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Volkswagen Group adds board-level post for China as part of major management restructuring

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Wolfgang Schreiber, currently Speaker for the Board of Management of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, has been appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bentley Motors in Crewe and President of Bugatti.

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Volkswagen Group appoints new heads of Global R&D, Group Design, Group Product and Modular Toolkit Strategy

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He was appointed Board Member for Engineering at Bentley in 2003 before taking over as Managing Director of the German Association of the Automotive Industry in 2012. He held various responsibilities in the export section of Sales at Volkswagen AG from 1983. Eichhorn holds a PhD in mechanical engineering.

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VW Group restructuring in response to emissions testing scandal; greater focus on the modular toolkits; Klinger out, Horn stays

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Vahland’s successor as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Škoda will be Bernhard Maier, until now Board Member for Sales and Marketing of Porsche AG. Consequently, a Porsche brand group with Bentley and Bugatti will be established for the sportscar and mid-engine toolkit. These personnel changes become effective from 1 October.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

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Volkswagen Group (which includes VW, Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini and Bentley in the U.S.) has fully embraced EVs and, after years of teasing with snazzy concepts, the real hardware is for sale–and is selling well. The VW Group is all-in, so expect to see more news and road tests appearing soon.

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GM, Segway to Make Vehicle - WSJ.com

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Manage Email preferences Companies within this Article General Motors Corp.( GM ) 1.86 -0.08 Most Popular Read Emailed Video Commented 1. is teaming with Segway Inc., maker of the upright, self-balancing scooters, to build a new type of two-wheeled vehicle designed to move easily through congested urban streets.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

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EV start-up Lucid is struggling with a range of software woes, and software problems have pushed back launches years at Audi, Porsche and Bentley EVs, which are part of Volkswagen Group. Another reliability risk-related issue is getting an EV repaired when something goes awry, or there is an accident.

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