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Volkswagen sold more pork than cars in 2015
This may come as a surprise to some of you but Volkswagen, the German carmaker who has been in the news for all the wrong reasons recently, has been a successful seller of Currywurst. This pork dish that is native of Germany has proved to be a hot-seller for the car manufacturer. Basically a sausage…
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John Oliver’s take on the Volkswagen dieselgate is a rib tickler
When you screw up, somewhere in the globe, you know the media is going to prod you with their humor and wise ones. But if you dupe an entire nation into believing that you’re 40 percent meaner to the environment that you appear to be then you’re bound to be ridiculed and then loathed. While…
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Volkswagen shares plunge 23 pc after CEO admits to cheating in diesel emissions test
A couple of days ago the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accused automaker Volkswagen of manipulating emissions tests for nearly 500k vehicles. In response to the allegations the company’s CEO, Martin Winterkorn apologized and ordered that its US dealerships to stop selling cars that were impacted by the probe. The EPA claims that the German carmakers…
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Apple Watch receives Volkswagen Car-Net app
Joining the BMW and Porsche bandwagon is Volkswagen and its cool new Car-Net app for the Apple Phone. With this, users will have complete control of all basic functions of their vehicle, with just a few button presses on their wrist. The functions that can be remotely controlled include the locking and unlocking of doors,…
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Volkswagen’s futuristic XL1 redefines frugal cars, returns an unbelievable 262mpg
From a distance Volkswagen’s XL1 looks like a vehicle straight out of the movie ‘Total Recall’. Squint a little harder but it still looks like one of those concept vehicles on display at the swanky international auto shows. After almost 10 years in development, XL1 has moved ahead from being a concept to a fully…
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1953 Volkswagen Beetle turned into a perfect sphere by sculptor Ichwan Noor
There are a few products of automotive innovation, design and engineering that simply do not deserve the scrap-yard after their years of fruitful service expire. Perhaps designer Ichwan Noor thinks so too and has come up with this one-of-a-kind installation that took our breath away. The installation is more than what meets the eye and…
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A Google Chrome plugin that pauses videos when you look away
It is not a software company that has created this plugin, it actually comes from the German auto giant Volkswagen. The plugin is created to promote the automakers newest ‘Start-Stop’ technology which aims to saves gas by turning off the engine when the car stops. We have seen similar functionality in the Samsung Galaxy SIII…
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Volkswagen iBeetle may soon be your biggest iPhone accessory
There are those who want their phones to work withing their car. And then there are the others who’d like buying a car just because it offers some amazing compatibility with their favorite smartphone. The Volkswagen iBeetle is one such instance. The car will offer compatibility with the iOS operating system. The iBeetle will make…
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Volkswagen cars will be using CO2 as future refrigerant for air-conditioning
One of the world’s biggest automobile manufacturers, Volkswagen, has decided to bring forth its own carbon-dioxide-based air conditioning systems for its cars in the near future. The Germans abandoned the use of the European Union-recommended HFO-1234yf refrigerant soon after the guys at Daimler found this to be flammable. The HFO-1234yf was developed by Honeywell and…
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Volkswagen hovering egg car promises a better future
Its time to dive again into the exciting, world changing and impractical world of concepts. This one comes straight from Volkswagen, it was actually an idea submitted by a user in a contest held by the german giant, but it impressed the bright minds at VW so much that they actually went ahead and made…
