Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

Automated driving: Volkswagen Group intensifies collaboration with Mobileye

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
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The Volkswagen Group is welcoming further strategic collaboration and significantly accelerating its development efforts in the field of automated and autonomous driving.

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  • The Volkswagen Group is welcoming further strategic collaboration and significantly accelerating its development efforts in the field of automated and autonomous driving.
  • Mobileye is to provide technologies for partially and highly automated driving based on its Mobileye SuperVision and Mobileye Chauffeur platforms.
  • In the future, Mobileye is set to also provide technologies for driving functions with enhanced Level 2 capabilities ('partially automated driving') within the Volkswagen Group.
  • Volkswagen ADMT, a Volkswagen Group subsidiary, will implement these components in fully electric development platforms based on the Volkswagen ID.

Volkswagen ADMT Announces Agreement With Mobileye for Autonomous Driving

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
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Following an extensive pilot phase with road testing in Germany and the USA, Volkswagen ADMT GmbH, part of Volkswagen AG, is announcing a cooperation agreement with the technology company Mobileye Global Inc. Mobileye shall develop and supply software, hardware components and digital maps for the self-driving ID.

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  • Following an extensive pilot phase with road testing in Germany and the USA, Volkswagen ADMT GmbH, part of Volkswagen AG, is announcing a cooperation agreement with the technology company Mobileye Global Inc. Mobileye shall develop and supply software, hardware components and digital maps for the self-driving ID.
  • The aim of Volkswagen ADMT GmbH is to develop the fully electric autonomous ID.
  • Volkswagen ADMT GmbH is working intensively on autonomous freight transport for various industries as a second important pillar alongside autonomous passenger transport.
  • Within the Volkswagen Group, VWCV is also the lead brand for autonomous driving and mobility offerings such as Mobility-as-a-Service and Transport-as-a-Service - areas in which we are shaping the future of mobility.

Realtime Robotics Launches Optimization Service to Help Manufacturers Quickly Reduce Cycle Time

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Monday, November 13, 2023
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The solution uses a combination of proprietary optimization software and experienced robotics and application engineering insights to improve a manufacturer’s overall productivity.

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  • The solution uses a combination of proprietary optimization software and experienced robotics and application engineering insights to improve a manufacturer’s overall productivity.
  • Realtime Robotics’ innovative optimization service was recently used by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles in Hanover, Germany, in a proof-of-concept project for electric vehicle manufacturing.
  • The company was looking to quickly and efficiently improve the cycle time in a 2-robot cell that was welding car doors for the ID.
  • For more information about Realtime Robotics’ software and how it can help your organization improve the speed and accuracy of its automation operations, please click here .

EQS-News: Schaeffler AG appoints Dr. Astrid Fontaine as Chief Human Resources Officer

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Sunday, December 3, 2023
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Georg F. W. Schaeffler wants to thank Corinna Schittenhelm, who did not extend her contract after two terms in office

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  • Georg F. W. Schaeffler wants to thank Corinna Schittenhelm, who did not extend her contract after two terms in office
    Herzogenaurach, Germany | November 20, 2023 | The Supervisory Board of Schaeffler AG has appointed Dr. Astrid Fontaine as Chief Human Resources Officer and as a full member of the Board of Managing Directors of Schaeffler AG, effective January 1, 2024.
  • Dr. Fontaine has extensive and long-term international experience in the HR departments of well-known major automobile manufacturers.
  • Dr. Astrid Fontaine is coming to Schaeffler from the Volkswagen Group, where she was most recently responsible for “People & Transformation” on the Board of Management at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles since September 2021.
  • Dr. Fontaine, who has both German and US citizenship, holds multiple Supervisory Board mandates within the Volkswagen Group.

Autonomous driving: MOIA counts on Apex.AI software for Passenger Management Development

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Thursday, May 25, 2023
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MOIA is using Apex.AI's operating system for the market-ready development of the Passenger Management System for the autonomous-driving ID.

