EMPLOYEE MAGAZINE OF THE VOLKSWAGEN BRAND INSIDE.VOLKSWAGEN.COM April 3, 2019 With poster: German national soccer No. 03 insideteam at the Wolfsburg plant Group-Wide Diesel Crisis: Job Market Send Us Your Launched Questions! Volkswagen employees now have the opportunity to access job vacancies throughout the Volkswagen Group in Selfie of the CEOs: Germany. When the “Group Job Board” Herbert Diess (right) was launched, Porsche, Audi, Financial posted this photo Services, Volkswagen Commercial with Jeff Bezos (Amazon) on his LinkedIn account. Vehicles and other brands posted more The company leaders than 200 vacancies. Employees can apply have agreed to work for these jobs. They will be given preference together. over external candidates. The Group- wide job market can be accessed online via Group Connect. → PAGE 2 Partnership with Amazon: Hiltrud D. Werner, Head of Integrity Volkswagen to Network Plants and Legal Affairs, addresses employ- ees in an open letter. Collaboration announced for next five years with Siemens as integration partner → PAGE 6 New partners: Volkswagen and Amazon and systems in all 122 factories of the strengthen production as a competitive Web Services (AWS) will build the Volkswagen Group will be compiled factor for the Volkswagen Group. Our Volkswagen Industrial Cloud together, in the Cloud. The benefit: network- strategic collaboration with Amazon Web with Siemens as their integration partner. ing information will make managing Services will create essential conditions Volkswagen and AWS announced the workflows and processes in production for this to happen,” says Oliver Blume, collaboration will last five years. In the more efficient and therefore increase CEO of Porsche future, the data for all machines, plants productivity. “We want to continue to and Board Mem- ber for Production at Volkswagen AG. In the long- Volkswagen Industrial Cloud term, the global Souvenir photo: Captain Manuel Neuer (left) supply chain of with employee Aymen Fazzani. the Volkswagen Group will also be National Soccer integrated. Siemens will act Employees Players at the Oliver Blume, as the integration Group Board Member in Focus partner in the effi- Wolfsburg Plant cient networking of production systems, Photographers from around the Premiere in Wolfsburg: For the first time machines and systems from different world took snapshots of operations ever, the entire German national soccer manufacturers in the Volkswagen facto- at the Wolfsburg plant for their team went on a guided tour of the plant. ries. The Industrial Cloud is designed as image databases. → PAGE 16 Captain Manuel Neuer and his team met a public industry platform that can also dozens of employees in Production and be used by other partners in industry, were very impressed by their work in logistics and commerce. Europe’s largest car factory. Germany’s → PAGE 3 best soccer players visited their new mo- bility partner, Volkswagen, two days after the friendly 1:1 match against Serbia in Wolfsburg. → PAGE 14/15 T-Cross: A Peek Behind the Scenes How Volkswagen organized the launch event in Mallorca Exchange Premium a Success The T-Cross in Mallorca: For twelve car for city and countryside.” But how plan and organize the event. days, the Volkswagen brand gave more is such a big driving event organized? One of the big challenges is the The Volkswagen Group has achieved a than 500 journalists, bloggers and inside took a look behind the scenes. logistics: 30 T-Crosses would make the The Sound positive interim result with its exchange influencers from around the world the An event of this size takes more than journey from the Pamplona plant in of e-Mobility premiums for diesel vehicles. Since chance to test-drive the new SUV in one year to prepare. An interdisciplinary northern Spain to Mallorca. Additional August 2017, Mallorca. The experts’ verdict: A fantastic team from Product Communication, vehicles and exhibits had to be trans- For more than 100 years, combustion customers have vehicle! “Small but olé,” said one head- Event Team, Technical Development, ported from Wolfsburg to the Mediterra- engines have defined the sound exchanged more line. Another said: “T-Cross – the cool Sales and Marketing worked together to nean island. → PAGE 11 of a car. Electric mobility will change than 300,000 die- that. In Wolfsburg, designers are sel models from already researching the sound exhaust standard of the future. → PAGE 10 Euro 1 for Euro 5. The cars were replaced with new or barely used cars with efficient Christian Dahlheim, engines that meet Head of Volkswagen Group Sales exhaust standard Euro 6. Christian Dahlheim, Head of Volkswagen Group Sales: “The exchange premiums have Behind the more than exceeded our expectations. We wheel: have kept our promises to politicians and Experts made a significant contribution to fleet praise the replacement and the rapid improvement T-Cross. “Hafen 1”: of air quality in German cities. Our cus- tomers