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History

History

Volkswagen Infotainment was founded in 2014 in order to acquire certain mobile communications competences and bring them into the Volkswagen Group. For over 10 years, we have been connecting vehicles of the various Volkswagen brands to the outside world. Ever since, our portfolio has grown to include areas such as mobile online services, Volkswagen OS, autonomous driving and many more.

Volkswagen Infotainment is a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group’s soft- and hardware center CARIAD. The company is headquartered in Bochum and has another site in Wolfsburg- Warmenau.

HQ

Headquarters

Since early 2024, our HQ is located on MARK 51°7 a revitalized former industrial site in Bochum’s Laer area. The approximately 20,000 square meter building complex consists of an office section, a five-story parking garage with 12 levels, an engineering building and a research & development workshop. The latter two form the technical heart of the new complex, primarily housing test rooms, workshops and acoustic as well as high-frequency measurement chambers.

 The new facility also means a significant increase in capacity: the number of workstations in the experimental workshop has tripled, with a substantial increase to 30 stations. The crown jewel of the new workshop is a test chamber large enough to accommodate entire vehicles, providing the ideal research and development conditions

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MARK 51°7

MARK 51°7

MARK 51°7 is a wholly new approach to an innovation quarter for those who invest in science and technology. By integrating it in neighboring areas and fostering connections on the local, regional and even international level and providing a state-of-the-art energy concept, MARK 51°7 is a reference for urban development.

Modern, technologically oriented enterprizes are just at home on the 70-hectare plot as institutes and research groups that seek closer ties to businesses. The exchange of knowledge and the fostering of cooperation between research institutions, companies and start-up is encouraged here.

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Facility areas

20,254 m²
total area
14,560 m²
office space
4,454 m²
engineering space
22 m
building height
5
main building floors
12
parking levels
431
parking spaces
Our site in Wolfsburg

Our site in Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg also hosts one of our sites. Around 60 of our colleagues work in our office in Wolfsburg-Warmenau and act as a direct bridge to the rest of the Volkswagen Group. Our offices have a direct connection to our stakeholders and partners in the Volkswagen Group.

The MOD-house offers our Wolfsburg-based employees a vehicle workshop.

cariad

CARIAD is an independent automotive software company in the Volkswagen Group that is consolidating and further expanding the Group's software competencies. With a focus on the digital experience and automated driving, CARIAD is building the leading tech stack for the automotive industry. Established in 2020, around 6,500 CARIAD experts worldwide are working on a scalable technology stack for all Volkswagen Group brands, comprising of a unified E/E architecture, a software platform and a reliable connection to the automotive cloud. Volkswagen Infotainment is a subsidiary of CARIAD SE and cooperates with its parent organization to transform the Volkswagen Group into a software-driven car company. Aiming to create a new automotive experience and increase the innovation speed of Volkswagen Group to turn the car into a digital companion.

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