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Similar in configuration to the LeSharo, the Rialta used a longer-wheelbase version of the Volkswagen EuroVan (Transporter T4) chassis. Alongside a narrower-body campervan (also produced by Winnebago), the Rialta marked the reintroduction of the T4 to the US (Volkswagen discontinued the passenger van after 1992). Initially fitted with a 110 hp ...
The European Union warned Volkswagen in 2018 that it did not believe it was moving fast enough to issue repairs on the recalled cars, provide consumers with appropriate information on what steps Volkswagen was doing to resolve the problem, and what compensation they were offering affected consumers. [197]
The Volkswagen XL1, with potential mileage as high as 261 mpg ‑US (0.9 L/100 km), is the most fuel-efficient car in the world.. In 1974 Volkswagen paid a $120,000 fine to settle a complaint filed by the Environmental Protection Agency over the use of so-called "defeat devices" that disabled certain pollution-control systems.
Introduced in 1990, the T4 was the first Volkswagen van to have a front-mounted, water-cooled engine. Prompted by the success of similar moves with their passenger cars, Volkswagen had toyed with the idea of replacing their air-cooled, rear-engined T2 vans with a front-engined, water-cooled design in the late 1970s.
VW says the robot can be started by an app or V2X communications to determine where it needs to take electricity. VW thinks autonomous charging robots will solve our EV infrastructure problems ...
In Zwickau, Volkswagen plowed more than $1.3 billion over the past five years into turning its combustion-engine factory into the company’s first pure-EV production facility—a top-to-bottom ...
In January 2017, VW pleaded guilty to the emissions scandal and agreed to pay US$4.3 billion in penalties. As of January 2019, 13 VW employees have been indicted, including former CEO Martin Winterkorn. In addition, two former executives (Oliver Schmidt and James Robert Liang) have pleaded guilty in US court and sentenced to prison terms. [11] [12]
Volkswagen Bus or Volkswagen Van is a type of vehicle produced by Volkswagen/Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. There have been a number of notable versions of it produced.