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VW Group Components has announced that it has designed a transmission system for all the electric vehicles based on the MEB platform. According to the manufacturer, the new product is notable for its compactness and its operating versatility – i.e. it can handle different situations on the road with a single gear.

VW AUSTRALIA has recently announced a recall of 63,000 VW, 14,000 Audi, and 4500 Skoda models produced between 2009-2015 to take measures against possible DSG unit issues.

Car manufacturers have faced the problem of slumping sales caused by changes in the EU's vehicle type approval (VTA) rules. According to the recent studies, some car brands such as VW, Audi and Nissan may not be 100% prepared for the implementation of the amended testing procedures.

The German carmaker VW has informed about the recall of more than 679,000 vehicles on the US territory to prevent possible rollaway accidents. The problem is caused by the faulty e-switch in the gear selector, leading to possible emergency cases when a driver can remove the ignition key without engaging the car into P gear.

While some automakers actively exclude manual transmissions from their line-up, others, like Volkswagen still believe in viability of stick shifter and even invest in new products. The German auto giant Volkswagen has recently started production of its new manual transmission named MQ281. This new solution is assumed to increase the powertrain effectiveness and to reduce CO2 emissions.

The Chinese division of VW had recently announced that the company launched production of 2 main elements (APP290 e-motor and the DQ400e transmission) for new energy vehicles (the term used in China to refer to plug-in electric vehicles) at its production facility in Tianjin (VWATJ), China.

We continue analyzing statistics on sales figures of manual models from car manufacturers who still put hopes on manual transmissions. Now it’s VW’s turn to tell us how many admirers of the German carmaker still prefer to use gear sticks. The positions of manual models in the VW product line are still quite strong, at least when compared to the data from other automakers.

According to media reports, a unique collection of retro cars and powertrain components (engines, transmissions) were found in France at some abandoned warehouse.

Fifteen years ago, the German carmaker VW presented the 1-st dual clutch gearbox (DSG) for high-volume manufacturing, a sophisticated gearbox solution for present-day cars. More fuel-saving and efficient than any automatic transmission before, the DSG changed the perception of the gear shifting process, especially in the compact cars.

Only few people know about transmission concepts which were popular 70-90 years ago. For men of today, these gearboxes may seem very unusual and weird, but even now some gearboxes that date back to those years are quite competitive in comparison with modern transmissions.

ZF Aftermarket provides not only original ZF auto parts, but is also ready to share some valuable info on automobile technologies with industry students, technicians and industry professionals in the form of training seminars. Thanks to ZF training programs repair specialists gain valuable experience and skills which help them to ensure high quality services.

BorgWarner has recently informed that the up-to-date VW Crafter vehicle will be equipped with 2 variants of its electro-hydraulically activated 4WD coupling. This space-saving and light-weighted engineering 4WD concept ensures well-spread torque between forward and back axles that result in enhanced torque-carrying capability, fuel efficiency and better car responsiveness on various types of the road surface.

VW decided to change the structure of its compliance systems. It has been reported that previously VW brands used twenty five distinct compliance systems. Thus, it was decided to introduce a single compliance system that will facilitate monitoring process and speed up problem solution.