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ArticleVW, Daimler, PSA establish mobility brands
The Generation EQ concept provides a preview of future Mercedes cars (Photo: Daimler)PARIS -- Major carmakers are founding new mobility brands as they look for ways to complement and even replace traditional revenue from new car sales.At the Paris auto show last week, volume car makers Volkswagen Group and ...
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ArticleAutomakers join forces to develop 5G connectivity
(Photo: Volkswagen Group)Three German automakers have joined forces with telecommunications and IT companies to accelerate the commercial availability of 5G mobile connectivity.The automakers - Audi, BMW and Daimler - have formed the "5G Automotive Association" together with Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Nokia and Qualcomm. The group's aim is to test ...
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ArticleAudi's Knirsch leaving as VW diesel emissions investigation continues
Stefan Knirsch (Photo: Audi)Audi's head of R&D, Stefan Knirsch, is stepping down from his post with immediate effect, as investigations into Volkswagen's emissions-test cheating continue.The engineer, who took over from Ulrich Hackenberg at Audi in January, is leaving the company, Audi said.Germany's Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported earlier this ...
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ArticleVW, JAC to cooperate on electric vehicles in China
VW started selling electric versions of the up! small car in August (Photo: VW)Volkswagen, which has ambitious plans to boost its sales of electric vehicles worldwide, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co. (JAC) to jointly develop battery-powered EVs in China.The two carmakers said in ...
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ArticleVolvo's Mueller to succeed Hudi as Audi electronics boss
Hudi (l) will set up his own consulting business. Mueller will succeed him at Audi (Photo: Audi)Volvo Cars executive Thomas Mueller will succeed Ricky Hudi as head of electrics/electronics at Audi, marking a change in a key position at Volkswagen Group's premium brand.Hudi is leaving Audi at his own ...
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ArticleGoogle is preferred employer for European graduates
Google and other high-tech companies are popular  with graduates (Photo: Google)Google is the preferred employer for graduates of European universities' engineering and IT departments as well as its business schools, according to a new survey.Apple comes second in the rankings for business school graduates and Volkswagen Group, which ...
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ArticleHandelsblatt Automotive Summit - Munich
Handelsblatt will host its Automotive Summit 2016 from November 8 through 11 at the BMW World event and exhibition center in Munich.The conference, which opens with a November 8 evening discussion of the role of Silicon Valley in the auto industry, traditionally features addresses from several of Germany' car-industry CEOs.This ...
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ArticlecarIT Congress - Hanover
The automotiveIT Group is hosting its annual carIT Congress on Sept. 28 at the Hanover Fairgrounds.The event, which brings together key decision-makers in the automotive and IT industries, focuses on the business opportunities and challenges in the fast-growing connected-car market.The one-day conference features top speakers from automotive companies and other ...
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ArticleSkoda CIO becomes chief digital officer
Andre Wehner (Photo: Linkedin)Skoda's former CIO, Andre Wehner, has taken over as chief digital officer at the Czech carmaking subsidiary of Volkswagen Group.Wehner assumed his new duties July 1 and is responsible for corporate strategy, digitization, process and organization management.Ralf Brunken, previously in charge of IT system development at ...
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ArticleVW, LG to develop connected-car service platform
A VW Group concept at the 2015 Geneva auto show featured a range of LG electronic components (Photo: Giugiaro)Volkswagen Group and Korean electronics conglomerate LG plan to jointly develop a next-generation connected-car service platform that will provide seamless digital access to smart-home and location-based services, VW said in a ...
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ArticleVW reaches agreement with US authorities on diesel manipulation
VW is expanding its plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee to get ready for production of a new mid-size SUV later this year (Photo: VW)Volkswagen Group said it had reached a settlement with US regulators, private plaintiffs and 44 US states on penalties to pay for manipulating the emissions of almost ...
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ArticleA new CIO at VW Commercial Vehicles
Winfried Krause (Photo: VW)Skoda executive Winfried Krause will become board member for finance and IT at Volkswagen's commercial vehicles division effective August 1.Krause, 54, is switching jobs with Klaus Dieter Schuermann, 52,, who is taking over Krause's commercial affairs responsibilities at Skoda.Krause, who holds a degree in business administration, ...
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ArticleSkoda identifies digitization as "key action point"
The Skoda Kodiaq large SUV will have its premiere in September (Photo: Skoda)Skoda set up a new business unit charged with developing new technologies and said digitization is a "key action point" coming out of the Volkswagen Group's new strategic plan.The Czech volume brand, one of the more profitable ...
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FeatureTomorrow's HMI systems "will change massively"
Tanneberger introduces the e-Golf Touch at the Las Vegas CES in January 2016 (Photo: VW)As driver assistance systems become more sophisticated and the fully autonomous car is beginning to look more feasible, automakers are increasingly focused on what the changing trends will mean for the human-machine interface (HMI) systems. ...
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ArticleVW sets new course with "Strategy 2025"
The  Volkswagen Group Thursday unveiled a comprehensive plan that embraces electric vehicles, new mobility and big investments in future technologies."The Volkswagen Group will be more focused, efficient, innovative, customer-driven and sustainable," CEO Matthias Mueller said in a statement. He also said the carmaker will be "systematically geared to generating ...
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ArticleTruck maker MAN makes investment in Silicon Valley start-up
As part of VW's digitization strategy, all  new MAN trucks will be online from 2017 (Photo: MAN)MAN is investing 8.5 million dlrs in a Silicon Valley start-up to improve cargo planning for trucking companies.The German truckmaker, which is part of the Volkswagen Group, said the move will give ...
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Feature"We're learning from the creativity of start-up founders"
Hofmann says a start-up's proposal can be approved in three weeks(Photo: Claus Dick)For big automotive players, cooperation with startups is becoming more important  than ever before. Large carmakers need the creative enterprise of young companies, if they want to develop new solutions and services in today’s fast-moving digital ...
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ArticleToyota and VW join ride-sharing trend
Toyota Motor and Volkswagen Group both announced ride-sharing moves, joining an auto-industry trend away from pure car-making toward broader mobility concepts.Toyota, the world’s biggest automaker, said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Uber that foresees ride-sharing trials in countries where this mode of transportation is expanding.As part of ...
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ArticleVW steps up R&D efforts in artificial intelligence
DFKI research covers a range of new technologies (Photo: DFKI)Volkswagen, acknowledging the growing automotive importance of machine learning, has acquired a stake in the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI).“Artificial intelligence (AI) is a key technology for autonomous driving and therefore an investment in our future,” VW Group ...
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ArticleAutomakers: New emissions test regime needed
(Photo: Ruben de Rijcke https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8735834)Automakers conceded that laboratory tests of exhaust emissions don't accurately reflect real driving conditions and called for the adoption of a new test regime.Germany's Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) and the UK Department for Transport last week released reports showing that emissions from diesel cars ...
