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Volkswagen, is a German automaker founded on 28 May 1937 by the German Labour Front under Adolf Hitler and headquartered in Wolfsburg. It is the flagship marque of the Volkswagen Group, the largest automaker by worldwide sales in 2016. - Source: Wikipedia

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Janette Navarro drives her 1996 Volkswagen Beetle up a steep hill in the Cuautepec neighborhood of Mexico City, Friday, June 21, 2024. Taxi drivers like Navarro say they continue to use the Beetles because the cars are historically inexpensive and the engine located in the back of the vehicle gives it more power to climb the neighborhood's steep hills. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario)

A Mexico City neighborhood keeps the iconic Volkswagen Beetle alive

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United Auto Workers union supporters attended a May 4, 2024 rally in Birmingham, Ala.. A month after workers at a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee overwhelmingly voted to unionize, the United Auto Workers is aiming for a key victory at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama. More than 5,000 workers at the facility in Vance and nearby battery plant will vote next week on whether to join the UAW. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

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Volkswagen automobile plant employee LaShawn Hawthorne, center left, takes picture with UAW president Shawn Fain after workers voted to join the union Friday, April 19, 2024, in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV) ** FILE **

Volkswagen accepts workers’ vote in favor of joining UAW

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee attends the Tennessee Titans groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the team's new NFL football stadium, Feb. 29, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. On the eve of a vote on union representation at Volkswagen's Tennessee factory, Lee and some other southern governors are telling workers that voting for a union will put jobs in jeopardy. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Business owner Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee says Volkswagen plant workers made mistake in union vote

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Volkswagen automobile plant employee Vicky Holloway celebrates as she watches the results of a UAW union vote, late Friday, April 19, 2024, in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Tennessee Volkswagen employees overwhelmingly vote to join United Auto Workers union

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In this July 12, 2013, photo, employees at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., work on the assembly of Passat sedans. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig) **FILE**

Tennessee VW workers voting on unionization this week

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FILE - A "We stand with the UAW" sign appears outside of the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Dec. 18, 2023. Workers at at the Tennessee factory are scheduled to finish voting Friday, April 19, 2024, on whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. (Olivia Ross/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)

Southern governors tell autoworkers that voting for a union will put their jobs in jeopardy

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FILE - A "We stand with the UAW" sign appears outside of the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Dec. 18, 2023. Workers at at the Tennessee factory are scheduled to finish voting Friday, April 19, 2024, on whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. (Olivia Ross/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)

UAW would be loser for Volkswagen employees

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The redesigned Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan reaches its final assembly stage the auto maker's plant, Sept. 5, 2014, in Vance, Ala. The United Auto Workers said Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, that a majority of workers at the Mercedes plant near Tuscaloosa, Ala., have signed cards in support of joining the union. (Brent Snavel/Detroit Free Press via AP, File)

Alabama Mercedes workers to file for union election with NLRB

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 31, 2017, photo, workers produce vehicles at Volkswagen's U.S. plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. More than 1,000 workers at the Tennessee factory have signed cards authorizing a vote to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. It's the first plant in the nation to reach that milestone in the UAW’s quest to organize more than a dozen nonunion factories. The union says in a statement Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, that the workers signed on in less than a week. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig) **FILE**

Tennessee VW workers to vote on union in April

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 31, 2017, photo, workers produce vehicles at Volkswagen's U.S. plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. More than 1,000 workers at the Tennessee factory have signed cards authorizing a vote to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. It's the first plant in the nation to reach that milestone in the UAW’s quest to organize more than a dozen nonunion factories. The union says in a statement Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, that the workers signed on in less than a week. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig) **FILE**

Tennessee VW workers file petition for union vote

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Volkswagen to recall 261,000 cars to fix pump problem that can let fuel leak and increase fire risk

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In this Aug. 31, 2017, photo, workers produce vehicles at Volkswagen's U.S. plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. More than 1,000 workers at the Tennessee factory have signed cards authorizing a vote to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. It's the first plant in the nation to reach that milestone in the UAW’s quest to organize more than a dozen nonunion factories. The union says in a statement Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, that the workers signed on in less than a week. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig) **FILE**

Shawn Fain visits Tennessee VW plant, demands company stop union-busting

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Over 1,000 VW workers sign union cards with UAW

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Classic American cars that one would expect to see in museums in the United States raced in the streets of Havana on Sunday during the annual Classic and Antique Cars Rally. File photo credit: AP video

WATCH: American classic cars take over the streets of Havana in annual rally

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