Webasto

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Webasto SE
Industry Automotive
Founded1901  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Headquarters,
Germany
Key people
Holger Engelmann (CEO)
Website www.webasto-group.com/int/   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Webasto SE is a company headquartered in Stockdorf, Germany, which makes sunroofs, electric-car chargers and air-conditioning systems. [1] Holger Engelmann is the CEO of the company.

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History

Coronavirus outbreak

Webasto owns 11 locations in China, including in Wuhan. [2] In late January 2020, the company disclosed that five of its workers had tested positive to SARS-CoV-2. [3] [4] [5] This was reportedly one of the first cases of person-to-person transmission of the virus outside China. [5]

The outbreak was handled internally within the company. [6] The story was initially reported in The Wall Street Journal as a case of successful containment of the outbreak. [1] By March 2020, genome studies tracking mutations of the virus suggested that the Webasto outbreak had not been successfully contained, and was linked to a 'decent part' of the overall coronavirus outbreak in Europe. [7] Genetic sequencing also linked the cluster of cases at Webasto's headquarters to the virus outbreak in northern Italy. [8] In May 2020 some medical disprove this assumptions and confirm that the Webasto case remained isolated, [9] while in July other studies identified the most common Italian strain as coming from Germany. [10]

Autonomous driving

In 2022, Webasto has joined forces with Bosch to develop a self-driving car that will enable autonomous driving at Level 4. [11] The company has integrated 25 sensors from Bosch into the roof of a prototype vehicle for this purpose. [11]

Charging Division

Webasto currently have offices in Monrovia, California, for EV charging division. Some of the notable cordsets are SAE J1337 AC chargers for popular Ford MachE and GM vehicles.

Current production of roof modules

Past production of roof modules

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