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@VW Group: Audi is using augmented reality to increase efficiency in logistics planning
Audi relies on augmented reality (AR) to plan complex logistics processes: Virtual presentation of three dimensional holograms that are shown in their actual environment helps planners to better evaluate the future situation. Because of this, prototypes of containers or equipment, etc., which are elaborate to produce, are no longer necessary. Audi uses the new generation… Continue reading @VW Group: Audi is using augmented reality to increase efficiency in logistics planning
VW seeks to avert crisis after CEO demands confidence vote
By Jan Schwartz, Edward Taylor 5 Min Read FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Volkswagen, the world’s largest vehicle maker by sales, risked a leadership crisis on Tuesday after Chief Executive Herbert Diess forced a vote of confidence in his reform efforts by asking for an early contract extension. FILE PHOTO: Volkswagen Group Chief Executive Officer Herbert Diess… Continue reading VW seeks to avert crisis after CEO demands confidence vote
VW bets on Porsche racecar engineer to help overtake Tesla
* Hitzinger heading up Volkswagen’s Project Artemis * Aims to be producing new electric car in 2024 * Expects to have 200-250 staff on the project FRANKFURT, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Alexander Hitzinger, a 49-year-old engineer who defected to Apple after helping to develop Porsche’s winning 919 racecar, has been lured back to Volkswagen Group… Continue reading VW bets on Porsche racecar engineer to help overtake Tesla
Hanon Systems Supplies Eco-Friendly R744 Heat Pump Components to VW
SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Global thermal and energy management supplier Hanon Systems (KS: 018880) today announced the company is supplying its innovative R744 heat pump components to the Volkswagen Group for its global MEB platform. Designed specifically for battery-powered and electric vehicles, the first to market R744 heat pump components enable… Continue reading Hanon Systems Supplies Eco-Friendly R744 Heat Pump Components to VW
@VW Group: Volkswagen Group commences climate-friendly MEB production at Foshan and Anting plants
Volkswagen Group has entered a new era of e-mobility in China with the premiere just three weeks ago of the first two China-specific models from the completely new, electric-only ID. family – FAW-Volkswagen’s ID.4 CROZZ and SAIC VOLKSWAGEN’s ID.4 X – built on the innovative MEB platform. With market entry in early 2021, production of… Continue reading @VW Group: Volkswagen Group commences climate-friendly MEB production at Foshan and Anting plants
@VW Group: Volkswagen commissions green battery logistics system for ID.3(((ID.3 – combined power consumption in kWh/100 km (NEDC): 15.4-14.5, CO2 emissions in g/km: 0; efficiency class: A+.))) and ID.4(((ID.4 – Power consumption (NEDC) in kWh/100 km: combined 16.9-16.2; CO₂ emissions combined in g/km: 0; efficiency class: A+.)))
The Volkswagen Group is making battery shipment for its ID.3 and ID.4 electric vehicles even more environmentally compatible and efficient. At the Zwickau plant today, the final link in a green logistics chain extending from Poland via Brunswick to the plant in Saxony was commissioned. This is a fully automated system for unloading batteries from… Continue reading @VW Group: Volkswagen commissions green battery logistics system for ID.3(((ID.3 – combined power consumption in kWh/100 km (NEDC): 15.4-14.5, CO2 emissions in g/km: 0; efficiency class: A+.))) and ID.4(((ID.4 – Power consumption (NEDC) in kWh/100 km: combined 16.9-16.2; CO₂ emissions combined in g/km: 0; efficiency class: A+.)))
@VW Group: Audi to compete in Dakar Rally
Audi is facing one of the greatest challenges in motorsport: The brand with the four rings will be competing in the famous Dakar Rally for the first time in 2022 with an innovative prototype. The alternative drive concept combines an electric drivetrain with a high-voltage battery and a highly efficient energy converter for the first… Continue reading @VW Group: Audi to compete in Dakar Rally
Exclusive: VW’s executive committee to convene Tuesday to discuss CEO’s future – sources
By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: A car stands at the production line for the electric Volkswagen cars, model ID.3 and model ID. 4, in Zwickau, Germany, September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/File Photo HAMBURG (Reuters) – Volkswagen Group’s executive committee is convening on Tuesday to discuss Chief Executive Herbert Diess’s demand for a… Continue reading Exclusive: VW’s executive committee to convene Tuesday to discuss CEO’s future – sources
German Handelsblatt: VW boss against works council: New power struggle in Wolfsburg – with an uncertain outcome000851
Herbert Diess The VW boss is demanding a lot from his own supervisory boards: a new contract and new board members. (Photo: Reuters) Düsseldorf, Frankfurt It was actually supposed to be just a peaceful ceremony: the Volkswagen works council turned 75 on Friday last week. Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD) had come to Wolfsburg especially,… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: VW boss against works council: New power struggle in Wolfsburg – with an uncertain outcome000851