(December 17, 2020) Herndon, Va — Volkswagen has announced plans to connect its production facilities in Chattanooga, Tenn.,  and Puebla and Silao, Mexico, with the global Industrial Cloud initiative from the Volkswagen Group and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The Industrial Cloud is an IT industrial platform, designed to gather and analyze data from all connected Volkswagen Group facilities on a real-time basis to help increase efficiency and productivity. Volkswagen's three North American plants are the first outside Europe to be networked with the Industrial Cloud.

(December 17, 2020) Auto shows often provide millions of people a low-cost, no-pressure way to experience brands and walk around new vehicles to get a sense of them in person and how they might look in their driveways. But with major events canceled or postponed due to the pandemic, Volkswagen has turned to augmented reality as a way to bring that walk-around experience back to customers.

(December 16, 2020) Marking the festive season, Polestar, the Swedish electric performance car brand, has collaborated  with fashion designer Alexander Stutterheim for a timely project. Stutterheim is the founder of the eponymous raincoat brand that took the world by storm when launched in 2011, as well as his latest adventure, John Sterner.

(December 15, 2020) DETROIT — General Motors has announced the opening of the 15,000-square-foot Additive Industrialization Center, a ground-up facility exclusively dedicated to 3D printing technology in the automotive industry. The AIC is the capstone of GM’s expertise and increased investment in 3D printing over the last several years.