VW plans to hire thousands of IT engineers

Volkswagen plans to hire several thousand software engineers in China. This is according to statements made by VW CEO Herbert Diess. The digital transformation was the most important upheaval facing the group, he said. Self-driving cars, entertainment and digital gadgets would be a major challenge for the auto industry. In China, Volkswagen faces the task of adapting to the local wishes of its customers, who often have different ideas about things digital than Western consumers.