Boosting innovation, reshaping mobility: Volkswagen Group invests in AI
Up to one billion euros in investments planned by 2030 for AI-driven vehicle development, industrial applications, and high-performance IT infrastructure.Efficiency gains and cost avoidance opportunities of up to four billion euros expected by 2035.AI is set to significantly accelerate development processes for new vehicle models and technologies.Expansion of European infrastructure: Volkswagen is strengthening its digital resilience against external risks and influences.Hauke Stars, Member of the Board of Management for IT at Volkswagen Group: “AI is our key to greater speed, quality, and competitiveness. Our ambition: No process without AI.”
Volkswagen Group intends to invest up to one billion euros in the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030 as part of its existing investment planning. The company announced this during the IAA Mobility trade fair. The focus is on AI-supported vehicle development, industrial applications, and the expansion of high-performance IT infrastructures
Artificial Intelligence in the Automotive Industry
artificial intelligence (AI) can improve the result so that we can offer our customers even more attractive products and organize our work more efficiently.
Wherever we see potential, we utilize artificial intelligence in a targeted manner. Scalable, responsible and with clear industrial benefits. Our ambition: AI everywhere, in every process. Hauke Stars
The value of artificial intelligence – no process without AI
For us, AI is a strategic driver on the road to the future of the automotive industry. Whether in autonomous driving or in quality assurance, in the supply chain or in administrative work: We are bringing artificial intelligence into all areas. In this way, we are accelerating development cycles, automating processes and promoting new ideas – including in design and material construction. This is how we are actively shaping the future of the automotive industry.
Artificial intelligence in practice – more than 1,200 AI applications in use Over 1,200 AI applications are already
More Efficient, Smarter, More Resilient: Volkswagen Group collaborates with AWS to help transform production for the age of AI
Volkswagen Group advances production digitalizationThe Digital Production Platform (DPP) – Volkswagen’s “factory cloud” – enables widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI) and cutting-edge IT systems across all sites43 factories worldwide already connectedNext step: Preparing for software-defined vehiclesCollaboration with AWS extended for another five years
More efficient, smarter, more resilient: Volkswagen Group is gearing up its vehicle production for an AI-powered future. Volkswagen and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) are extending their collaboration on the Digital Production Platform (DPP) – Volkswagen’s “factory cloud” designed to support automotive manufacturing – for another five years. Volkswagen uses the DPP to deploy AI and cutting-edge IT systems across its global production sites. This makes production more flexible and faster, reduces IT costs, and helps bring new models to market more quickly.
Originally launched as an industrial partner network, Volkswagen and
TRATON starts cooperation on cybersecurity and AI with RISE
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) Long term cooperation intended Initial focus on cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (AI)TRATON COO Christian Levin: “Cooperation with RISE will foster our development of new competences.”Scania and TRATON will jointly drive the cooperation
TRATON and the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) will start a long-term cooperation that will initially focus on cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (AI). TRATON and RISE have therefore signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will serve as a platform for a long-term and strategic relationship. As the first step, the cooperation will concentrate on cybersecurity and AI, but the project portfolio will be flexible over time. “Innovation is an important pillar of our Global Champion Strategy. The cooperation with RISE will foster our development of new competences on very important technologies,” says Christian Levin, TRATON Board member responsible
IAA Mobility 2025
Volkswagen Passenger Cars) and Chris Benjamin (Chief Designer Scout), as well as Michael Mauer, Head of Group Design and Chief Designer at Porsche.
Tuesday, September 9 – Politics & AI Day
The Chancellor's tour. 1:00–2:00 p.m. panel discussion on artificial intelligence:Hauke Stars, Professor Dr Luise Hölscher (State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Digital and Public Service), Dr Ferri Abolhassan (CEO of T-Systems) and Aljoscha Burchardt (German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence) discuss the question: how can Germany become the driving force behind Europe's AI future – what is being done and what is needed? With its increased use of artificial intelligence, the Volkswagen Group is igniting the next stage on its path to becoming a global technology driver in the automotive industry. And AI is the key to greater speed, quality and competitiveness – from vehicle development to vehicle production. 2:15–3:00 p.m. MOIA Panel Talk on autonomous driving:On the same day, MOIA CEO
A visit to Volkswagen's AI experts: "Machines that can think are only for the movies"
working on the development of self-learning programs. In future, their development work could provide better support for their colleagues at the office and factory in many corporate processes. However, one thing is important for the Volkswagen specialists: if you are looking for machines that can think, you will find them in Hollywood rather than in the Data Lab.
"Machines that can think are only for the movies. They have nothing to do with our work," says Prof. Dr. Patrick van der Smagt, Head of AI Research at the Data Lab. "We develop algorithms that independently learn how to detect and predict specific patterns and laws so that optimum decisions can be made." The key is machine learning or, to put it in simple terms, the ability of a program to link data, analyze interconnections and make predictions. However, van der Smagt and his team are going considerably further. Their work is based on deep neural networks. For neural networks of this type, the Data Lab specialists combine information
Volkswagen Group in China presents new AI-powered ADAS system for the next generation of intelligent electric vehicles
“In China, for China”: Volkswagen Group is consistently strengthening its local technology competence in China. At Auto Shanghai 2025, the company is introducing its first self-developed automated driving system (ADAS), designed for especially seamless and safe driving experiencesPowerful full-stack solution: The system, developed by CARIAD’s joint venture CARIZON and trained by the intelligent AI-driven data platform GAIA, offers highly precise and fully safety-focused driving functions up to Level 2++, and paves the way for development toward Level 3 and beyondInnovations for all: Volkswagen will implement the technology this year and integrate it into a new generation of Intelligent Connected Vehicles (ICV) for the compact segment starting from 2026—making highly automated driving accessible to more Chinese customers in entry-level vehicle segmentsRalf Brandstätter, Volkswagen AG Group Board Member for China: “The rapid progress in developing our new ADAS system highlights CARIZON’s
The Car of the Future
The car of the future is digitally connected, intelligent and safer than ever before. The Volkswagen Group is driving forward the software-defined vehicle. This means powerful, scalable electronics architectures and software for digitally high-performance vehicles – across all segments.
Automobile mobility of tomorrow – far more than just driving a car
From generative AI in the cockpit to innovative assistance functions: Together with leading technology partners, the Volkswagen Group brands are developing services that go far beyond driving. In this way, we are simplifying interaction with the vehicle, enabling greater convenience for our customers and increasing safety on the road. We are driving forward the development of our car of the future. For example, in our joint venture with the US start-up Rivian Automotive, or with the China Electronic Architecture, developed in collaboration with our Chinese partner Xpeng.
Artificial intelligence – intuitively controlled
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