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Volkswagen Names Martell Vice President Customer Experience

Herndon, VA - Volkswagen of America today announced the appointment of Robert Martell, 54, to the post of Vice President, Customer Experience for the company. Martell, a 25-year veteran of Volkswagen in both the US and Canada has served in a variety of increasingly responsible sales and dealer-interfacing positions in his tenure at Volkswagen.

04.26.2012

Volkswagen Group makes successful start to 2012

Wolfsburg, Germany - The Volkswagen Group has continued its run of successes in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012. “With the first quarter we have had a clearly good start to the year”, said Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft’s Board of Management, during the presentation of the Company’s financial results for the first three months of 2012 in Wolfsburg on Thursday. “Our results once again show that we are on the right track.”

04.20.2012

VW Credit, Inc. Celebrates Expansion of Libertyville Facility, Plans to Create 150 New Jobs

Libertyville, Ill. - VW Credit, Inc. (VCI), a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group of America Inc., today broke ground for a 30,000-square-foot expansion of its Libertyville facility. The multimillion-dollar expansion, to be completed early next year, will accommodate approximately 150 new jobs that VW Credit, Inc. expects to create through 2018. The VCI Libertyville facility currently employs nearly 500 employees.

03.22.2012

VOLKSWAGEN CHATTANOOGA TO HIRE 800 TO MEET GROWING DEMAND

Chattanooga, Tenn - Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga Operations announced today that the company is creating an additional 800 new jobs at its Tennessee manufacturing facility.

03.21.2012

VOLKSWAGEN PARTNERS WITH AMYRIS AND SOLAZYME TO PROMOTE AUTOMOTIVE USE OF RENEWABLE FUELS

Belmont, Calif. - Volkswagen of America today announced partnerships with Solazyme and Amyris, two of the world’s leaders in renewable fuels, to evaluate emissions reductions and demonstrate the performance of TDI® Clean Diesel technology when powered by advanced biodiesel and renewable diesel fuel.

03.20.2012

VOLKSWAGEN LAUNCHES THINK BLUE® TOUR

Herndon, VA - During an event at its Electronic Research Laboratory today, Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced the Think Blue® Tour, an interactive mobile display and activity center created to educate consumers about ecological sustainability and fuel-efficient technologies.

03.20.2012

VOLKSWAGEN TEAMS UP WITH STUPID CANCER FOR “GET BUSY LIVING” ROAD TRIP

As part of a new partnership, Volkswagen of America, Inc. and Stupid Cancer (aka the I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation) have embarked on a cross-country road trip to raise awareness in support of young adults affected by cancer, and to empower the young adult cancer community to “get busy living.”

03.15.2012

VOLKSWAGEN NAMED BEST TOTAL VALUE BRAND IN STRATEGIC VISION'S TOTAL VALUE INDEX™ STUDY

Herndon, VA - Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced today that two of its vehicles have received top ratings from buyers in Strategic Vision's Total Value Index® (TVI) in addition to the Volkswagen brand being recognized as the best in Total Value.

03.13.2012

VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR FURTHER INVESTMENT IN TENNESSEE

Herndon, VA - Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) announced today that it will invest $40 million to build a warehouse in Roane County, Tenn. for distributing domestic auto parts for the Chattanooga-made Passat.

03.09.2012

Strong rise in deliveries for Volkswagen Group

Wolfsburg, Germany - Global vehicle deliveries by the Volkswagen Group in January and February 2012 rose by 7.7 percent to 1.29 (January-February 2011: 1.20)* million units.

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