ALL ABOUT VOLKSWAGEN – THE EMPLOYEE MAGAZINE FOR OUR LOCATION | OCTOBER 2019 360WOLFSBURG° ID.31 – Series Ready for Launch The countdown is on: Series production of the ID.3, the first fully electric Volkswagen from the new ID. family, will begin at the Zwickau plant in early November. The conversions are running on schedule, with employees now assembling the last few robots. Some 8,000 members of staff have been working for months at the Saxony location to get ready to meet the electric age. This has seen them involved in measures such as high-voltage training courses to learn how to handle battery systems safely. → PAGE 21 The New Golf Celebrates Its World Premiere Comic Series Presentation in Wolfsburg: eighth generation even more digital and networked than ever before on Integrity 13 short stories clarify behavioral anchors in an easy-to-understand way. → PAGE 11 f any car can be other model has shaped called a bestseller, it’s our brand quite so power- I certainly the Golf. fully and permanently over Developed and honed the decades. It is synony- from generation to gen- mous with the Volkswagen eration, it has become name and everything a global constant. The Volkswagen stands for Volkswagen brand now around the world.” celebrates the world More than 35 million China: V-Space premiere of the eighth Ralf Brandstätter, Golf models have rolled generation Golf on the Chief Operating o the production line Opens evening of October 24. Officer (COO) over the past 45 years. The V-Space has now launched in The new Golf will be and Member of strengths of the Golf – and Beijing as the new headquarters of the Board at showcased in the Hafen what has made it a world- Volkswagen Group China. We inter- Volkswagen 1 function hall in the wide bestseller – have now viewed Group CEO Herbert Diess to Passenger Cars Autostadt in Wolfsburg. been perfected even more find out more. → PAGE 12 in this latest model. An entire generation Along with an e cient new Initial designs: The cockpit in the new Golf. bears its name engine range, its re ned chassis technology now ensures even greater In terms of the exterior, the Golf 8 Golf class,” says Ralf Brandstätter As Chief Operating O cer (COO) agility. Numerous central parts moves more dynamically than ever in an editorial that serves as the of the Volkswagen brand Ralf for production are supplied by before, but it still has that patented introduction to a seven-page Golf Brandstätter put it, “The Golf has Volkswagen Group Components Golf look to it. Inside, it is a marvel special in this issue. The special been impressing our customers – from the drive shaft to the gear- of digitalization and networked features many other articles about for the past 45 years now. In box and engine variants. The new driving, from its assisted driv- the new Golf, along with insights fact, an entire generation bears Volkswagen will hit the market in ing functions to its online-based into what employees really think. its name – Generation Golf. No December. features. “We are digitalizing the → PAGE 13 Family Day in Wolfsburg The plant is inviting employees and their families to visit on Saturday, June 20, 2020. Wolfsburg – The Green Plant Sustainable yet efficient: The Wolfsburg BESTSELLER: More than 35 plant million Golf models have been sold over the past 45 has won years. The eighth generation is now celebrating its world premiere. the Lean & Green award. kp-wo ¹ Near-production-ready concept car GROUP 360° October 2019 Volkswagen Group: Monitor to Stay for 90 More Days Independent Monitor says additional time will “ensure implementation of a high quality, reliable testing regime” he Volkswagen Group an- make sure that Monitor, Thompson is tasked with to the diesel crisis. He also oversees nounced today that the U.S. this change ensuring that ­­Volkswagen’s compli- ­­Volkswagen’s obligations under the T Department of Justice (DOJ) is lasting and ance and ethics programs are rea- terms of its 2017 settlement of U.S. and the Independent Compliance continues long sonably designed and implemented federal environmental and civil Monitor, Larry D. Thompson, have after the Moni- to prevent and detect violations of claims as the Independent Compli- approved a request from the company torship ends.” U.S. law of the kind that gave rise ance Auditor. Gold for for more time to demonstrate that it has met its commitments under the The request 360° Volkswagen terms of ­­Volkswagen’s 2017 settle- for a short ment with the U.S. Government. extension Our employee magazine – 360° was decided Herbert Diess Dear Colleagues, ­­Volkswagen – has received a gold medal The agreement gives ­­Volkswagen an unanimously Today, we announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Inde Galaxy Award for its outstanding design additional 90 days to fully test and, by the Group