Volkswagen faces major challenges as it deals with data exposure and job cuts while restructuring to reduce costs and production capacity.

Volkswagen Group has come under scrutiny after a significant data leak reportedly exposed sensitive customer information online for several months.

In a major incident, the Volkswagen Group has suffered a massive data breach, one that has affected as many as 800,000 electric vehicle (EV) owners, according to German publication Spiegel. The leaked data contained sensitive information like GPS coordinates and battery charge levels.

VW’s ID.4 electric crossover lost its full $7,500 tax credit, according to the latest listing by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency. Stellantis models including two plug-in hybrid Jeep sport utility vehicles that previously received as much as $3,750 are now also ineligible.

Data on 800,000 VW electric cars sat exposed for months, including the precise location of nearly 460,000 EVs. It does not appear that any of that info was accessed by bad actors, though.

The leak affected roughly 800,000 Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, and Skoda electric cars, but for roughly 460,000 of them, including Volkswagen's ID.3 and ID.4 models, the data was very

Major Volkswagen data leak exposes precise location data of 800,000 electric vehicles across Europe, raising privacy concerns about connected car security.