Volkswagen’s New Infotainment System
Automobile manufacturers know that the cool stuff in the dash is just as important to young buyers as the performance of the vehicle. And if Volkswagen wants to make good on their promise to become the world’s largest automaker, they know they have to innovate in this area.
Hence the development of MQB, a modular approach to manufacturing which also includes MIB (Modularen Infotainmentbauksten), a plaform for in-car electronics. From Car and Driver:
In Volkswagens, MIB will be based entirely around capacitive touch screens; as one example, this will allow VW to adopt Audi’s navigation input system, whereby you write letters with your finger.
As you may have surmised, VW’s version of the technology will use the capacitive screen rather than a touch pad, as currently found in the Audi A6, A7, and A8. (Audi will stick with its button, knob, and touch pad MMI setup in the future; its version of MIB was previewed in the next-gen Audi A3 interior shown at last month’s Consumer Electronics Show.) The Volkswagen brand’s MIB rollout starts with the seventh-generation Golf, which goes on sale in Europe this year.
Cool, huh?
