CARIAD is an independent automotive software company in the Volkswagen Group, consolidating and further expanding the Group’s software competencies to transform automotive mobility. It´s developing the leading tech stack for the automotive industry with mission to make the automotive experience safer, more sustainable and more comfortable.
Around 5,000 engineers and developers are now working on building a uniform software platform for all brands of Volkswagen Group, which includes a unified and scalable architecture, an operating system and automotive cloud. Further, CARIAD is working on outstanding digital automotive features like ADAS systems, a standardized infotainment platform, software functions for linking powertrains, chassis and charging technology, new ecosystems and digital business models in and around the vehicle. CARIAD operates in software competence centers throughout Germany, and works closely with the Volkswagen Group's international development teams in the US and China.
