Volkswagen Group and Chinese manufacturer Ganfeng sign memorandum of understanding for long-term lithium supplies Group Board Member for Procurement, Dr. Sommer: “Crucial strategic significance for implementing Volkswagen’s electric offensive” The Volkswagen Group and Ganfeng Lithium Co., Ltd. registered in Jiangxi (China) have signed a memorandum of understanding on long-term lithium supplies for battery cells. Under… Continue reading Volkswagen Group secures lithium supplies
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Topping out ceremony for “Porsche Experience Centre” at the Hockenheimring
The seventh customer experience centre in the world of the sports car manufacturer is being built on an area of around 176,000 square metres, and is scheduled to commence operation in October 2019. It includes a modern building complex, a handling track, driving dynamics areas and an off-road course. The project is being realised by… Continue reading Topping out ceremony for “Porsche Experience Centre” at the Hockenheimring
New Passat breaks record on debut: Number one mid-range model with 30 million vehicles worldwide
The 30 millionth Passat is a GTE Variant. Most successful mid-range model: Volkswagen’s Emden plant has produced the 30 millionth Passat COO Brandstätter: “Since its launch 46 years ago, 30 million customers have had confidence in this Volkswagen vehicle” The 30,000,000th model is a Passat GTE Variant in the latest generation, featuring an enhanced plug-in… Continue reading New Passat breaks record on debut: Number one mid-range model with 30 million vehicles worldwide
Site insights—the Munich office
The Porsche Newsroom is a service provided by the Porsche Communication for journalists, bloggers and the online community. The official website of Porsche AG can be reached at www.porsche.com © 2019 Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.*The data presented here was recorded using the Euro 5 test procedure (715/2007/EC, 692/2008/EC, 566/2011/EC and ECE-R 101) and the NEDC (New… Continue reading Site insights—the Munich office
A healthy breakfast is the right recipe for success at school: EDEKA, Audi and FCI support school breakfasts
Volkswagen tests highly-automated driving in Hamburg
Volkswagen Group Research is testing automated vehicles in urban traffic in Hamburg. This is the first time Volkswagen has begun to test automated driving to Level 4 at real driving conditions in a major German city. From now, a fleet of five e-Golf, equipped with laser scanners, cameras, ultrasonic sensors and radars, will drive on… Continue reading Volkswagen tests highly-automated driving in Hamburg
The ID. family is growing: In Shanghai a new concept car shows the electric full-size SUV of the future
ID. Family with the ID. ROOMZZ The ID. ROOMZZ will be showcased at Auto Shanghai 2019 Sneak-preview of what to expect from the series version Seamless design: the puristic, flowing style of the zero-emission SUV puts power in proportion The Volkswagen Brand celebrates the world premiere of the ID. ROOMZZ at Auto Shanghai, one of… Continue reading The ID. family is growing: In Shanghai a new concept car shows the electric full-size SUV of the future
SEAT will launch six electric and plug-in hybrid models and develop a new platform in Spain for electric vehicles
SEAT obtains its highest ever profit after tax of close to 300 million euros and its turnover nears 10 billion euros, the highest in history In 2018, the company allocated more than 1.2 billion euros to investments and R&D expenses, a record figure The new CUPRA Formentor will be produced at the SEAT factory in… Continue reading SEAT will launch six electric and plug-in hybrid models and develop a new platform in Spain for electric vehicles
One cubic meter of plastic waste collected each month: cleanup in the port of Brussels
Audi Environmental Foundation and Recycled Island Foundation together with Audi Brussels and the Port of Brussels install a mobile plastic-collecting basin Third project site for Recycled Island, two more to follow this year Together with Audi Brussels and the Port of Brussels, the Audi Environmental Foundation and its project partner Recycled Island Foundation have installed… Continue reading One cubic meter of plastic waste collected each month: cleanup in the port of Brussels
Volkswagen also to cooperate with Siemens for Industrial Cloud
The Siemens technology group is to be the integration partner for the Volkswagen Industrial Cloud. This was announced by Volkswagen and Siemens today. Siemens will play a key role in ensuring that machinery and equipment of different manufacturers at the 122 Volkswagen plants are networked efficiently in the cloud. The resulting data transparency and analysis… Continue reading Volkswagen also to cooperate with Siemens for Industrial Cloud