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The Frankfurt trade show, which opens this week, is being shown mostly cars with batteries. Asian manufacturers refused to participate, as did Tesla, Ferrari and Fiat. The Volkswagen Group has shown a new logo and models that start a new era -  electrical counting

Turkey is increasingly confident that German carmaker Volkswagen will build its plant in the country after an "extremely positive" meeting between top company official and Turkish President Recep Erdogan, Turkey's Sabah writes today, citing three of its own the source.

The United States Department of Justice has launched a preliminary anti-cartel investigation into the practices of automotive giants Ford, Honda, BMW and Volkswagen, Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

A pledge from Turkey for a change in the special consumer tax system at a specific date in the future would reportedly be enough to convince Volkswagen to choose the country over Bulgaria as the location for a €1bn multi-brand auto production plant, write bne InelliNews

Next month, Volkswagen will revail its new logo, announced this spring, at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

The first car to commemorate the change and be fitted with the new emblem is the long-awaited Volkswagen ID.3 hatchbag, a 100 percent electric compact coupe, according to L'Automobile Magazine.

Bulgaria remains in the race for the new Volkswagen plant, but if the German concern chooses Turkey, Bulgaria starts negotiations with South Korea's Hyundai, Economy Minister Emil Karanikolov told 24 Hours.

Lower Saxony Prime Minister Stephan Weil says there is still no final decision on the new Volkswagen plant, BGNES reported.

Bulgaria offers new competitive conditions for Volkswagen plant and it is still in the race for the Volkswagen plant, said Minister of Economy Emil Karanikolov.

German car maker Volkswagen plans to build a factory for the production of several automotive models in Turkey, Automobileworld, a German automobile magazine, said on Friday.

This information means that the new Volkswagen car factory will not be based in Bulgaria.

New car sales in Bulgaria increased by 10.1% on annual base to 3641 in May. This shows data from the Association of European Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA).

In the period January - May, the registration of new cars in our country increased by 3.9% yearly to 15 068 units from 14 496 for the same period in 2018.