The Sharan – your office
on the move

4.85 metres long and 1.90 metres wide – the Sharan is big enough to be equipped for every day-to-day situation. Including satisfying the spontaneous desire to move your home office outside for a couple of hours. The biggest challenge after that is likely to be deciding which of the five or seven seats is repurposed as your office chair.

How the Sharan converts into your mobile workstation, in an instant

Where is the most suitable location for your mobile office? A lakeside meadow, a track through the fields, a remote car park in the forest? Thanks to the We-Connect Go app, the search becomes easier. The digital platform is available in the Sharan once a DataPlug is connected to the OBD2 interface in the driver’s footwell. As soon as a suitable spot is found, in just a few minutes the Sharan converts into a comfortable and functional office.

Coffee is essential for any office to work. There’s space for the cup in one of the drink-holders. Depending on the car’s configuration, you will find two of these – in each row of seats. Documents fit into the side pockets in the door panel, in the glove compartment or on the dashboard, readily within reach at all times.

With everything in its proper place, all that’s needed is connecting to the Internet to check the first e-mails of the day. Tablet PCs and smartphones can simply be connected via app with the Sharan’s WiFi system. Fast Internet access is available via hot-spots or LTE stick.The additional navigation function “Discover Media”, for instance, enables Volkswagen CarStick LTE connection. With this gadget in your locker, you can enjoy perfect video connection for your video-conferences.

If your work regularly involves tele-conferences, you may well opt for the front passenger seat. The hands-free equipment allows you to keep up to speed with colleagues –while at the same time you can continue working comfortably on your laptop.

Though if telephone or video conferences are conducted via the laptop, then the rear rows of seats are the ideal workplace: the Sharan is spacious enough to allow you to comfortably stretch your legs out.

If the central row of seats is folded down, it creates a handy surface for the documents you need to hand, while your laptop can sit on your lap or on one of the fold-down tables on the rear of the front seats. With the sliding doors open, the Sharan can be converted comfortably and quickly.

A check on power reserves at all times

In order for your electronic devices to manage a full day’s work along with you, they should be charged via the Sharan’s USB ports. If your car comes fitted with the optional 230 V socket in the second row of seats, several devices can be charged up simultaneously – without needing to plug in a charger as well.

The We-Connect Go app displays any time, on request, how much power the car battery still has available. These checks are particularly important if there is a rapid change in the weather involving low temperatures or rain during your excursion in the mobile office. The Sharan’s auxiliary heating, three-zone air conditioning system and reading lights and ambient lighting ensure a cosy atmosphere, even under these adverse conditions.

And if you round off your working day in the Sharan with a walk in the open air, you arrive back home very relaxed – and looking forward to children wanting to cuddle on mum’s or dad’s lap.