Volkswagen

A top German union official will explain to hourly employees at Volkswagen's U.S. plant in early June that his group will not pressure them to join the United Auto Workers union, the automaker's top labor representative told Reuters on Thursday.

Sales of Volkswagen's Chattanooga-made Passat are expected to blow by the model's 11-year-old high mark and set a new U.S. record in 2012, an official said Thursday.

Two students of Volkswagen’s automotive mechatronics program in Chattanooga were awarded gold medals for their participation in the Tennessee State SkillsUSA competition in the area of mechatronics.

The staffing contractor for Volkswagen of America is seeking to immediately fill full-time contractor jobs at VW’s assembly plant in Chattanooga.

Volkswagen said today it sold more of its Chattanooga-made Passat cars last month than what the company sold of its European-made Passats in all of 2010.

Volkswagen officials Thursday called it "the magic number." To the hoorays of hundreds of VW workers at the automaker's Chattanooga plant, the company unveiled plans to add to their number by 1,000 by year's end.

With sales of the Chattanooga-made Passat in the fast lane, Village Volkswagen officials are ready for construction work expanding the local dealership to end.

Construction is to start soon on a solar park estimated to cost about $30 million that will supply a big chunk of power to Chattanooga's Volkswagen plant.

KINGSTON — Roane County dangled big incentives to land a huge Volkswagen regional distribution center, officials said after groundbreaking ceremonies Tuesday.

Volkswagen of America said today that its Chattanooga facility will host five concerts by the Chattanooga Symphony and Orchestra, starting in September.

NASHVILLE — Volkswagen Chattanooga’s security chief today told senators the company is “very concerned” with National Rifle Association-drafted legislation that lets gun owners store guns in their locked vehicles on employers’ parking lot despite companies’ wishes.

A Volkswagen official said Monday the automaker is bringing in experts to see if Passats awaiting shipment from its Chattanooga assembly plant were damaged by hail.

Volkswagen’s Chattanooga auto assembly plant is pressed to keep up with demand for the company’s fuel-sipping diesel version of its new Passat sedan, officials said Thursday.

Volkswagen of America reported today that sales soared 42.5 percent in February over the same month a year ago led by its compact Jetta and Chattanooga-made Passat.

Volkswagen plans to build a new parts warehouse related to the Chattanooga-made Passat in Roane County, Tenn., an official said today.

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