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ROBOTS   |  Comment

This Week In Bots: The Locomotion Edition

Roving robots are something we take for granted. But the tech that makes robots mobile (and soon, robot tech that moves us, too) is clever stuff. Here's what's been happening in the world of robo-motion.READ»

GROUPON   |  Comment

Fumble: Groupon's Super Bowl Spots Boost Traffic a Paltry 3%

If CEO Andrew Mason's candid response--"We hate that we offended people, and we're sorry that we did it"--wasn't evidence enough that these ads were poorly executed, a new report from Nielsen leaves nothing to the imagination.READ»

GM   |  Comment

Coming Soon: A GM-Branded Diesel Car?

Watch out, Volkswagen--your ironclad grip on the diesel car market may be about to weaken. READ»

Would You Buy a New VW From This Man?

The successor to Stefan Jacoby, former president and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, has finally been announced: Jonathan Browning will take over next month. His goals are ambitious, to say the least.READ»

BIO-BUG   |  Comment

Stink Bug: VW Beetle Powered By Human Waste Makes Debut

Electric cars seem downright inefficient compared to the Bio-Bug, a VW Beetle rigged to run on gas from sewage plants.READ»

Why Volkswagen is Sheepish on an Electric Vehicle Strategy

Look out on any street and gasoline-powered vehicles still dominate the road. But in the coming years, automakers like Toyota, Honda, and GM plan to start pumping out plug-in hybrid electric cars in a bid to keep up with the fabled ...READ»

Shakeup at Volkswagen: Is U.S. Chief Stefan Jacoby Bailing to Volvo?

Drama in the automotive world isn't limited to struggling startups and bankrupt heavyweights. Case in point: Rumors are circulating that Stefan Jacoby, President and CEO of the Volkswagen Group of America, is ditching VW for Volvo, ...READ»

VW   |  Comment

VW's First Ever Two-Wheeler Fits in Your Spare Tire Compartment

Did you know that Volkswagen's "focus on mobility" extends beyond cars to two-wheelers? Neither did we until VW research and development chief Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg said so at this week's Auto China 2010 show. Hackenberg introduced ...READ»

Volkswagen Taps Crowd to App Your Ride

Once upon a time, cars used to be all about mechanics. Now it's all about technology--oh, and clever, tech-based marketing. Volkswagen has seized on this fact and is using it as a way of improving its vehicles, hiring talent--oh, and ...READ»

VW   |  Comment

3% of VWs Going Pure Electric by 2020: Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann, Volkswagen's Master of Electrification

EVs will play an increasingly large role, Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann, Chief Officer for Electric Traction at the Volkswagen Group, tells FastCompany.com. But combustion engines aren't going anywhere either. In an interview about the ...READ»

VAIL   |  Comment

Fast Company Takes a Spin in VAIL's iPhone-Controlled Autonomous Vehicle

Distracted driving caused 6,000 automobile fatalities in 2008 alone. People probably aren't going to stop texting and fiddling around with gadgets while driving anytime soon, so why not make it a little bit less dangerous to be ...READ»

CARS   |  Comment

Obama's New Fuel Efficiency Standards as Unlikely as Obama Presidency

Revising a 2007 energy law, new cars and trucks will need to get around 35 miles per gallon by 2016.READ»

Volkswagen Unveils Its First Hybrid

Fast Company talks with VW's chiefs of engineering and design about the 2011 Touareg Hybrid.READ»

VOLKSWAGEN   |  Comment

Remembering Never to Forget

For all its shiny green future, Volkswagen has a dark and complicated past. Nowhere do those two disparate sides present themselves more starkly than in the company's headquarters of Wolfsburg, Germany. It's a one-horse town of ...READ»