Philipp Hoffmann
Philipp Hoffmann

"We have the brand heritage!"

"We have the brand heritage!"That's VWs CEO Oliver Blume about why he is not worried about the electric vehicle competition.Quick check if that's a valid statement: would you rather buy an EV for 43.000€ that's better in every aspect or an AUDI with an interior from the 90s?

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Philipp Hoffmann
Philipp Hoffmann

When economies of scale backfire

⚡When economies of scale backfireIn the most recent "Manager Magazin" I read an article on VW and their software efforts.Since many years VW is trying to build a new unified software architecture for their different brands and models.And since many years they are struggling, not really getting anywhere.Cariad, the 6.500 people big software organisation is currently being re-organised again and expected to deliver their software by end of the decade instead of last year. Plus the software archite

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