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Volkswagen Expects Slower Growth Amid Macroeconomic Challenges
Earnings // March 01, 2024

Volkswagen Group expects its sales revenue growth to slow in 2024. The automaker said in a Friday (March 1) press release that it expects sales revenue to grow “up to” 5% this year after it grew 15% in 2023. Positive effects from the market launch...

Volkswagen Opens AI Lab as Carmakers Embrace Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence // January 31, 2024

Volkswagen is reportedly in discussion with technology companies to launch an artificial intelligence partnership. The German carmaker would work with these tech groups to create digital prototypes for products and features that use AI, Reuters reported Wednesday (Jan. 31). To help this effort, Volkswagen has...

This Week in AI: The Future of Work and Home 
artificial intelligence // January 12, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI), like most programming languages, uses Epoch Time to standardize its operations. Epoch Time is the number of seconds that have elapsed since Jan. 1, 1970; but as the technology continues its onward march, putting more silicon into more business solutions, a...

Lipstick Goes AI at CES
artificial intelligence // January 10, 2024

CES 2024 is shaping up to be a watershed event for artificial intelligence (AI) and the connected economy. After the pre-show hype focused on robotics and the connected home, the event’s first two days were packed with consumer brands declaring their intentions to build AI...

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Lipstick Goes AI at CES

January 10, 2024
CES 2024 is shaping up to be a watershed event for artificial intelligence (AI) and the connected economy. After the pre-show hype focused on robotics and the connected home, the event’s first two days were packed with consumer brands declaring their intentions to build AI into everything from search engines to car engines to lipstick. […]

Beyond Paying for Gas and Tolls, J.P. Morgan’s Max Neukirchen Envisions ‘Delightful’ Connected Economy on...

September 20, 2021
The car — that steel horse that’s the main way we get to where we need to go — is rapidly becoming a conduit of commerce. And as that happens,...

AutoGravity On Why Car Buying Can Be Friction-Free

July 11, 2017
There’s nothing like that new car smell. And the fun of driving a new car off the dealer’s parking lot. But the process of getting there is anything but fun, especially...

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Volkswagen Expects Slower Growth Amid Macroeconomic Challenges

March 01, 2024
Volkswagen Group expects its sales revenue growth to slow in 2024. The automaker said in a Friday (March 1) press release that it expects sales revenue to grow “up to” 5% this year after it grew 15% in 2023. Positive effects from the market launch of new products will support its growth in 2024, as […]

Volkswagen Opens AI Lab as Carmakers Embrace Artificial Intelligence

January 31, 2024
Volkswagen is reportedly in discussion with technology companies to launch an artificial intelligence partnership. The German carmaker would work with these tech groups to create digital prototypes for products and...

Volkswagen Integrates OpenAI’s ChatGPT Into In-Car Voice Assistant

January 09, 2024
Volkswagen has integrated OpenAI’s artificial-intelligence (AI) chatbot, ChatGPT, into its IDA voice assistant. This integration will provide Volkswagen customers with seamless access to an ever-expanding AI database, allowing them to have researched...

Porsche Reportedly Considering Google Connected Car Deal

January 12, 2023
Carmaker Porsche is reportedly considering integrating Google software into its vehicles. The deal would let Porsche drivers access applications such as Google Maps without having to connect their cars to...