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Volkswagen of America has a new CEO : Rivian’srecently diverge chief commercial officerKjell Gruner .
The appointment come just one hebdomad after VW parent caller Volkswagen Groupformalizeda $ 5.8 billion joint venture with Rivian , which will be focused on EV architecture and software .
While Gruner ’s new post is n’t really related to that new JV , it may help that he spent a few age with Rivian . In the coming years , Volkswagen Group aims to adopt the technology developed by the JV in many of its new galvanic vehicle . receive someone who is intimate with Rivian ’s technical school certainly ca n’t hurt .
Gruner taking over as CEO of VW USA is also something of a boomerang move . He spent roughly a decade as the chief marketing military officer of Porsche , one of the crown jewels in Volkswagen Group ’s portfolio of car steel . ( Gruner also got his scratch line in the late ’ 90s at Porsche . ) He then became chairperson and CEO before straggle for Rivian in 2023 .
