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Inside Renault's Digital Factory

January 10, 2014 | Michael Fitzgerald | Managing Technology

Engaging with the digital technology in consumers' lives creates unique challenges for traditional companies. Renault hired Patrick Hoffstetter, an executive with extensive Web experience, to shape its Digital Factory concept — a new way of marketing its cars. Hoffstetter says Renault must shift its mindset about the auto business and uses pilot programs in test markets to help the company respond more quickly to consumer interest in things like content for their cars or shopping online.

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