Porsche SE to have a provision struck from Volkswagen AG’s statutes that gives VW’s second-largest shareholder a...
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AP, Berlin
Volkswagen AG said Thursday it will focus on keeping competitive amid the financial crisis and pledged to build more efficient cars.
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AP, Frankfurt
Volkswagen AG said Thursday its third-quarter net profit rose 28 percent on improved sales in emerging markets and stuck to its forecast of beating last year’s...
made popular Oct 30 2008
AP, Frankfurt
Audi AG, the luxury arm of automaker Volkswagen AG, said Wednesday third-quarter operating profit rose nearly 14 percent as a gain in sales in Germany offset falls...
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AP, Frankfurt
Volkswagen AG is headed to Tennessee to build cars in the U.S. after picking the southern state as the site for its new plant.Chattanooga, Tennessee, beat out bids by...
made popular Jul 15 2008
AP, Frankfurt
Members of automaker Volkswagen AG’s board were meeting Tuesday with discussions on the location for a new U.S. plant atop the agenda.The Wolfsburg-based...
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AP, Wolfsburg
Volkswagen AG aims to sell 8 million cars a year by 2011 _ almost 30 percent more than last year _ and will introduce 20 more models including vans, pickups and sport...
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AP, Berlin
Porsche said Tuesday that pretax profit for the first six months of its fiscal year rose 23 percent and the automaker repeated that it has no plans to acquire...
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Above the expected production of more than 1.5 million this year, Shanghai Automotive Co. plans to produce more than 2 million vehicles by 2010.
As notified by its...
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General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and BMW AG will unveil their new eco-friendly concept cars at Los Angeles Auto Show soon. All these vehicles powered by alternative...
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As a part of its environmentally friendly technology programmes, Mitsubishi Motors and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will co-develop a next-generation diesel engine by...
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