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  • MOIA is using Apex.AI's operating system for the market-ready development of the Passenger Management System for the autonomous-driving ID.
  • The ridepooling company is using Apex.AI's operating system to develop its proprietary passenger management system for the autonomous-driving ID.
  • The development of our passenger management system using Apex.AI's middleware is the ideal basis for this," says Sascha Meyer, CEO of MOIA.
  • The agile and iterative software development kit (SDK) from Apex.AI enables MOIA to significantly increase the speed of development of its own software solution for passenger management.

Volkswagen Group Selects Ivalua to Improve Efficiency, Transparency, and the Employee Purchasing Experience

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Thursday, December 15, 2022
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A top-10 Forbes 500 company, the Volkswagen Group is one of the world's leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe.

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  • A top-10 Forbes 500 company, the Volkswagen Group is one of the world's leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe.
  • The Group is made up of twelve world-renowned brands from seven European countries: Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, KODA, Bentley, Lamborghini, Porsche, Ducati, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Scania, and MAN.
  • The Group operates 120 production plants in 19 European countries and a further 10 countries in the Americas, Asia, and Africa.
  • The Volkswagen Group sells its vehicles in 153 countries.

EQS-News: Knaus Tabbert AG: Strong volume and revenue growth in the third quarter of 2022- Third-quarter earnings up year-on-year

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Friday, November 11, 2022
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Jandelsbrunn, Germany; Knaus Tabbert further accelerated its growth in the third quarter of 2022 and recorded significant growth rates in unit sales, revenue and total output.

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  • Jandelsbrunn, Germany; Knaus Tabbert further accelerated its growth in the third quarter of 2022 and recorded significant growth rates in unit sales, revenue and total output.
  • As a result, Group revenue improved by 9.4 per cent to EUR 693.9 million (previous year: EUR 634.4 million).
  • Nevertheless, starting in the third quarter, we are experiencing a significant increase in unit sales and revenue momentum, which underpins our growth strategy.
  • Knaus Tabbert consciously accepts this temporary effect on earnings in order to secure experienced specialists in the long term.

Volkswagen Builds an All-Electric Office Chair

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Thursday, November 10, 2022
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OSLO, Norway, Nov. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles in Norway has created and built an office chair with many of the features from their cars.

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  • OSLO, Norway, Nov. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles in Norway has created and built an office chair with many of the features from their cars.
  • The chair can drive, has LED lights, driver assistance and an infotainment system finally, office workers can experience something close to what people who use a car in their line of work experience every day.
  • The one-of-a-kind chair was launched recently, after months of tedious work and testing.
  • Headlights were put in to brighten overtime evenings, and for the occasional office festivities, the chair is equipped with multi-colored Office Party Lights.

DGAP-News: Knaus Tabbert AG: Knaus Tabbert remains on growth course - Significant increase in sales and revenue expected for 2022

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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With an unbroken high demand for leisure vehicles and despite continuing material bottlenecks, the Knaus Tabbert Group closed the first half of 2022 with slight increases in sales and revenue.

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  • With an unbroken high demand for leisure vehicles and despite continuing material bottlenecks, the Knaus Tabbert Group closed the first half of 2022 with slight increases in sales and revenue.
  • As a result, sales of leisure vehicles increased to a total of 13,792 units (previous year: 13,682 units).
  • The Executive Board therefore continues to expect a significant increase in revenue before price increase effects.
  • Knaus Tabbert AG is a leading manufacturer of leisure vehicles in Europe with its headquarters in Jandelsbrunn, Lower Bavaria.

DGAP-News: Knaus Tabbert AG: Knaus Tabbert remains on growth track in 2022

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Monday, July 25, 2022
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For the 2022 financial year, the Managing Board expects a significant increase in revenue to over EUR 1 billion.

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  • For the 2022 financial year, the Managing Board expects a significant increase in revenue to over EUR 1 billion.
  • Together, the four new chassis suppliers will already account for around 40% of all deliveries of motorhomes and camper vans of the Knaus and Weinsberg brands in 2022.
  • The Management Board of Knaus Tabbert continues to expect that the adjusted EBITDA for the full year will also be above the previous year.
  • which will affect the margin in the current year," commented Wolfgang Speck, CEO of Knaus Tabbert, on the forecast.