ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab India, a division of ŠKODA AUTO Volkswagen India Pvt partners with Lumos Labs, an innovation management company to announce the launch of the Microsoft Century Program, an enterprise block-chain start-up Program to evangelize, curate and unearth 100 best enterprise-ready block-chain solutions for industry-specific use cases. ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab India has partnered as the first original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for the Discrete Manufacturing track of the Microsoft Century Program. ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab India aims to use its development expertise and knowledge in digitization to identify the problem statements for the start-ups to work on innovative block-chain based solutions.

ŠKODA AUTO Digilab is trialing a new smartphone app: “Sound Analyser”. The app uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help ŠKODA AUTO After Sales department quickly and accurately identify the need for any servicing. The program records noises made by the respective vehicle whilst it is running and compares them with stored sound patterns. In the event of any discrepancies, the app uses an algorithm to determine what they are and how they can be resolved. In this way, “Sound Analyser” helps to make vehicle maintenance more efficient, reduce the time a car spends at the garage and achieve even higher levels of customer satisfaction.

ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab and rail and coach operator RegioJet are collaborating as part of an all-embracing partnership. By cleverly cross-linking their services, they are enabling their customers in the Czech Republic to travel from door to door with ease at any time, without needing to own a car. For journeys from their homes to a coach or train station, or from there on to their destination, RegioJet customers can now hire a BeRider eScooter and/or a vehicle from the HoppyGo peer-to-peer car-sharing service.