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ALL ABOUT VOLKSWAGEN – THE EMPLOYEE MAGAZINE FOR OUR LOCATION | FEBRUARY 2020 WOLFSBURG 360° Volkswagen App ° Now with regular competitions! Download the 360° App and win amazing prizes! More about the 360 app → PAGE 2 Geneva Motor Show: The Golf and the ID. in Focus At the Geneva Motor Show in early March, the sporty GTI1 and the GTD1 Golf models will cele- brate their world premiere. The plug-in hybrid Golf GTE1 will also be launched. In addition, the brand will exhibit the fully electric showcar, the ID. SPACE VIZZION2. → PAGE 13 At the Autostadt: Dealers view the new Golf. The program includes tours of the Wolfsburg plant (small photo). Good Ideas by Employees Wolfsburg: 17,500 Dealers Save Millions A healthy balance: The Get to Know the Golf and the Plant Volkswagen brand has saved around €30 million in the The major event runs until the end of March – Positive interim result – Also in focus: The ID.33 and the new brand design past year thanks to good ideas from employees at its German sites. 25,720 suggestions for ajor event in Wolfsburg: March 18th, almost 400 retail- A total of 17,500 participants from The interim conclusion from improvements were submitted to The large dealer confer- ers and sellers a day will arrive more than 50 markets are expected. Jürgen Stackmann: “Our interna- Ideas Management. → PAGE 15 Mence known as the Brand in Wolfsburg to get to know the The program also includes tours of tional guests are impressed by the Experience has been underway new Golf, the ID.3, and the new the Wolfsburg plant and test drives concept and by the event location.” since the end of January. Until Volkswagen brand design in detail. of the new Golf. → PAGE 16–17 Digitalization and Climate Change: Herbert Diess Weighs In Talks in Brussels and Berlin: The CEO calls for more courage and speed Family Day: igitalization, the associated Herbert Diess with Oliver Bierhoff: The busi- Europe’s future path are the expan- Apply Now! transformation of Volkswagen ness manager of the German national soccer sion of its charging network and the Dinto a software-driven auto- team spoke with the top-level management. development of clean electricity. To Employees who are musicians, motive company, as well as climate make this happen, the EU states need dancers or magicians in their spare change and the consequences for binding plans for the expansion of time can now apply to perform on Volkswagen: These were the big issues charging infrastructure. Only if there Family Day at the Wolfsburg plant. that Herbert Diess focused on in are enough charging points will cus- This will take place from 11 a.m. to important talks in Berlin and Brussels, tomers be won over to electric cars. 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 20. and after his visit to the World Eco- In addition, Diess emphasized that nomic Forum in Davos. Here 360° the makeup of electricity sources in provides a summary. Europe needs to change – from coal to hydroelectric and solar power. What Diess had to say at the meeting of the Group’s What Diess wrote on his top-level management in LinkedIn channel after the World Berlin: Economic Forum in Davos: Volkswagen needs to move Climate change is advancing faster considerably quicker in its than expected – with serious con- Energetic: Herbert Diess calls for faster trans- transformation into a soft- formation in the Volkswagen Group. sequences. The automotive indus- ware-driven automotive try will not be able to prevent its company, said the CEO. The transformation happen, says Diess: progression alone, said the CEO. But company is currently right in “What we are missing more than Volkswagen will do its part. From the middle of the two biggest anything is speed and the courage today’s perspective, electric vehicles transformation processes. These are Herbert Diess with Olaf Scholz: The to make bold and radical changes are the most efficient solution. In G3 Series: German finance minister also spoke climate change and the associated when necessary. We need a shared the next five years, Volkswagen will with top-level management in Berlin. New Manager pressure to develop innovations in understanding of the radical nature invest €30 billion in electric mobility emission-free driving, and digita- become a digital tech company. “The of change.” and expand its portfolio from six to Markus Kleimann is the new lization, which will fundamentally big question is: are we fast enough?” more than 50 models by 2025. One manager for the G3 Series (mid-/ change the car as a product. So far, If the company continues at the What Diess had to say at the Group’s milestone on the path to climate-neu- full size) for the Passat and the Volkswagen has performed well. current pace, he says time will be New Year reception