The Supervisory Board of AUDI AG has appointed Bram Schot as the Chairman of the Board of Management effective January 1, 2019. Schot has headed the company since June 2018 as interim CEO. Schot will continue temporarily to hold Board of Management responsibility for Sales and Marketing from January 1 onwards. “With the appointment of… Continue reading Bram Schot to be the new Chairman of the Audi Board of Management
Author: VW_Official
Volkswagen Supervisory Board appoints Bram Schot to Group Board of Management
The Supervisory Board of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft today appointed Bram Schot a member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG effective January 1, 2019. Schot, appointed by the Supervisory Board of Audi AG as Board of Management Chairman of the company headquartered in Ingolstadt, will also hold responsibility for Group Sales in the Group Board… Continue reading Volkswagen Supervisory Board appoints Bram Schot to Group Board of Management
Audi to Exhibit New In-Car Entertainment Technologies at CES 2019
Top-quality entertainment for all the senses: Audi will turn the inside of the car into an amusement park at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The brand will present a completely new on-the-road entertainment format and a special movie theater experience inside a luxury sedan at its fair booth. Both technologies represent the… Continue reading Audi to Exhibit New In-Car Entertainment Technologies at CES 2019
Producing for the future: Volkswagen Toolmaking opens highly advanced 3-D printing center
Innovative binder jetting process sets new standards for speed, flexibility and automation New printer generation can print production parts in addition to prototypes in future Dr. Andreas Tostmann: “The 3-D printing center takes Volkswagen’s additive manufacturing activities to a new level.” The Volkswagen brand’s Toolmaking unit is adding a highly advanced 3-D printing center to… Continue reading Producing for the future: Volkswagen Toolmaking opens highly advanced 3-D printing center
JAC Volkswagen holds groundbreaking ceremony of the new R&D centre in China to boost the electric vehicle
JAC Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony for the New Energy Passenger Vehicle Project R&D Centre located in Hefei, Anhui Province. The ceremony came two weeks after a strategic agreement was signed by Volkswagen Group China, JAC and SEAT in the presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.… Continue reading JAC Volkswagen holds groundbreaking ceremony of the new R&D centre in China to boost the electric vehicle
Audi in November: Deliveries remain down on last year due to exceptional situation
Global deliveries of the Four Rings in November fell by 16.7 percent year-on-year to around 132,650 automobiles. In Europe, extraordinary effects due to the switch to the WLTP test cycle along with the challenging phase-in and phase-out scenario as part of the Audi model initiative continue to affect sales. As a result, the company delivered… Continue reading Audi in November: Deliveries remain down on last year due to exceptional situation
Dr. Ulrich Eichhorn to become Chairman of Management Board of IAV
Dr. Ulrich Eichhorn, currently head of Research and Development of the Volkswagen Group, is to become Chairman of the Management Board of IAV GmbH in Berlin with effect from January 1, 2019. Eichhorn’s previous function is to be assumed by Dr. Frank Welsch, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand… Continue reading Dr. Ulrich Eichhorn to become Chairman of Management Board of IAV
Renewed improvement in mood among employees
Volkswagen employees see improvements in cooperation, management culture and integrity within the company. These are the conclusions to be drawn from the results of the Volkswagen Stimmungsbarometer (opinion barometer), an employee survey that regularly gives employees throughout the world an opportunity to express their views on topics such as leadership, coop-eration, integrity and culture while… Continue reading Renewed improvement in mood among employees
Automation in Corporate Supporting Functions
Digital transformation, and with it the automation of tasks and entire business processes, is one of the crucial levers to become a high performance organization. Organizations are increasingly able to reallocate resources from standard, often routine tasks to those with high human value-add and higher strategic relevance. Repetitive tasks can be successfully automated to a… Continue reading Automation in Corporate Supporting Functions
Five stars for the Audi Q3 in Euro NCAP test
The new Audi Q3 offers bumper-to-bumper safety: The compact family SUV earned the top score of five stars in the Euro NCAP (New Car Assessment Programme), one of the most important automobile safety tests in Europe. To get the highest rating of five stars, a car has to score in all key Euro NCAP criteria.… Continue reading Five stars for the Audi Q3 in Euro NCAP test