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One team, four world records Adventurer Rainer Zietlow sets four world records (one altitude and three long-distance records) with various Touareg models. 15 TO 29 JANUARY 2005: ALTITUDE WORLD RECORD AT 6,081 METRES IN CHILE 2 TO 13 JULY 2011: PANAMERICANA 23,000 KM IN 11 DAYS AND 17 HOURS OCTOBER 2014: CAPE TO CAPE – FROM THE NORTH CAPE TO CAPE AGULHAS IN SOUTH AFRICA 17,000 KM IN 21 DAYS AND 16 HOURS CAPE TO CAPE 2.0 – FROM CAPE AGULHAS TO THE NORTH CAPE 17,568 KM IN 9 DAYS AND 4 HOURS VOLKSWAGEN GROUP: 28 PYRAMIDS Each year, the Volkswagen Group’s logistics department transports 75 million cubic metres of material within the EU in over 20 million containers. That is the equivalent of more than 28 times the volume of the Great Pyramid of Cheops. LONGEST DISTANCE ON JUST ONE TANK OF FUEL 27 to 30 June 2011 2,545.80 KM (1,581.88 MILES) A Volkswagen Passat 1.6 TDI BlueMotion completed the longest distance on just one tank of fuel in Croatia. Average fuel consumption: 3.08 l / 100 km TOUAREG PULLS JUMBO JET A Volkswagen Touareg V10 pulls a 155 -TON Boeing 747 out of its hangar. WORLD RECORD, NOVEMBER 2006 24 25 Sophisticated: every World Champion driver looked back at the large rear window. A sticker emphasises the production record. In 1972, its enduring popularity ensured that it became the most-produced automobile of all time. The Beetle passed the mark set by the Ford Model T on 17 February. Volkswagen Records. Exclusive Special Models. Volkswagen Records. Exclusive Special Models. Two multimillionaires for the people. The Volkswagen Type 1, our Beetle, has influenced the automotive history of the 20th century in more ways than virtually any other vehicle series. The Beetle swiftly became a bestseller, popular around the globe and noted for reliability in every climate zone and on every imaginable road surface. REASON TO CELEBRATE On 17 February 1972, the Volkswagen Beetle replaced the Ford Model T as the world’s most- produced automobile.

It exclusively manufactures the Volkswagen Touareg, Audi Q7, Audi Q8, Porsche Cayenne, Volkswagen up!, Volkswagen e-up!, Skoda Citigo and the Seat Mii. Henning Habicht, Head of Production 1 “After intensive preparations, we are very pleased to receive such strong support from Bratislava and look forward to our time together.” 360° September 2019 19 mp VOLKSWAGEN PASSENGER CARS In it to win it: the team from the Palmela plant. Race4TRANSFORMATION: These three plants are in the lead Getting better together is the primary goal of this internal competition for Production and Logistics at the Volkswagen brand, called race- 4TRANSFORMATION. The competition not only establishes which plant works most efficiently, but also shows just as strikingly how the teams buckle Half-Time in the Competition Between Factories down and get the job done for their local plant. There is no prize money for the winners. Instead, the competition is a matter of pride – and winning the title of Transformer of the Year. Three plants are currently in the lead: last year’s winner, Kaluga, and Palmela and Bratislava. It’s a very close call between the three competitors. Which plant will win the battle for the title this year? To find out, we asked the three plant managers for their opinions. Stefan Depka, Plant Manager at Kaluga: “The trophy is not just an end in itself; it’s a reason to be proud. We’re delighted that our hard work has been recognized by the brand. That’s why we are continuing to fight. Our goal is to reach the top. And that’s what we’ll do!” Oliver Grünberg, Plant Manager at Bratislava “Ever since the race4TRANSFOR- MATION began, the whole team has really knuckled down. Our plan was clear from the start: we want to be the most efficient plant in the Volkswagen brand and win Transformer of the Year.” Sanches Miguel, Plant Manager at Palmela “The transformation contest is a healthy competition that promotes growth and competitiveness among the Volkswagen brand plants.

After moving to Volkswagen in 2004, he took over the management of global product controlling for the Volkswagen brand in 2005. Murat Aksel (47), Senior Vice President of Purchasing at BMW in North America, will become Chief Procurement Officer for the Volkswagen brand this coming July. The graduate in industrial engineering started his career at Opel in 1998. In 2001, he took on management responsibility at General Motors and Fiat in Turin, before transferring to Shanghai for General Motors in 2008. In 2009, he was appointed Head of Purchasing and Supplier Network for vehicle bodies and equipment by BMW. In this role, he was also responsible for site management for the component network in Landshut from 2011 to 2012. Since 2017, Aksel has been responsible for purchasing and the American supplier network at BMW. Dirk Große-Loheide (55), Chief Procurement Officer for the Volkswagen brand, will succeed Bernd Martens as Board Member for Procurement and IT at Audi this coming April. Große- Loheide is a qualified economist and banker. After joining Volkswagen in 1990, he held management positions in purchasing at Seat from 1995 and at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles from 2000. There, he was appointed Board Member for Procurement and Production in 2007. In 2011, Große- Loheide was appointed Chief Procurement Officer at Volkswagen de México. From 2014, he was responsible for the procurement of services and equipment at the Group. From 2017, he was Chief Procurement Officer at MAN, and in April 2019 he became Head of Group Procurement Operations, before being appointed Chief Procurement Officer for the Volkswagen brand. Sabine Maaßen (53), Chief Human Resources Officer at Thyssenkrupp, will succeed Wendelin Göbel as Head of Human Resources at Audi this coming April. Maaßen has been at Thyssenkrupp since 2016, and held her current position as CHRO since 2018.

