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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 370

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Apollo Power opens first-of-its-kind factory for mass production of lightweight flexible solar panels. (Ilan Safra/Courtesy)
January 25, 2023, 8:47 pm
Israel’s Apollo Power opens ‘world’s first’ factory for flexible solar film panels
Amazon, Volkswagen and Audi are among a number of companies deploying the company’s technology for use on cars, roofs and aircraft
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative. The sun sets over a highway in the summertime. (lenanet via iStock by Getty Images)
April 26, 2022, 3:58 pm
Israeli startup harnessing sun’s rays for cooling tech touts new Volkswagen deal
Ness Ziona-based SolCold developed a nanotech-based surface material to cool structures such as buildings, cars, containers, airplanes in hot climates
By Ricky Ben-David
People leave the Volkswagen factory at Gate 17 in Wolfsburg, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
June 4, 2019, 5:43 pm
Volkswagen funds ADL office in Germany for combating anti-Semitism in Europe
Move comes months after carmaker’s CEO drew criticism for apparent wordplay on Nazi phrase ‘arbeit macht frei’
By JTA and ToI Staff
The Calosoma olivieri beetle. (Dr. Uri Shalom, Ministry of Environmental Protection)
April 29, 2019, 5:42 pm
Beetles invade Israel, but ministry says let them be
All together now: Swarms of big, black and annoying — but harmless — Calosoma olivieri beetles are infesting Israel
By ToI Staff
Herbert Diess, CEO of the Volkswagen AG, attends the annual press conference of the car manufacturer Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg, Germany, March 12, 2019. (Christophe Gateau/dpa via AP)
March 22, 2019, 1:55 pm
Volkswagen CEO in the hot seat for invoking Nazi phrase
Herbert Diess has apologized for saying ‘ebit macht frei’ in apparent play on ‘arbeit macht frei,’ but continues to face questions over his future
By ToI Staff
In this photo taken on September 18, 2015 Volkswagen Beetles are offered for sale at a dealership in Chicago, Illinois. (AFP PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / SCOTT OLSON)
September 21, 2018, 4:21 pm
Volkswagen won’t confirm claim it will quit Iran
German car company had previously announced it would begin selling its own-brand cars in Iran for the first time in 17 years
By AFP
In this file photo taken on June 24, 2018 vintage Volkswagen Beetle cars are parked in a row during a rally held as part of the 23rd anniversary of 'World Wide VW Beetle Day,' in Bangalore, India. (AFP/Manjunath Kiran)
September 14, 2018, 6:29 pm
Volkswagen to end iconic ‘Beetle’ cars in 2019
Car that shook off Nazi origins to become a global phenomenon is to stop production, as company shifts focus to electric and larger family vehicles
By John BIERS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) shakes hands with Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess in his Jerusalem office on June 20, 2018. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
June 21, 2018, 11:56 am
In meeting with Volkswagen CEO, Netanyahu says protecting vehicles a main goal
Sit-down with Herbert Deiss comes month after German automotive giant opened ‘innovation campus’ in Tel Aviv
By ToI Staff
Stephanie Reimann, right, will head Volkswagen's Konnect innovation campus in Tel Aviv; to her right. Peter Harris, Chief Customer Officer, Volkswagen Group; second from left, Israel's Minister of Economy and Industry Eli Cohen at the inauguration of Konnect; May 22, 2018 (Elad Malca).
May 22, 2018, 4:33 pm
Volkswagen officially opens Tel Aviv campus to tap into mobility technologies
Tech hub is looking to work with startups in a variety of fields, including sensors, simulation, connectivity, smart navigation, cybersecurity, e-mobility
By Shoshanna Solomon
Josef Ganz in the 1960s. (Courtesy Paul Schilperoord)
May 19, 2018, 2:14 pm
The unknown Jewish engineer behind Hitler’s vaunted Volkswagen Beetle
A Nashville exhibit highlights the contributions of Josef Ganz and others that were swept under the rug when they were blacklisted by the Reich
By Rich Tenorio
A Volkswagen Tiguan on display during German carmaker Volkswagen shareholders' annual general meeting, June 22, 2016. (John Macdougall/AFP)
January 31, 2018, 10:35 am
Volkswagen suspends lobbyist over emission tests on humans, monkeys
CEO says auto giant has ‘taken first consequences’ for experiments designed to study effects of diesel exhaust fumes
By Frank Zeller
The exhaust pipes of a VW Diesel car are seen in Frankfurt, Germany, on August 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
January 29, 2018, 9:40 pm
German car makers spark outrage with exhaust tests on humans
Diesel exhaust tests evoke gas vans used by the Nazis in the Holocaust; major manufacturers disavow study
By AP and ToI Staff
The logo of German car maker Volkswagen (VW) at a northern Virginia dealer in Woodbridge, Virginia. (AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDS)
December 16, 2017, 8:29 am
Volkswagen says Brazil staff collaborated with dictatorship
In report, company says security officials at local plant worked with 1964-1985 military junta, leading to arrest and torture of employees
By AFP
Youngcho Chi, chief innovation officer Strategy and Technology at Hyundai Motors Group, speaking at The Fuel Choices and Smart Mobility Summit in Tel Aviv. Oct. 31, 2017 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
October 31, 2017, 5:36 pm
Volkswagen, Hyundai seek to set up hubs in Israel to tap into smart car tech
Companies announce plans at conference; auto-tech could boost Israel economy as much as cybersecurity, PM’s Office director says
By Shoshanna Solomon
People leave the Volkswagen factory at Gate 17 in Wolfsburg, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
February 9, 2017, 11:46 pm
Former Shin Bet head, diplomat, deny role in VW scandal
Yuval Diskin and Avi Primor deny tipping off senior figure in automotive firm about developments in the ‘Dieselgate‘ test emissions scandal
By Sue Surkes
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