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Skoda India names upcoming new sedan as Slavia

Skoda has announced the name 'Slavia' for its upcoming new sedan for the Indian market. The Slavia will be the second production model from Skoda's INDIA 2.0 project, following the Kushaq, the carmaker stated in a statement.

Oct 08, 2021, 10:33 AM IST

Volkswagen’s data breach at vendor impacted 3.3 million people

The company told regulators the vast majority of customers only had phone numbers and email addresses potentially impacted by the data breach. In some cases, data also includes information about a vehicle purchased, leased, or inquired about.

Jun 12, 2021, 16:27 PM IST

Skoda Kushaq sketches out ahead of its official unveiling, the SUV gets rugged looks

The car was unveiled for the very first time as Vision IN concept last year. The sketches released by the company gives us a better understanding of what the production unit would look like in real-time. The Skoda Kushaq is based on the MQB A0 IN platform which is developed especially for the Indian market.

Feb 18, 2021, 16:06 PM IST

Volkswagen group to invest around Rs 7,900 crore in India by 2021

As part of 'India 2.0' project, Skoda Auto is setting up an engineering design and development centre at Pune besides enhancing capacities at the group's two plants at Aurangabad and Pune.

Jul 02, 2018, 18:00 PM IST

Skoda expects over 30% sales jump; to bring SUV Kodiaq soon

The Czech automaker expects the performance-oriented RS 230 to contribute over 15 per cent of the Octavia sales, which is the second largest volume grosser for the company.

Sep 03, 2017, 16:08 PM IST

Tata Motors, Skoda call off partnership plan

Tata Motors on Thursday said it has ended talks with Volkswagen group's auto maker Skoda on their proposed partnership following feasibility issues, a move that comes just over four months after they had entering into the agreement.

Aug 10, 2017, 15:42 PM IST

Volkswagen, Nvidia to cooperate on artificial intelligence

German carmaker Volkswagen said on Tuesday it would cooperate with U.S. chipmaker Nvidia on deep learning software that could be used to manage traffic flows or make it easier for humans to work with robots.

Jun 27, 2017, 12:11 PM IST

Only 30% of recalled diesel vehicles rectified till now: Volkswagen

Over a year into the exercise, German auto major Volkswagen has been able to rectify only 30 percent of the 3.4 lakh recalled diesel vehicles it had equipped with defeat device that helped cheat emission tests in India.

Apr 23, 2017, 13:56 PM IST

Only 30% of recalled diesel vehicles rectified so far: Volkswagen

Over a year into the exercise, German auto major Volkswagen has been able to rectify only 30 percent of the 3.4 lakh recalled diesel vehicles it had equipped with defeat device that helped cheat emission tests in India.

Apr 23, 2017, 13:56 PM IST

Volkswagen cheating a 'well thought-out crime', diesel cars under lens

Volkswagen Group had yesterday announced recall of 3,23,700 vehicles across three brands.

Dec 02, 2015, 16:15 PM IST

Volkswagen-owned 700,000 Seat vehicles fitted with emissions-cheating software

Seat, the Spanish carmaker owned by the Volkswagen group, fitted 700,000 of its cars with pollution cheating software to dupe emissions tests, a company spokesman said Tuesday.

Sep 29, 2015, 17:43 PM IST

Volkswagen scandal: Skoda, Audi admit emission faults

Volkswagen scam deepens as the sister companies Skoda and Audi admits that there are faults within their cars as well.

Sep 29, 2015, 13:25 PM IST

India needs higher auto fuel emission standards: Report

 India needs to follow the course taken by developed countries like the US and expedite the upgradation to higher auto fuel emission standards, a report said on Sunday in the wake of the emission cheating by Volkswagen Group exposed earlier this week.

Sep 27, 2015, 21:00 PM IST

Volkswagen group sales fall for first time in years

Deliveries at the 12-brand group including luxury division Audi and sports-car maker Porsche slid 1.3 percent year-on-year to 853,200 cars, VW said on Friday.

May 16, 2015, 01:01 AM IST