Startup Autobahn, established by Daimler, Silicon Valley accelorator PlugandPlay, the University of Stuttgart and ARENA2036, is the innovation and cooperation platform between companies and start-ups for the future of mobility and Industry 4.0, has selected a record 28 companies for its second round. In the second programme candidates will work on their projects at the [...]

Volkswagen Group has started 2017 on a high by delivering 813,700 vehicles worldwide in January with a growth of 4.9% outside of china. In Europe deliveries rose by seven per cent, handing 312,900 vehicles over to customers. Western Europe handled 262,900 of those vehicles with a 5.8% rise in the region and the home market [...]

Audi AG has been awarded the 2016 Industrial Inclusion Prize in the large company category for the ‘exemplary integration of people with physical disabilities’. At its plants in Germany in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm, the company employs 3,100 people with disabilities, or 5.8% of the workforce. Together with the University of St Gallen, Audi has carried [...]

The PSA Group has invested €200m in its ‘Sochaux 2022’ modernisation project. With ‘Sochaux 2022’, a project that has mobilised a dedicated multi-skilled team on site for the last 36 months, the PSA Group will turn its Sochaux site into a benchmark plant. This strategic project aims to simplify flows, inherited from over 100 years [...]

Nissan Europe has launched the company’s new comprehensive strategy to transform the customer ownership experience through innovative technology and enhanced services. Nissan forecasts that the new ‘hyper-personalisation’ services will increasingly drive growth in Nissan’s aftersales business, anticipated to contribute 30% of aftersales revenue in Europe by 2022. ‘Nissan Europe has a comprehensive long-term vision to [...]