Volkswagen shuffled management responsibilities at its main brand on Monday, freeing up CEO Herbert Diess to supervise the automaker’s radical strategy to mass produce electric vehicles.
The German multi-brand car and truck making giant, that also owns the Bentley, Bugatti, Audi, Porsche and Skoda brands, has considered its future, to the tune of 80 billion euros ($91 billion), on the mass-production of electric vehicles.
Volkswagen stated Christian Senger will take over VW’s Digital Car & Services from March 1 and head up group-wide cooperation on software and smart mobility subjects.
VW brand’s chief operating officer Ralf Brandstaetter is set to take over responsibility for quality assurance and value engineering at the VW passenger brand and take on responsibility for small, compact and mid to full product lines.
“This modification will provide the CEO with greater leeway for shouldering the strategic tasks faced by the Group,” Volkswagen stated, referring to Diess.
Diess, who is boss of the VW brand, will retain his role as head of VW’s Product Safety Committee and Frank Welsch, who is presently VW’s head of technical development, will be able to give more time to his task as head of group research and development, the company stated.
