Highly Automated and Autonomous Driving
in innovative mobility services, we see autonomous driving as a quantum leap into the future. Autonomous ride-sharing services will make our mobility more comfortable and safer, more sustainable and accessible for everyone.
On the way there, automated driving will become the centerpiece of the driving experience – in private cars as well as in fleet vehicles. In order to achieve the goal of complete driving autonomy, the Volkswagen Group is relying on both innovative vehicle technologies and customized software solutions.
Advanced driver assistance systems and automated driving functions are an important part of our software strategy. They offer a high level of customer benefit, enable a new product experience and are of great economic importance for the Volkswagen Group. Oliver Blume
Automated driving – pretty smart The cars of our Group brands have long been equipped with a wide range of smart driving assistants. We are working flat out to drive innovation and digitalization – with a
Volkswagen focuses development for autonomous driving
continues to drive development of highly automated and autonomous driving in China together with Horizon Robotics and in the rest of the world with Bosch: first functions from alliance between Bosch and Cariad planned for 2023 In the area of autonomous driving as a service (MaaS/TaaS), Volkswagen is consolidating its development partnerships Group no longer invests in Argo AI, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles expands cooperation with other partner Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles' goal for autonomous driving remains: Customers expected to be able to book the autonomously driving ID.Buzz in Hamburg with MOIA in 2025 Oliver Blume, CEO Volkswagen AG: "Focus and speed are what count, especially when it comes to developing technologies of the future. Our goal is to offer our customers the most powerful functions at the earliest possible time and to set up our development as cost-effectively as possible."
Volkswagen is focusing its development activities for autonomous and highly automated driving . In the
Volkswagen plans to make autonomous driving market-ready
subsidiary Volkswagen Autonomy (VWAT) GmbH as a centre of excellence for autonomous driving under the direction of Alexander HitzingerVWAT bundles Group activities for the development of self-driving systems from Level 4VWAT sites in Munich, Wolfsburg, Silicon Valley and China planned Alexander Hitzinger: "We expect self-driving systems to be used in the commercial sector at a large scale from around the middle of the next decade."
Volkswagen AG today announced the foundation of Volkswagen Autonomy GmbH (VWAT GmbH) with headquarters in Munich and Wolfsburg. Another subsidary in Silicon Valley will follow in 2020. A further subsidiary is planned in China in 2021. As a centre of excellence for autonomous driving from Level 4, VWAT will serve to build up know-how within the Group and bring a self-driving system (SDS) to market maturity. The company will be managed by Alexander Hitzinger, Senior Vice President for autonomous driving in the Volkswagen Group and Member of the Volkswagen Brand Board
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The automotive industry is developing at a rapid pace. Innovative technologies are defining vehicle functions and the driving experience. The Volkswagen Group sees this transformation as an opportunity to shape the mobility of tomorrow as a global automotive technology driver – climate-neutral, digital and connected. Our pioneering solutions along the entire automotive value chain combine experience and efficiency, safety and sustainability. This enables us to inspire customers time and time again. All over the world.
The car of the future
Software, artificial intelligence and advanced driver assistance systems are at the center of our vehicle development. With many innovations, we are making the vehicle of the future safer, more comfortable and more entertaining. When it comes to electric cars and major trends, we combine our automotive expertise with the technological knowledge of leading partners worldwide – and adapt it to the needs of our customers in different markets.
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Ford, Volkswagen Sign Agreements for Joint Projects On Commercial Vehicles, Electrification, Autonomous Driving
Vehicles and later 1-ton cargo van engineered by Ford, plus Volkswagen medium pickup built on Ford Ranger platform – from 2022During the lifecycles of the products, the companies expect to produce up to a combined 8 million of the three commercial vehicles included in the commercial relationshipFord to build new electric vehicle for Europe based on Volkswagen’s Modular Electric Drive Toolkit beginning in 2023; could approach a multiyear 600,000-plus unitsWith Volkswagen’s investment last week in Argo AI, Ford and Volkswagen will work with Argo AI to independently develop AVs at scale based on Argo AI’s innovative self-driving technologyRelationship does not involve cross-ownership between the two companies, is expected to create significant efficiencies for both companies
Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen AG today signed agreements that expand their global alliance to meet rapidly evolving needs of their respective customers in Europe and other regions by leveraging complementary strengths in
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles moves ahead with Autonomous Driving R&D for Mobility as a Service
Volkswagen Group to also drive autonomouslyCEO Carsten Intra: "Important contribution to future mobility and road safety in cities"
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) is consistently and rapidly advancing the development and implementation of autonomous driving . “With the confirmation of the group’s supervisory board for our Autonomous Driving R&D program, we are setting the course for the future of mobility. Autonomous , electric driving will make an important contribution to urban mobility and road safety. Our vehicles are the logical first choice to apply such systems to", explains Carsten Intra, CEO of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, after today's Supervisory Board meeting of the Volkswagen Group.
The introduction of auto-nomous systems for traffic use in 2025 is currently being prepared at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. Christian Senger, Head of Autonomous Driving : "This year, for the first time, we are conducting field trials in Germany, in which the self-driving system by Argo AI will
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Federal government and Hamburg put autonomous ridepooling project on the road
notificationProject for autonomous ridepooling in the pilot region of HamburgAlliance of operators, vehicle industry and science
October 23rd, 2023 - By 2030, there could be up to 10,000 autonomous shuttles on Hamburg's roads. That’s the goal of an agreement between the Federal Ministry of Transport and the Hanseatic City of Hamburg, which is now being brought to reality.
A mobility solution will be created in the city using a modern on-demand transport service that supplements the classic public bus and rail transport system with a new product and represents an attractive alternative to private cars. The ALIKE project will test a system with autonomous shuttles that can be easily booked using an app and that picks up passengers and takes them to their destination. The system meets strict safety requirements and is also intended to be scalable across regions, making it also suitable for rural areas. The aim of the pilot project is also to test the acceptance of autonomous driving services in practice
Ford – Volkswagen expand their global collaboration to advance autonomous driving, electrification and better serve customers
Volkswagen to join Ford in investing in Argo AI, the autonomous vehicle platform company, at a valuation of more than $7 billion. Tie-up allows both automakers to independently integrate Argo AI’s self-driving system into their own vehicles, delivering significant global scaleFord will use Volkswagen’s electric vehicle architecture and Modular Electric Toolkit (MEB) to design and build at least one high-volume fully electric vehicle in Europe for European customers starting in 2023, more efficiently advancing its promise to deliver expressive passenger cars while taking advantage of Volkswagen’s scaleFord and VW on track to develop commercial vans and medium pickups for each brand in select global markets starting in 2022; sharing development costs to generate significant synergiesThe Volkswagen-Ford global alliance – which does not involve cross-ownership between the companies – is expected to create annual efficiencies for each company
Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen AG today announced
