Corporate communications has been reorganized at TRATON, the 3-year-old truck and bus division of Volkswagen based in Munich. Wolfgang Meisen (35) became Head of Media Relations & Corporate Messaging on January 1, 2019. He reports to Julia Kroeber-Riel, the Head of Group Communications & Governmental Relations. The TRATON corporate communications department has been based on… Continue reading TRATON corporate communications restructured
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Thomas Müller – Biography
Thomas Müller was born on the 30th of May 1976 in Brazil. After studying mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich he entered the International Trainee Program of the AUDI AG in 2001. Following several positions in the development of braking control systems he was appointed executive assistant to the member of the board… Continue reading Thomas Müller – Biography
Golf with the genes of a race car: Advance sales of Golf GTI TCR commence
Powerful engine with 213 kW / 290 PS, 7-speed dual clutch gearbox & exclusive equipment as standard Vmax can optionally be increased from 250 to 260 km/h The latest evolution of a true motoring icon – the Golf GTI – can now be ordered: the Golf GTI TCR. This 213 kW / 290 PS sports… Continue reading Golf with the genes of a race car: Advance sales of Golf GTI TCR commence
Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Company Launch Global Alliance
Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Company today announced the first formal agreements in a broad alliance that positions the companies to boost competitiveness and better serve customers in an era of rapid change in the industry. Volkswagen CEO Dr. Herbert Diess and Ford CEO Jim Hackett confirmed that the companies intend to develop commercial vans… Continue reading Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Company Launch Global Alliance
Technical check: 919 Hybrid Evo
For the seventh episode of the Porsche Top 5 series, we visit the epicentre of Porsche Motorsport: Flacht near Weissach, where Steven Mitas, Technical Manager of the 919 Hybrid Project, and record-breaking drivers, Timo Bernhard and Neel Jani, explain the highlights of the 919 Hybrid Evo. Go to Source
Christian Bauer – Biography
Christian Bauer was born on February 6, 1974, in Eichstätt. He is married and has two children. After training as an industrial mechanic, Christian Bauer began his professional career at the company OSRAM GmbH in Eichstätt until 1997. Then he studied industrial engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Ingolstadt and started working with AUDI AG… Continue reading Christian Bauer – Biography
Location decision in North America: Volkswagen to build new generation of electric cars in Chattanooga
US plant to be prepared for modular electric toolkit (MEB) by investments totaling €700 million ($800 million) Production to start in 2022 with ID. CROZZ electric SUV CEO Herbert Diess: “A key part of our growth strategy in North America” Volkswagen is establishing worldwide production network for electric cars: eight MEB plants on three continents… Continue reading Location decision in North America: Volkswagen to build new generation of electric cars in Chattanooga
Rolf Woller named the new head of investor relations at TRATON
The TRATON GROUP, a company that was known as Volkswagen Truck & Bus until August 2018, has just added a key employee to its ranks as it prepares for a possible initial public offering (IPO): In January 2019, Rolf Woller (45) became Head of Investor Relations at the truck and bus division of Volkswagen AG,… Continue reading Rolf Woller named the new head of investor relations at TRATON
Blockchain: the key technology of tomorrow
Ten years on, the money market revolution has manifested itself as an ATM in Germany. After the Berlin Court of Appeal ruled, at the end of September 2018, that bitcoin is not a financial instrument and therefore can be traded privately, a Munich-based entrepreneur quickly responded by setting up a bitcoin ATM at the end… Continue reading Blockchain: the key technology of tomorrow
Audi closes 2018 with around 1,812,500 automobiles sold
Audi delivered around 1,812,500 automobiles to customers worldwide in 2018, 3.5 percent less than a year ago. In Europe, sales fell 13.6 percent in the past twelve months. On the home continent, Audi had replaced almost a third of its deliveries with important model changeovers for the A1, A6, A7 and Q3 since the start… Continue reading Audi closes 2018 with around 1,812,500 automobiles sold