Chattanooga

A Volkswagen EV ID.4 crossover at the Volkswagen of America plant in Chattanooga, Tenneessee, on June 8, 2022.Michael Wayland | CNBCDETROIT — Volkswagen workers at a plant in Tennessee have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board for a vote to join the United Auto Workers, the union announced Monday.The filing comes after a "supermajority of Volkswagen workers have signed union cards in just 100 days," the union said, marking a major milestone in the labor group's organizing drives of nonunionized auto…

Volkswagen was kind enough to bring us to their new manufacturing facility in Chattanooga, TN for an all-day test drive. This was our first opportunity to put the US-made 2023 ID.4, in the Pro S trim, to the test and compare it to the original German-made varieties. VW did not try and reinvent itself in the EV space – the ID.4 presents a very comforting and familiar driving experience for experienced VW drivers. They were able to combine the feel and look of a traditional gas-powered VW with some futuristic…

German automaker Volkswagen has announced the start of production of its all-electric ID.4 SUV at its manufacturing facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This start of production solidifies the ID.4 as the first Volkswagen EV to built and sold in the United States. Volkswagen’s ID.4 began production in late 2020 as the first all-electric crossover SUV donning the VW badge. Originally promoted as an EV “for the millions, not the millionaires,” this mass market vehicle has found a home with a number of consumers…

During his performance at Bonnaroo on Friday, Isaiah Rashad was given the key to the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee by the city’s mayor Tim Kelly.As reported by the Chattanooga Times Free Press, the mayor of Rashad’s hometown gifted the Top Dawg Entertainment rapper with the key and declared June 17 as Isaiah Rashad Day. The 31-year-old was gifted with the declaration and the key while onstage, where Kelly told him he’s “made Chattanooga proud.” “You’re an inspiration to this crowd, to the world, to this city, and so I…

Scott Keogh, VW, in San Francisco, California, Sept. 18, 2018.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Volkswagen is "actively" looking to establish new assembly and battery facilities in the U.S., Volkswagen of America CEO Scott Keogh told CNBC on Wednesday.Keogh declined to discuss potential locations for such operations. The German automaker's electrification efforts are currently based in Tennessee, including localized production of the VW ID.4 crossover EV, which is set to begin later this…

Chattanooga, Tenn., one of the first places in the nation to install a citywide fiber-optic gigabit-speed internet cable, boomed during the pandemic thanks to an influx of remote workers and venture capital-backed startups, its mayor said. Tim Kelly, a businessman and startup founder who was inaugurated in April of last year, said the city received approximately 10,000 new residents between March 2020 and August 2021, according to a survey of people who initiated electric service at that…