From 2013, state-of-the-art production technology will be used to manufacture the latest generation of VW engines at the Silao plant. Construction work has begun on the new engine plant in Silao, ...

After the Zwickau factory, VW has started converting another of its factories from gasoline and diesel vehicle production to electric vehicle production. Volkswagen has one of the most aggressive ...

WSJ goes inside a Volkswagen engine factory that is being transformed into a battery plant, as the German giant looks to change its image and rival Tesla. Photo illustration: George Downs ...

left to right: Frank Blome, CEO PowerCo, Daniela Cavallo, Chairwoman of the Group Works Council Volkswagen AG, Stephan Weil, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, Herbert Diess, Chairman of the Board of ...

It looks and feels more like an art museum or fancy loft than a car factory. The so-called Transparent Factory in Dresden, Germany, has Canadian Maple wood floors, soft indirect lighting and ...

The automobile sales numbers are seeing a huge shift away from sedans and in favor of SUVs and crossovers. I contrast an automobile factory in which only a sedan is being made with one in which both ...