Volkswagen news and trends

Consumers Embrace Connected Cars as Lawmakers Raise Fresh Security Concerns
Technology // March 08, 2024

Connected vehicles, automobiles equipped with internet connectivity and a range of sensors that enable them to communicate with other vehicles, infrastructure, and external systems, continue to garner significant attention and adoption. This connectivity promises benefits including enhanced safety, improved traffic management and efficiency. Immersive in-car...

Volkswagen Expects Slower Growth Amid Macroeconomic Challenges
Earnings // March 01, 2024

Volkswagen Group expects its sales revenue growth to slow in 2024. The automaker said in a Friday (March 1) press release that it expects sales revenue to grow “up to” 5% this year after it grew 15% in 2023. Positive effects from the market launch...

Volkswagen Opens AI Lab as Carmakers Embrace Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence // January 31, 2024

Volkswagen is reportedly in discussion with technology companies to launch an artificial intelligence partnership. The German carmaker would work with these tech groups to create digital prototypes for products and features that use AI, Reuters reported Wednesday (Jan. 31). To help this effort, Volkswagen has...

This Week in AI: The Future of Work and Home 
artificial intelligence // January 12, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI), like most programming languages, uses Epoch Time to standardize its operations. Epoch Time is the number of seconds that have elapsed since Jan. 1, 1970; but as the technology continues its onward march, putting more silicon into more business solutions, a...

Interviews & Exclusives
Lipstick Goes AI at CES

January 10, 2024
CES 2024 is shaping up to be a watershed event for artificial intelligence (AI) and the connected economy. After the pre-show hype focused on robotics and the connected home, the event’s first two days were packed with consumer brands declaring their intentions to build AI into everything from search engines to car engines to lipstick. […]

Beyond Paying for Gas and Tolls, J.P. Morgan’s Max Neukirchen Envisions ‘Delightful’ Connected Economy on...

September 20, 2021
The car — that steel horse that’s the main way we get to where we need to go — is rapidly becoming a conduit of commerce. And as that happens,...

AutoGravity On Why Car Buying Can Be Friction-Free

July 11, 2017
There’s nothing like that new car smell. And the fun of driving a new car off the dealer’s parking lot. But the process of getting there is anything but fun, especially...

Quick Reads
Volkswagen Begins Rollout of GenAI-Powered Virtual Assistant for Vehicle Owners

September 24, 2024
Volkswagen of America partnered with Google Cloud to integrate a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered virtual assistant into its myVW mobile app for vehicle owners. The myVW Virtual Assistant is now available to owners of model year 2024 Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport vehicles and will be expanded to most model year 2020 and new Volkswagen […]

Volkswagen Expects Slower Growth Amid Macroeconomic Challenges

March 01, 2024
Volkswagen Group expects its sales revenue growth to slow in 2024. The automaker said in a Friday (March 1) press release that it expects sales revenue to grow “up to”...

Volkswagen Opens AI Lab as Carmakers Embrace Artificial Intelligence

January 31, 2024
Volkswagen is reportedly in discussion with technology companies to launch an artificial intelligence partnership. The German carmaker would work with these tech groups to create digital prototypes for products and...

Volkswagen Integrates OpenAI’s ChatGPT Into In-Car Voice Assistant

January 09, 2024
Volkswagen has integrated OpenAI’s artificial-intelligence (AI) chatbot, ChatGPT, into its IDA voice assistant. This integration will provide Volkswagen customers with seamless access to an ever-expanding AI database, allowing them to have researched...