SEAT President Luca de Meo and Snam CEO Marco Alverà today signed a strategic agreement in Milan to promote the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) and renewable gas (biomethane) for sustainable mobility, as well as joint research and development projects in this scope. SEAT and Snam share strategic markets such as Italy, France and… Continue reading SEAT and Snam sign a partnership to promote natural and renewable gas as vehicle fuel in Europe
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Extensive engine range for new Audi Q3
Audi is extending its engine range for the Audi Q3 to include a 2.0 TFSI in two output ratings and two other versions of the 2.0 TDI. As such, buyers can now choose from seven engine/transmission variants for the compact family SUV. The quattro permanent all-wheel drive provides additional traction, stability and dynamic handling. The… Continue reading Extensive engine range for new Audi Q3
Works meeting in Wolfsburg: praise for team’s achievements and look ahead to electric strategy
Kilian: Wolfsburg’s course for the future is set Osterloh: Wolfsburg is enabling the transformation Realignment of the Volkswagen brand is speeding up At today’s works meeting held at the Wolfsburg plant, Board Member for Human Resources Gunnar Kilian and Works Council Chairman Bernd Osterloh commended the achievements of plant employees as well as the entire… Continue reading Works meeting in Wolfsburg: praise for team’s achievements and look ahead to electric strategy
“Open Source Lab” sets course for the mobility of the future
Yesterday, the “Open Source Lab for Sustainable Mobility” has started dialogue as a platform for sustainable mobility in Berlin. It is funded by the Volkswagen Group Sustainability Council, is independent in its research agenda and is obliged to publish all research results and other results. “Our idea on the Sustainability Council was to create an… Continue reading “Open Source Lab” sets course for the mobility of the future
Porsche Consulting now in Silicon Valley
Detlev von Platen, Member of the Porsche AG Executive Board for Sales and Marketing, emphasized the significance of the new site for the company. “We need more visionaries, more ‘out of the box’ thinking, especially if we want to drive innovations forward,” he noted. “And what better place to enact this necessary vision than the… Continue reading Porsche Consulting now in Silicon Valley
Audi, Airbus and Italdesign test Flying Taxi Concept
At Drone Week in Amsterdam Audi, Airbus and Italdesign are presenting for the first time a flying and driving prototype of “Pop.Up Next”.This innovative concept for a flying taxi combines a self-driving electric car with a passenger drone. In the first public test flight, the flight module accurately placed a passenger capsule on the ground… Continue reading Audi, Airbus and Italdesign test Flying Taxi Concept
Volkswagen to boost marketing efficiency
In future, Volkswagen will steer its marketing activities via three lead agencies which will operate four new creative powerhouses in the brand’s key regions. By 2020, Volkswagen brand intends to improve marketing efficiency by about 30 percent with a media budget remaining stable at €1.5 billion Digital share of media mix to grow to almost… Continue reading Volkswagen to boost marketing efficiency
Volkswagen invests in digital specialist diconium
With diconium as a technology partner, Volkswagen is taking the next step in the development of the Volkswagen Auto-motive Cloud. This will link the fully connected vehicle, the cloud-based platform (One Digital Platform) and digital value-added services. The Volkswagen Group is investing in the German digital specialist diconium and acquiring 49 percent of the shares… Continue reading Volkswagen invests in digital specialist diconium
Company 15.11.2018 Herbert Diess as a Driver inside spoke with the Volkswagen CEO about learning to drive, radar monitoring and sports cars. mehr
Do you listen to the radio in the car?Not very often. If the radio is on, it’s usually the NDR 2 station. I use most of my drive time for phone calls. Do you drive a lot?That all depends how you define it. I log between 20,000 and 30,000 kilometers per year. And what do… Continue reading Company 15.11.2018 Herbert Diess as a Driver inside spoke with the Volkswagen CEO about learning to drive, radar monitoring and sports cars. mehr
Company 15.11.2018 Fewer Options, More Success The new Chief Operating Officer (COO) Brandstätter’s plan for the future of Volkswagen. mehr
But what exactly do you do as COO?I have quite a range of responsibilities: one of the things I do is manage various committees. To be successful, we have to work together more closely across divisions so that we can find optimal solutions quickly. The key is to ensure that our core divisions work together… Continue reading Company 15.11.2018 Fewer Options, More Success The new Chief Operating Officer (COO) Brandstätter’s plan for the future of Volkswagen. mehr