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The Volkswagen Foundation (German: VolkswagenStiftung) is the largest German private nonprofit organization involved in the promotion and support of academic research. It is not affiliated to the present company, the Volkswagen Group .
VW workers in Chattanooga, TN, celebrating after a successful UAW union vote on 19 April 2024. Volkswagen Group of America (VWoA) employs 6,000 employees as of 2022. [57] Today it is one of the national affiliates of VW Group seats on the VW Global Works Council.
The German automotive concern, Volkswagen Group has, since the 1970s, developed a series of shared automobile platforms for their motor vehicles. [1] [2]Originally, these were identified using a simple alphanumeric system.
Renamed Volkswagen Argentina S.A. Part of Autolatina venture with Ford beginning in 1987. This led to VW closing the ex-Chrysler plants (San Justo first in 1987, then Monte Chingolo) and moving into the Ford complex in Pacheco. Clayton: Australia (continent), Australia: Melbourne, Victoria: VW Beetle VW Type 2 VW Type 3 VW Country Buggy VW ...
On 6 February 2024, the UAW announced that over 50% of the 4,100 hourly workers at the plant have signed union membership cards. [37] The VW union drive is happening shortly after UAW's successful strikes in 2023 at the "Big Three" automobile manufacturers Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. [38] On 19 April, the plant's workers voted to unionize.
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For the 2009 model year, VW introduced a new generation of diesels, based on common rail technology. These would meet air pollution standards in all 50 states. The first of these units was made available for sale in August 2008. VW sold 2050 Jetta Sedan TDIs and 361 Jetta Sportwagen TDIs that first month.
In 1997 FAW-Volkswagen Sales Company Ltd. was established as a joint venture between FAW-VW and FAW Group with the equity holdings of 50% for each, it was a smart idea of avoiding the Germans to take control of the sales department under the policy of the governing body then. By 2002 FAW-VW took the majority of the equities back from FAW Group.