- CEO
- Oliver Blume
- Full Time Employees
- 639,608
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Auto - Manufacturers
- Address
- Berliner Ring 2 Wolfsburg Germany 38440
- IPO Date
- Jan 5, 2010
- Business
- Volkswagen AG (VLKAF) manufactures and sells a broad range of passenger cars, light commercial vehicles, trucks, buses, motorcycles and related financial services worldwide. The company offers vehicles through its core brands including Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, ŠKODA, SEAT/CUPRA, Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, Porsche and Ducati; heavy commercial vehicles via its Traton subsidiary encompassing Scania, MAN and Navistar brands; and financial products such as dealer and customer financing, leasing, banking, insurance and fleet management through Volkswagen Financial Services. Volkswagen AG, founded in 1937 and headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany, operates production facilities in 12 countries, sells in 153 markets and employs over 680,000 people, serving individual consumers, fleet operators and commercial clients across Europe, North America, South America, Asia-Pacific and other regions.
The company continues its strategic transformation into a software-defined mobility provider under its "Mobility for Generations" roadmap through 2035, emphasizing electrification, digitalization and automated driving technologies. Recent developments include advancing its joint venture with Rivian, established in 2024 as Volkswagen Group Technologies (RV Tech), to develop zonal architecture for next-generation software-defined vehicles. Volkswagen AG is also intensifying partnerships, such as with Mobileye for automated driving systems, while navigating challenges including an €11 billion funding gap prompting delays in major investments and discussions with Chinese joint venture partners like SAIC, FAW and JAC regarding potential European plant investments.