Recent events
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2022
Audi recalls 45,789 vehicles over inaccurate fuel-gauge readings
Audi's Product Safety Committee decided to recall 45,789 vehicles from the 2019 through 2021 model years because a fuel level sender could get stuck and cause the gauge to indicate more fuel than was available. Dealers were instructed to install a new sensor.
2021
Volkswagen of America signs Christian Pulisic as brand ambassador
Volkswagen of America signed soccer player Christian Pulisic as a brand ambassador and said they would work together on projects.
2021
Jim Ellis Automotive Group and Volkswagen of America donate Atlas to college program
Jim Ellis Automotive Group and Volkswagen of America donated a new Volkswagen Atlas to Gwinnett Technical College in support of its Automotive Technology Program. The vehicle and Volkswagen diagnostic software were to support students' technical training.
2021
QuantumScape and Volkswagen agree on battery pilot-line joint venture
QuantumScape announced an agreement with Volkswagen Group of America to select a location for their joint-venture solid-state battery pilot-line facility by the end of 2021. The companies contemplated Salzgitter, Germany, as the location.
2021
Volkswagen of America says Voltswagen name change was an April Fools' stunt
After Volkswagen of America had announced that it would change its name to Voltswagen, a spokesman told NPR the company would not change its name and said the renaming announcement was designed as an April Fools' Day announcement highlighting the ID.4 launch and the company's electric-mobility commitment.
2020
Volkswagen and partners announce Knoxville innovation hub
Volkswagen Group of America, the University of Tennessee, the UT Research Foundation and Oak Ridge National Laboratory announced a partnership to create Volkswagen’s first North American innovation hub at the UT Research Park at Cherokee Farm.