VW launches intelligent mobility service brand ezia

Shanghai(Gasgoo)-Recently, Volkswagen Group China launched an all-new intelligent mobility service brand ezia and also signed a memorandum of understanding with China Mobile Internet of Things. Based on cross-industry strategic cooperation and a unique operating system, ezia, positioned as a consumer-facing mobility brand for Chinese market and consumers, will provide a wide range of intelligent mobility services, such as on demand mobility, intelligent charging and voice-activated artificial intelligence-based assistants, through a highly-integrated dual ecosystem.

According to Weiming Soh, Executive Vice President, Volkswagen AG, Member of the Board of Management and Executive Vice President of Volkswagen Group China, the auto industry is no longer facing a "car consumer" but a "mobility service consumer". In the future, ezia will provide seamless and integrated intelligent mobility service through one ID and interface for Chinese customers. With voice-activated AI interaction, ezia will allow customers to book a table in a restaurant, arrange parking and car-detailing and control lights and air conditioning in the home.

More strikingly, both Volkswagen and China Mobile Internet of Things, an Internet of Things and telematics service platform leader in China, will collaborate in intelligent mobility and lifestyle-related connected devices and services under their memorandum of understanding. It is said that Volkswagen will realize fully connected in 2019.