in Brussels: tral mobility is the ID.3. It will be the Touareg. In an interview with “However, the real challenge is “very tight”. The Group has extensive The CEO reiterated that electric mo- first Volkswagen whose production is 360°, he talks about his first only just beginning,” said the CEO, technical expertise, a top leadership bility is the only way to meet the Paris completely CO2-neutral – including impressions of the team and more. stressing that Volkswagen must team, and the resources to make climate goals by 2050. The keys for battery production. → PAGE 14 kp-wo ¹ This vehicle is not yet on sale. | ² Concept car | 3 ID.3: This vehicle is not yet on sale. GROUP 360° February 2020 Coronavirus: Volkswagen Protects Its Employees in China Who’s allowed to sign? At Volkswagen Numerous measures introduced on site – €15.5 million for combating the new virus that’s specified clearly. olkswagen is doing all it can Signatures: to address the challenges Vthat the coronavirus out- “Uschi” Knows break in China involves: Measures to protect the health and safety of Who’s Authorized employees are being introduced everywhere – from Group Security, Directory in Volkswagen Net Logistics, HR and Procurement to helps when there’s doubt Air Service, Healthcare, Global Assignments and Volkswagen Group China. Approvals, commissions, applications, Volkswagen Group China and forms – but who’s authorized to sign its brands, together with the joint them? The rules on internal authority ventures FAW Volkswagen and to sign at Volkswagen are laid out in SAIC Volkswagen, have contribut- Company Directive 35 (Organisations ed the equivalent of €15.5 million anweisung (OA) 35). Hiltrud D. Werner, to combating the coronavirus. The Member of the Board for Integrity money will be used to provide aid and Legal Affairs: “Anyone signing a supplies such as protective gear, document without having the neces medical devices, drugs and materi- sary authority to do so is committing a als for hospitals in Hubei and other violation of the rules, and action will be provinces. taken against them in accordance with Together against coronavirus: Volkswagen has introduced numerous our guidelines. This applies in particular Volkswagen Group China and measures to protect employees in China. for approvals in one’s own interest.” the joint ventures donate There are more than 60 different types of authority to sign at Volkswagen. “We would like to express our deep- And on top of that there are a further est thanks to the dedicated and cou- Wolfsburg ever since the corona- President of Volkswagen Group and brands in the region. Through 25 types of second signatures. “ Uschi” rageous people who are providing virus outbreak first came to light. China: “We responded quickly the close collaboration with our – the electronic signature register in emergency aid. They have our full The group includes representatives to the spread of the virus and set partners, we are finding solutions Volkswagen Net – is there to ensure support,” said Stephan Wöllenstein, from Healthcare, Group Security, up a taskforce team at VGC. On for our employees across the whole that no one runs the risk of signing CEO of Volkswagen Group China. Air Service, Global Assignments, February 3, we introduced home- region of China. Our team is doing something without authority. Via a “For us in the Volkswagen Group, Communication and Volkswagen office working for the 3,500 employ- everything it can to ensure a safe search mask, anyone can look up what China is like a second Group China. ees at VGC headquarters and healthy work environment for they are allowed to sign, or request the home. In times like these, All these mea- in Beijing because of colleagues in China.” necessary authorization. “Uschi” also we must stick together and sures are geared the coronavirus, and helps you to find people in your own take all necessary mea- towards protect- we have also suspended division who can, for example, approve sures.” ing the health domestic and interna- a shipping instruction or a business trip The support from and safety of tional business trips un- You can find up-to-date infor- request. Germany is strong too: A employees on the til further notice. At the mation on coronavirus on It is also worth having a look at the cross-divisional working ground. That was same time, we boosted 360° Volkswagen Net and on register of authorization types available group has been coordi- Stephan Wöllenstein, also emphasized Jens Pfitzinger, EVP internal communication the pages of Gesundheit in the regulation nating aid for China at CEO Volkswagen by Jens Pfitzinger, Volkswagen Group and communication Inter national in the HR Portal. portal: The table the group headquarters in Group China Executive Vice China with the joint ventures there shows in which