are increasingly opting for used Excellent Progress vehicles, which is why we are extending Construction of “Hafen 1” is on the premiums for Volkswagen and Audi schedule: the new event hall on the until further notice. The premiums for Picture premises of the Wolfsburg plant has perfect: the new vehicles will expire at the end of T-Cross in already had its topping-out ceremony. April, as previously announced.” Mallorca. → PAGE 19 Group Plan: 70 New e-Models The Volkswagen Group is once again ratcheting up the tempo in fundamentally changing the world of mobility he Volkswagen Group is pushing forward the mobil- ity revolution, focusing on The message is clear: jobs for employees, T electric drive transmission vehicles including at other brands. as a result – something Group CEO Herbert Diess made clear during the Group-Wide annual press conference in Wolfs- burg. But what does that mean, spe- Job Market cifically? Over the coming ten years, the Group aims to bring nearly 70 Launched new e-models to the market instead of 50 as previously planned. This Volkswagen employees now have the will increase the number of vehicles opportunity to access job vacancies built using the Group’s e-platforms throughout the Volkswagen Group in from 15 to 22 million. Germany. When the “Group Job Board” CEO Herbert Diess says, “Volkswagen was launched, Porsche alone had posted is stepping up and taking responsibil- more than 200 vacancies. Jobs are also ity for major issues that will face us in being offered by Volkswagen Financial future – especially climate protection. Services, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Our plans are based on the objectives Volkswagen Group Components, MAN of the Paris Climate Agreement. Over Truck & Bus and Audi. More jobs will be the coming years, we will gradually added bit by bit. position our production and invest- “The Group Job Board ensures ment to align with CO₂ neutrality. Volkswagen Group annual press conference at the brand tower in Wolfsburg: CEO Herbert Diess (left) and CFO Frank Witter answer questions from journalists. transparency on job openings within the That is how we will contribute to Group and makes it easier for employ- limiting global warming.” He said that networked – should continue to be an joining forces with its supply chain. ees to quickly obtain information about individual mobility – safe, clean and option for millions of people in the The goal is clear: to reduce the carbon other brands and divisions without future. “We need to further increase footprint of Volkswagen’s fleet of ve- complication, our efficiency and performance in all hicles throughout the vehicle’s entire allowing them areas in order to be able to make the life cycle by 30 percent from 2015 to find current job opportunities necessary investments for this elec- levels by 2025. In line with this aim, that may match tric offensive,” Diess stressed. Volkswagen is electrifying its vehicle well with their And the Group has set certain portfolio. The Group will be investing own prospects,” milestones on its path to decarbon- more than 30 billion euros by 2023 says Volkswagen ization – turning away from the use alone in service of this goal. It wants Chief Human of energy sources containing carbon: e-vehicles to make up at least 40 per- Resources Officer effectively and sustainably reducing cent of the fleet by 2030. The first in Gunnar Kilian, CO₂, converting the energy supply to the latest generation of e-vehicles is Chief Human adding, “Use the renewable energies and compensat- starting production this year: the Audi Resources Officer tool! Have a look ing for any unavoidable emissions e-tron¹ and the Porsche Taycan². And Speaking about Gunnar Kilian at the Group Job climate protec- that remain. To improve the CO₂ the launch of the Volkswagen ID. will Board and get an tion: Group CEO balance of vehicles throughout their make electric cars a real possibility overview of what kinds of career oppor- Herbert Diess. service life, Volkswagen is already for broad swathes of the population. tunities the Group can offer you.” Employees at the brands listed are free to send unsolicited applications. They will be given preference over external candidates. After all, the Group Diess: “2018 Was a Successful Year” prefers to look to its current workforce Solid performance of brands: Group benefits from its broad positioning to see if it can hire internally before posting a job publicly. Employees whose he Volkswagen Group has items totaling -1.2 (-0.4) billion euros. In the power engineering segment, positions are ending should also get once again benefited this past Audi’s financial figures include information from the Recruiting Services MAN posted turnover gains, taking team (Recruiting & Talent Marketing) T financial year from its broad Lamborghini and Ducati. turnover to a total of 3.6 (3.3) billion about suitable job postings. However, positioning and the continued solid euros.