Focus on infrastructure-based automated parking in parking garages and maneuvering in vehicle factories and logistics centers. Kopernikus Automotive provides a solution that can be cost-effectively implemented in any parking garage, hotel or airport. “In the future, cars in a factory, logistics centers and in parking garages will be moved autonomously. Kopernikus and. Continental are working together to develop a safe, comfortable and affordable solution,” says Ralph Lauxmann, head of Strategy and Future Solutions, Autonomous Mobility and Safety business unit at Continental. Collaboration between Continental and Kopernikus will be demonstrated live in action for the first time at IAA Mobility Munich 2021.

Vehicle computers continue to gain ground: Series production of domain-specific high-performance computers from Continental for more than 20 vehicle models from various manufacturers scheduled for 2021 and 2022. Orders for high-performance computers from Continental now with total sales volume of around 5 billion Euros. Course set for the future: Continental Automotive Edge Platform as the basis for cross-domain vehicle computers from Continental.

At portside, out in the fields, on rail and road, dirt tracks and high-speed freeways – no route is too challenging for the 200 vehicles operated by logistics and transport company HaGe-Logistik GmbH based in Kiel, northern Germany.

On the path towards autonomous driving, system integration capabilities are critical to the development. Only ten months after joining forces in partnership with LiDAR expert AEye, Continental is integrating the long-range LiDAR technology into its full sensor stack solution to create the first full stack automotive-grade system for Level 2+ up to Level 4 automated and autonomous driving applications.

ATE Ceramic ranks highest in a comparison with five other brake systems. Outstanding safety and durability: top score for wear resistance, second-best rating for braking distance.

Continental is expanding its Industry 4.0 expertise in predictive maintenance and remote condition monitoring for automotive, industrial and manufacturing applications Philip Nelles, ContiTech CEO: “Sensor integration into both new and existing product lines supports our ongoing transformation toward smart and sustainable solutions beyond rubber”. Sensor technology is up to 50 times more sensitive than current competitive standards. Potential for electric vehicles: Sensors can be retrofitted to hose lines to improve thermal management by optimizing battery life and range. Additional potential for remote condition monitoring and predictive maintenance applications, e.g. for industrial hoses for the food and beverage industry.

Continental, the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon in France have received a grant worth 43 million core hours of supercomputer time for their joint basic research project. The project, which aims to drive fundamental understanding of tire and road wear particles, has been in existence since 2014. Its goal is to learn more about the decomposition of rubber polymers to better understand the wear behavior of tires. The associated simulations of the behavior of complex polymer structures are very time-consuming. For this reason, the project partners applied for the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) initiative. With the digital computing power granted, they now have the opportunity to perform polymer simulations in greater depth and on a broader scale.

Continental has received approval for original equipment of the Ford Mustang Mach-E for its PremiumContact 6 tire. The PremiumContact 6 is specifically geared for sporty and comfortable driving, but at the same time is able to increase the range of electric vehicles thanks to its low rolling resistance.

Industrial vehicles are exposed to a variety of challenges in everyday use: Ground conditions, duration of use, load capacity and on-site factors in terms of curves, driving distance and temperature requirements vary significantly.

Around twelve million people are currently living in Shenzhen, China – more than in either London or New York City.