We connect vehicles to the future

The automotive sector is changing. And it is nothing less than a complete transformation that will radically change our experience of mobility. This transformation comprises 4 megatrends: autonomous driving, mobile online services, mobility as a service & electrification. With a team of more than 1,100 talents, Volkswagen Infotainment is at the forefront of these developments! These megatrends serve as motivation for us to be part of this transformation and play our part in the future of the automotive industry.

Our motivation

Online Services
Mobility
Automous driving
Electrification

Mobile Online Services

Modern vehicles are connected vehicles. They are defined over digital services that constructors can provide to the customer. Over-the-air-udates, parking space indexing in the big city, pre-heating the car via smartphone on a cold winter day, always having up-to-date maps; When it comes to mobile online services, creativity knows no bounds!

Mobility as a service

What is mobility? To us, it is an offer of different connected transportation options and not an isolated vehicle. We imagine a world where one buys and consumes mobility, whether a car or other means of transportation belonging to a fully networked mobility market are required.

Automous driving

Newer development in the industry are paving the way for autonomous driving: A driving experience that will noticeably increase the consumer’s comfort.

Electrification

Electric propulsion solutions are a driving the future. They are paired with lowering carbon emissions yet come with their set of challenges.

With a team of more than 1,100 talents, Volkswagen Infotainment is at the forefront of these developments! Together with our parent company CARIAD, we are development fitting solutions for the various brands of the Volkswagen Group.

Our company

Facts, figures and data

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.

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.

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2014

founded

1192

employees

nationalities

Our culture

At Volkswagen Infotainment, we have a 0% approach to thinking in boxes and we put strong shoulders into any and every challenge, wherever it might take us. In developing hard- and software solutions, we bring a unique perspective to the table. With our Octopus Spirit, we tackle issues in a creative, innovative and a solution-driven way. This is our way of life or as we call it: our cultural Operating System (cOS).

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Management

The employees embedded in their team are the most valuable resource a company has.

Andreas Hülsmann

Since 01.07.2024, Andreas Hülsmann has been managing director of Volkswagen Infotainment GmbH. The graduate engineer in telecommunications began his career in 1998 at Robert-Bosch-GmbH in the automotive division as a hardware developer for alternator controllers. He gained further experience in various positions at Siemens Mobile and TT Electronics. In 2008, he moved to the newly founded Research in Motion Development Center, where he headed various development departments. Andreas Hülsmann has been working for Volkswagen Infotainment since 2014, where he was Solution Manager of the Connectivity Units and Head of System Verification until his appointment to the Management Board.