Audi has a brand new chief as Gernot Döllner replaces Markus Duesmann because the automaker’s Chairman of the Board of Administration. The change takes impact on September 1. Duesmann is leaving the automaker after main the 4 Rings since April 2020.
“I’m honored and excited to be taking over this new position. Audi is a improbable firm with a wealthy historical past. I stay up for shaping the corporate’s future along with the complete workforce at Audi,” Döllner stated.
Döllner has labored his approach up the ranks throughout the Volkswagen Group since becoming a member of the enterprise in 1993. His first place was as a methods analyst for VW. He moved to Porsche in 1998 and then led the division’s Car Ideas and Bundle division from 2001 to 2010. On the identical time, he was the mission supervisor for creating the Porsche 918 Spyder in 2009 and 2010. From 2011 to 2018, Döllner was in control of the Panamera sequence. Then, he turned head of the Product and Idea division.
In 2021, Döllner returned to the VW model to steer concurrently Group Technique, Group Technique Product, and the Basic Secretariat. In these roles, he reported on to VW Group’s then-CEO Herbert Diess.
Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume lately had harsh phrases to say about Audi through the Capital Markets Day presentation. “We’ve confronted extreme software program issues that delayed the launch of thrilling electrical merchandise,” Blume stated. He additionally introduced up Audi’s merchandise not being aggressive sufficient in China. Gross sales in that main market are down 16 % within the first quarter of 2023 versus the identical interval in 2022.
The software program points led to delays for a number of premium EVs. For instance, the automaker needed to push again the Audi-branded providing to 2027 after initially hoping to introduce it in 2024. Bentley reportedly needed to postpone its model till round 2030 relatively than 2025.
Within the close to time period, Audi is making ready to launch a household of A6 E-Tron EVs. We might see the primary of them earlier than the top of the 12 months. The Q6 E-Tron is coming, too.
