Prof. Andreas Knie is one of Germany’s most prominent transport experts. We meet up with him in Berlin, where he has been working at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) since 1988. We head to Potsdamer Platz together. During our conversation, he calls for traffic to be reduced in our towns and cities – to give pedestrians and cyclists more space.

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.