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| Company type | Private company, subsidiary of Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
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| Industry | Automotive electronics |
| Founded | Sunnyvale, California, United States (August 1998) |
| Headquarters | Belmont, California, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide, with North American emphasis[1] |
Key people | Nikolai Reimer, Director |
| Services | Research and development |
| Parent | Volkswagen Group |
| Website | VWERL.com |
The Volkswagen Electronics Research Laboratory (VWERL) is a division of the Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., with its headquarters in Silicon Valley (Belmont, California).
The VWERL's slogan Technology to the People! indicates its mission: to leverage Silicon Valley resources for the advancement of the Volkswagen Groups' products through technical knowledge and electronics expertise.
The VWERL has recently received media attention surrounding its joint victory with Stanford University in the DARPA Grand Challenge,[2] a prize competition for driverless cars.
- ^ ERL Mission Statement
- ^ Stanford Racing Team, 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge Stanford University