Digitalisation is the word of the day when it comes to streamlining the production process and making data more transparent. While cars themselves have rapidly developed and become more advanced, the manufacturing process is now following suit.
Volkswagen announced on August 10 that it would be launching a digital transformation push across its manufacturing base in the United States and Mexico.
The German carmaker’s estimates that $1 billion will be invested in electric mobility and digitalisation in North America until 2021, seeing technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud-based industrial software, intelligent robotics established under factory operations.
By 2025, the OEM expects to see a 30% expansion in electric vehicle (EV) and large-scale car assembly manufacturing in Chattanooga, TN, and Puebla, Mexico. Volkswagen is also looking to increase on-site training for its workforce in North America.
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