pendent Compliance Monitor, Larry D. Thompson, have approved our request in the “Employee Communication – where necessary, remediate the mea- Board of Management and approved for more time to demonstrate that the company has met its commitments - Magazine” category. The Galaxy Awards sures that the Group and its brands at a meeting with the Monitor, his under the terms of our U.S. Monitorship. are presented annually by the New York- have put in leadership team and officials of Volkswagen’s Group Board of Management decided unanimously to request based communications association place, includ- the DOJ. a 90-day extension, which was approved at a meeting with the Monitor, his leadership team and officials of the DOJ. MerComm to outstanding communica- ing recommen- This agreement will give us additional time to fully test and, where necessary, tions and marketing projects. All of us dations from “In a global company as large and remediate the measures that the Group and its brands have put in place, in at the Internal Communications Team the Monitor, complex as Volkswagen, we need order for Mr. Thompson to certify our ethics and compliance programs. for the Volkswagen Passenger Cars, in order for to have enough time to be careful We want to ensure that this critical testing phase is as thorough as possible. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Thompson and rigorous in all our testing,” said This is about getting it right – not just getting it done. The request for an extension was a direct response to concerns raised in our business units about ­­Volkswagen Group Components brands to certify the Hiltrud D. Werner, Member of the meeting the existing deadlines under the terms of the Monitorship. For a com are delighted to receive this award company’s Group Board of Management for pany as large and complex as ours, with more than 100 processes to evaluate, alongside with our agency, Territory. It ethics and Integrity and Legal Affairs.“This we need to be careful and rigorous in all our testing. We know how important - serves to confirm our joint work and this compliance is about getting it right – not just it is not to set unrealistic goals, and we do not want to rush this process. new design are on the right track. Larry D. Thompson programs. getting it done – and with more Larry Thompson has been an important catalyst for change within our compa ny, and we appreciate his receptiveness to our proposed timetable. As a result mercommawards.com/galaxy.htm than 100 processes to evaluate, our of the additional testing period, Mr. Thompson’s certification report to the DOJ- As a result of the additional testing message to our business units is to is now due by July 2020. His Monitorship, which was set at three years on his period, Mr. Thompson’s certification be very thorough.” appointment in June 2017, will continue until September 2020. report to the DOJ is now due by July The Central Coordination Monitorship team (K-IZ) is working on specific 2020. His Monitorship, which was set Thompson said: “The extension planning relating to this extension and will provide further information to all departments involved. We also will hold a business unit update to provide at three years on his appointment in of the Monitorship will pro- additional details. June 2017, will continue until Septem- vide additional time to ensure As Volkswagen undertakes the biggest transformation in our history, we are ber 2020. implementation of a high quality, working hard to instil a culture of integrity and transparency in everything we reliable testing regime that can do and are making good progress. Our goal is to make sure this change contin “As ­­Volkswagen undertakes the big- lead to certification as set forth ues long after the Monitorship ends. We thank you for your hard work and continuing support. Should you have any- gest transformation in our history, we in the Monitor’s responsibili- questions, please do not hesitate to contact the K-IZ team. are working hard to embed a culture ties in the 2017 Plea Agreement of integrity in everything we do between the U.S. Department and are making good progress,” said of Justice and ­­Volkswagen AG.I Dr. Herbert Diess, Chairman of the look forward to continuing to ­­Volkswagen Group Board of Man- work productively with the Hiltrud D. Werner agement.“Larry Thompson has been company to achieve our shared Member of the Board of Manage- Thomas Meiers an important catalyst for change, goal of making Volkswagen­­ AG ment for Integrity Chief Coordina- and we appreciate his receptiveness a better company.” and Legal Affairs tor Monitorship to our proposed timetable for this important test phase.We intend to As Independent Compliance Legal Notice 360° Publisher IT City managed to save around 20,000 Internal Communications pages of paper in September.