Markus Kleimann is the new manager for the G3 Series (mid-/ full size) for the Passat and the Touareg. In an interview with 360°, he talks about his first impressions of the team and more. → PAGE 14 Geneva Motor Show: The Golf and the ID. in Focus Good Ideas by Employees Save Millions Family Day: Apply Now! G3 Series: New Manager ALL ABOUT VOLKSWAGEN – THE EMPLOYEE MAGAZINE FOR OUR LOCATION | FEBRUARY 2020 Digitalization and Climate Change: Herbert Diess Weighs In become a digital tech company. “The big question is: are we fast enough?” If the company continues at the current pace, he says time will be “very tight”. The Group has extensive technical expertise, a top leadership team, and the resources to make Digitalization, the associated transformation of Volkswagen into a software-driven automotive company, as well as climate change and the consequences for Volkswagen: These were the big issues that Herbert Diess focused on in important talks in Berlin and Brussels, and after his visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos. Here 360° provides a summary. What Diess had to say at the meeting of the Group’s top-level management in Berlin: Volkswagen needs to move considerably quicker in its transformation into a software-driven automotive company, said the CEO. The company is currently right in the middle of the two biggest transformation processes. These are climate change and the associated pressure to develop innovations in emission-free driving, and digitalization, which will fundamentally change the car as a product. So far, Volkswagen has performed well. “However, the real challenge is only just beginning,” said the CEO, stressing that Volkswagen must transformation happen, says Diess: “What we are missing more than anything is speed and the courage to make bold and radical changes when necessary. We need a shared understanding of the radical nature of change.”

Rebecca Harms served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2019. During this time, she fought in particular to implement more stringent environmental and consumer protection standards in the European Union. Harms was a member of the Committee for Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), the Committee of Inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector (EMIS) and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI). Harms began her political career in 1994 as a member of the Parliament of Lower Saxony. Group Environmental Talk: Climate Change Is Just Another Opportunity Round table discussion on the goTOzero environmental mission statement, climate targets, and electrification What environmental protec-tion goals has Volkswagen set itself? How important is electric mobility? What contribution can Production and Logistics make? CEOs, top managers, and works council representatives discussed these and other issues at the Group Environmental Talk held in the Autostadt in mid- September. Employees were able to follow the event live via 360° Volkswagen Net and the 360° Volkswagen App, and could even ask questions. 360° is here to bring you the highlights. Participants of the Group Environmental Talk in the Autostadt: from left, Ulrich Widmann, Jürgen Rittersberger, Michael Jost, Herbert Diess, Hiltrud D. Werner, Oliver Blume, Gerd Walker, and Dirk Rosenau-Tornow. Herbert Diess, Group CEO Oliver Blume, responsible for environmental protection within the Group Hiltrud D.

Zernechel had been responsible for Group Logistics since September 2004, during which time the company developed into one of the largest logistics service providers in Europe with more than 800 employees and a strong and valued presence within the Group. Zernechel started working for Volkswagen back in 1979 when he trained as a technical draftsman. His successor at the head of Group Logistics will be Simon Motter, who is set to take over the position on January 1, 2021. Motter joined the Group on November 1 and is already preparing to take over the managerial role. The graduate industrial engineer is currently Head of Supply Chain at Audi’s Ingolstadt plant, before which he was in charge of international logistics at Audi, operational logistics at the Györ engine plant, and process and concept development in brand logistics. Tobias Bahr, Head of Environmental Compliance for Group Production, took over as Head of the Environmental department at Group Production on October 1. This move sees him take the reins from Liendel Chang, who retired from the company at the end of September. Digital Workforce Update: Board and Works Council Address Employees Strong sign in times of COVID-19: ten videos available in the app and on the intranet – speeches by Herbert Diess and Bernd Osterloh F or the first time in Volkswagen’s history, the Board and the Works Council have come together to address the workforce on a digital platform. A total of ten videos have been recorded for the new format in the Autostadt in Wolfsburg, which are now available to around 120,000 employees via internal communication channels. Employees had the opportunity to submit any questions in advance of this update, which focused on the company’s development and progress in 2020 – the year of the coronavirus.