Volkswagen named most innovative car manufacturer of the decade

The Volkswagen Group emerged as one of the big winners, securing the award for "Most innovative car manufacturer 2015" as well as receiving a special award for "Most innovative car manufacturer of the decade" at the AutomotiveINNOVATIONS Awards. Volkswagen Group developers also achieved first place in the categories for "Networked vehicle", "Vehicle concepts", "Conventional drives" and "Safety systems". The AutomotiveINNOVATIONS Awards are presented each year by the Center of Automotive Management (CAM) in cooperation with the auditing and consultancy firm PwC. At the awards ceremony, Professor Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, Board Member for Technical Development at Audi and responsible for cross-brand development coordination within the Volkswagen Group, said: "I share this award with the 600,000 employees of all the 12 brands of the Volkswagen Group in Germany and all our locations around the world. They are creating the mobility of tomorrow. It is their high-level technical expertise, great creativity and the excellent quality of their work that make the Volkswagen Group a leading innovator in the automotive field."

OneShift Editorial Team

01 May 2015

Volkswagen Group secured the award for best manufacturer in the "Conventional drives" category. Among other things, the study commended the high proportion of engine innovations with start/stop and recuperation technologies that facilitate to reduce fuel consumption by an average 14%. Moreover, the wide range of efficient engines also finds its way into the group’s various brands very quickly.

Dr. Heinz-Jakob Neußer, Board Member for development of the Volkswagen brand and head of drivetrain development of the Volkswagen Group, said: "The key to a company’s success is its innovative strength. We will continue to extend our technological leadership and meet the technological challenges of the future with sustainable products."

The Center of Automotive Management (CAM) in Bergisch-Gladbach (Germany) is an independent institute for empirical research on automotive and mobility issues that conducts extensive studies together with PricewaterhouseCoopers on an annual basis. This year’s analysis covered 18 global automotive groups with a total of 53 brands. For the past ten years, the CAM has been assessing new developments in vehicle technology to identify future trends and innovation profiles of the global automotive companies across a range of different categories.

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