Once we understand the points at which the human brain makes bad decisions that affect our health, we can begin to find ways to influence us to not make those decisions at all. It's a lot cheaper than a visit to the ER.READ»
Is this the solution the U.S. Postal Service needs to reach solvency? Probably not, but German mail carriers will soon have a faithful truck that stays close by, without anyone in the driver's seat.READ»
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»
Listening to a car manufacturer drone on about how much money its automobile will "save" you over the course of its lifetime is snoozy at best and suspicious at worst. Volkswagen makes the point obliquely by letting you discover it ...READ»
Like Dylan at Newport, the scraggly old VW bus is going electric.
Volkswagen is expected to introduce a conceptual, iPad-enabled Microbus EV at the International Motor Show in Geneva tomorrow. The vehicle goes by the name Bulli -- ...READ»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
