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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> FOCUS ON IoT<br /> THE FUTURE IS NOW<br /> “2020 is the year when Volkswagen<br /> will begin connecting its entire fleet.<br /> Each year, over five million new<br /> vehicles will then become part of the<br /> Internet of Things.”<br /> Volkswagen is moving<br /> ahead with some key<br /> initiatives, planning<br /> to spend some 3.5-<br /> billion euros on<br /> digitilisation and<br /> spearheading a new<br /> production strategy<br /> for the future.<br /> T he Volkswagen Group and its brands<br /> continued on a growth path at the start<br /> of the second half-year. Deliveries in<br /> July 2018 rose 10.6 per cent to 908,200 new<br /> vehicles. 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