What's been happening this week in the world of robotics? Read on to find out how much more clever/terrifying/increasingly useful the cyber-hood has become.
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.
We recently looked at a Volkswagen Beetle rigged to run on human waste. But for sustainability-happy VW fans who have a hard time stomaching the idea of a poop-powered vehicle, we present a second, more sterile option.
Volkswagen wants to be world's biggest automaker by 2018. The company's secret (or not so secret, as the case may be) sauce: the Jetta. This week, FastCompany.com had a chance to take the yet-to-be-released 2011 Jetta SEL for a spin on the sharp twists and turns of Northern California's Highway 1.
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 the VW bik.e, a battery-powered two-wheeler that resembles a bicycle without the pedals.
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.
