News Summary

• "Expanding our autonomous vehicle program to the North American Region is the next step in our global strategic road map and the result of a long-term collaborative investment," said Christian Senger, a VW board member responsible for commercial vehicles.
• "We selected Austin as the first US hub, as the city has a track record for embracing innovation and offers a conducive climate for the testing of autonomous vehicles.
• "Moving into this next phase will help us test, validate, and refine technology; bring us closer to establishing commercially available transportation offerings; and eventually grow the diverse mobility portfolio for the Volkswagen Group," Senger said.VW ADMT will begin testing with a fleet of 10 ID.
• However, unlike in Germany, VW has no plans to build its own ride hailing service here; instead, it's developing autonomous ID.
• At the time, Argo's self-driving stack was to be incorporated into future autonomous VWs as well as autonomous Fords.
• We are committed to continuing an open and collaborative dialogue with the city and its diverse stakeholders," said Katrin Lohmann, president of VW ADMT.VW says it has no plans to establish a service like Moia in the US.