Scelte strategiche Gruppo VAG

[iDrive]

Il 2020 e anomalo comunque.

[SolidSnake]

16 minuti fa, iDrive scrive:

Il 2020 e anomalo comunque.

Qualcuno è già andato a vivere su Marte a quanto pare 

[ILM4rcio]

Ma Audi non era una delle galline dalle uova d'oro a parte Porsche? Margine quasi nullo..boh

Dipende, forse lo è ancora in Europa ma nel resto del mondo le Audi non vendono come Mercedes e BMW.

[Cole_90]

Addio alla Passat americana dal 2023

 

“We’ve made a decision to cancel the Passat for the U.S. The sales trend is very firmly in favor of SUV models, as indicated by the success of the (Chattanooga-built) Atlas,” VW chief executive Ralf Brandstätter said in a statement, as reported by Wards Auto.

 

 

[4200blu]

Il fine per VW-Motorsport

 

The Volkswagen brand is pooling strengths for the transformation to the mobile electric era. The brand is terminating its motorsport activities as part of the company’s realignment and further focusing. The Volkswagen Motorsport GmbH workforce will be integrated in Volkswagen AG.

 

“The Volkswagen brand is on the way to becoming the leading provider for sustainable e-mobility. To this end, we are pooling our strengths and have decided to terminate the Volkswagen brand’s own motorsport activities. The motorsport workforce will be integrated in Volkswagen AG. The deep technical expertise of the motorsport employees and the know-how gained from the ID.R project will remain with the company and will help us put further efficient models from the ID. family on the road”, said Dr. Frank Welsch, Member of the Board of Management with responsibility for the Development Division.

“For decades, the Volkswagen Motorsport GmbH team brought the brand a string of major sporting successes. My warmest thanks go to all employees for so many victories, titles and records throughout the world and for their personal dedication and commitment”, Wilfried von Rath, Member of the Board of Management with responsibility for Human Resources, commented, acknowledging the achievements of the team. He added: “We are delighted that we are able to preserve jobs, especially in these challenging times, and will be offering all employees a transfer contract.”

Volkswagen Motorsport GmbH based in Hanover employs 169 people who will be integrated in Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg over the coming months.

The long-term supply of spare parts for the Polo GTI R5 and Golf GTI TCR for the racing circuit is secure. Production of the customer sport Polo GTI R5 for rallying expires at the end of 2020.

 

(Volkswagen AG)

[Beckervdo]

Che bel periodo

[AndreaB]

Di questo passo tra qualche anno le cose più emozionanti per un appassionato di auto saranno le repliche delle repliche delle repliche di "Affari a 4 ruote".........

[Pawel72]

Il consiglio di sorveglianza del gruppo Volkswagen ha accolto con freddezza la proposta del ceo Herbert Diess, il quale ha richiesto una proroga anticipata del suo contratto. Secondo le indiscrezioni riportate dalla testata Handelsblatt, la questione - affrontata all’interno della riunione di mercoledì scorso - solleva non poche perplessità tra i dirigenti dell'azienda.

 

https://www.lautomobile.aci.it/articoli/2020/12/10/volkswagen-e-il-grattacapo-diess.html

 

[AleMcGir]

Cita

Artemis goes independent

Audi’s Artemis task force for highly automated electric cars has now been spun off into an independent company. Alexander Hitzinger, managing director of the new Artemis GmbH, made the announcement on LinkedIn.

In the post, Hitzinger also said that Artemis was looking for “highly experienced engineers and tech experts from all over the world.” “Having started as a revolutionary project ARTEMIS has now evolved into an independent company,” Hitzinger said. “I’m proud to lead a collective of top engineering and creative talents to accelerate the development of groundbreaking innovations and shape the future of mobility.”

According to earlier reports, Artemis is expected to grow to as many as 250 employees. However, Hitzinger did not reveal how many he has already recruited from within the group and from outside, and how many more are to be added.

Until his appointment as head of the Artemis project, and now as managing director, Hitzinger developed autonomous driving technology for the VW Group. Hitzinger himself, like Audi CEO Markus Duesmann, has his roots in motorsports. In a racing team, work is also done very quickly and innovatively outside the ponderous corporate structures.

Like Duesmann, Hitzinger worked as an engine designer in Formula 1. Among other things, he built up the motorsport team at Porsche that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the World Endurance Championship from 2015 to 2017. After three years at Apple in Silicon Valley, where he led product development for autonomous vehicles, Hitzinger returned to Volkswagen in 2019.

Audi, under new CEO Markus Duesmann, had established the Artemis project at the end of May. The task force was to develop a “groundbreaking” model “quickly and without bureaucracy.” The highly efficient electric car is to hit the road as early as 2024. To keep to this timetable, the task force has been operating outside the usual Group organization from the outset, now also formally as a GmbH (limited liability company).

https://www.electrive.com/2020/12/10/artemis-goes-independent/

 

[Bertoz]

Oltre al Dieselgate, c'è un nuovo scandalo VW, a quanto pare:

 

https://www.quattroruote.it/news/industria-finanza/2020/12/22/stati_uniti_aperta_indagine_su_volkswagen_per_presunta_violazione_di_brevetti_del_gruppo_jaguar_land_rover.html