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VAIL (Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Laboratory)

Press Release

23 October 2009
Lifting the VAIL: Volkswagen Group, Stanford University take the next step in driving automotive innovation
Volkswagen Group of America Inc. (VWGoA) and Stanford University's School of Engineering today unveiled the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Laboratory (VAIL)...

Executive Speeches

24 October 2009
VAIL Keynote by Dr. Paefgen

24 October 2009
VAIL Dedication Remarks by Toscan Bennett

In the News

26 October 2009
VW Lifts a $5.75 Million VAIL at Stanford (Wired)
Volkswagen and Stanford University go way back, having collaborated on two cool autonomous cars for DARPA, and now they've gone in together on a laboratory...

26 October 2009
US: VW inaugurates new innovation laboratory (Automotive World)
Volkswagen Group research directors, Dr.-Ing. Franz-Josef Paefgen and Prof. Dr. Jürgen Leohold, together with Stanford's Prof. James Plummer, dean of the school of engineering,...

26 October 2009
Stanford University And Volkswagen Unveil High Tech Automotive Technology Lab (Auto Spies)
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (VWGoA) and Stanford University's School of Engineering today unveiled the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Laboratory (VAIL)...

26 October 2009
Volkswagen funds a new lab at Standford University (Mibz.com)
Famous universities usually cooperate on multiple levels with major companies worldwide, especially with those that care about innovative technologies and science evolution as a whole...

25 October 2009
Stanford University and Volkswagen team up to produce greener cars (Examiner.com)
Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Lab (VAIL) was inaugurated this weekend at Stanford University. This lab will show how cooperation between science and a major industry player...

25 October 2009
Volkswagen and Stanford to expand technology collaboration at CarLab (Autoblog Green)
Volkswagen is no stranger to working with Stanford University, having collaborated with the Palo Alto school on the DARPA Grand Challenge competitions for autonomous vehicles...

25 October 2009
Volkswagen unveils new U.S. research laboratory (Canadian Driver)
Volkswagen Group of America and Stanford University's School of Engineering have unveiled the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Laboratory (VAIL)...

24 October 2009
A look at how the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Laboratory (VAIL) is changing the world
(Crunch Gear)
Volkswagen is taking great strides in making the roads safer and remove the dangerous fun from driving by developing fully autonomous vehicles...

24 October 2009
Stanford's New Robotic Audi TTS Knows How To Drift, Will Tackle Pikes Peak Next Year
(BotJunkie)
BotJunkie was invited to Stanford on Thursday for a sneak peak at their latest robot car, from the family that includes Stanley and Junior...

23 October 2009
Stanford and Volkswagen Unveil An Autonomous Race Car (IEEE Spectrum)
Yesterday, on the Stanford University campus, researchers unveiled Stanford's third generation autonomous vehicle, a modified Audi TTS...