{"id":49131,"date":"2023-05-08T09:03:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T13:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49131"},"modified":"2023-05-08T09:03:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T13:03:24","slug":"vw-cariad-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49131","title":{"rendered":"VW To Fire Cariad Top Executives After Software Development Mess: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume is expected to fire the top three executives at the group\u2019s Cariad software development division after it exceeded its budget and failed to meet goals.<\/p>\n

According to Automotive News<\/em>, quoting German business daily Handelsblatt<\/em>, Peter Bosch will replace Dirk Hiligenberg as CEO of Cariad in June, while two other members of the division\u2019s top management \u2013 chief technology officer Lynn Longo and finance director Thomas Sedran \u2013 will also be replaced. Additionally, Porsche\u2019s software chief Sajjad Khan will join the board of Cariad, as reported by Bloomberg<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Peter Bosch, Cariad\u2019s newly appointed CEO, is a veteran of the VW Group and has been Bentley\u2019s head of manufacturing since 2017.<\/p>\n

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The troubles of Cariad surfaced in 2022 when media reports revealed that the software division was responsible for delaying<\/a> the launch of the all-electric Porsche Macan<\/a>, as well as the upcoming Audi<\/a> Q6 e-tron.<\/p>\n

Cariad was also responsible for the multiple glitches encountered on the first units of Volkswagen<\/a>\u2019s EVs, including the ID.3<\/a>, ID.4<\/a>, and ID.5<\/a>, with some drivers posting footage online of full-on system freezes and unresponsive touchscreens.<\/p>\n

After this top management reshuffle, the new CEO will restructure Cariad, which now employs about 6,000 people worldwide, as well as expand the group\u2019s partnership with Intel\u2019s Mobileye for developing automated driving systems.<\/p>\n

In the past, Oliver Blume\u2019s predecessor, Herbert Diess<\/a>, wanted to make Cariad a global player in the tech field, including developing a scalable EV software platform completely in-house. However, sources at Porsche and Audi complained that Cariad was too involved with their own development processes, which caused delays and disagreements.<\/p>\n

The aforementioned software platform, which was initially designed to enable at least Level 4 autonomous driving from 2026, has been postponed by two years, making room for rivals such as Mercedes-Benz<\/a> to step in and showcase self-driving technology before VW.<\/p>\n

As per Automotive News<\/em>, Volkswagen is currently analyzing Cariad as a whole, as well as its projects, with several decisions already made. However, no decisions have been made regarding personnel, with the vehicle software development division remaining integral to VW Group\u2019s strategy, according to a spokesperson quoted by Reuters.<\/p>\n

As always, we\u2019d like to know what you think about this, so head over to the comments section below to give us your thoughts.<\/p>\n

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Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume is expected to fire the top three executives at the group\u2019s Cariad software development division after it exceeded its budget and failed to meet goals. According to Automotive News, quoting German business daily Handelsblatt, Peter Bosch will replace Dirk Hiligenberg as CEO of Cariad in June, while two other members […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}