Super fast, secure and extremely flexible: at the main plant in Wolfsburg, Volkswagen is testing 5G for future use in series production in automotive production. With a 5G campus network, many facilities and devices can be networked and controlled in new ways. What are the advantages? Two experts share details: Klaus-Dieter Tuchs works in corporate IT, and Sebastian Volk works in production for the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand.

At the ITS World Congress, the Volkswagen Group will present new solutions for efficicent, sustainable, safe mobility. The world’s biggest industry event for intelligent transport systems will be held in Hamburg from 11 to 15 October 2021. Dr. Nikolai Ardey, head of Volkswagen Group Innovation, explains where the journey is heading.

Climate-friendly mobility must not exclude anyone: this is being called for by the “Bündnis sozialverträgliche Mobilitätswende (coalition for socially-responsible mobility), a consortium of unions, churches, social and environmental associations. Co-initiator Verena Bentele, President of the VdK social association, and Klaus Zellmer, Member of the Board of Management at Volkswagen responsible for sales, discuss e-mobility, public transport and subscription models for cars. With more than two million members, the VdK is the largest social association in Germany.