February 9, 2012 At the Chicago Auto Show which will take place from February 10 to 19, automotive supplier Continental AG will exhibit its 'Simplify your Drive' concept vehicle. In this context, the company plans to show for the first time an application for gesture control. Read more

January 31, 2012 Automotive supplier Continental AG is a new member of the OPEN Alliance SIG (One Pair Ether-Net Alliance Special Interest Group). The group is dedicated to spreading the use of Ethernet networks as the standard solution for in-vehicle applications. Continental's move is not much of a surprise: The company has highlighted its commitment to Ethernet already at earlier opportunities. Read more

January 11, 2012 At the Detroit Motor Show, Korean energy R&D group SK Innovation and German automotive tier one Continental AG have announced the launch of a joint venture aiming at developing and manufacturing lithium Ion batteries for electric vehicles. In a head agreement, both companies said they intend to serve the global market for such batteries. Read more

November 30, 2011 Automotive supplier Continental AG has provided details regarding the roll-out of Ethernet as the technology for in-car networking. The company also announced plans to replace MOST as the current infotainment networking technology by Ethernet. Read more

November 24, 2011 Whilst the automotive camera module market is growing rapidly, the supplier base is consolidating so that not all suppliers are benefiting from this growth. The latest market share numbers from IMS Research show that the two leading suppliers of front camera modules, Gentex and Continental, will increase their combined market share by nearly 10 percentage points in 2011. Read more

November 17, 2011 By fusing driving dynamics sensor information with GPS data, automotive supplier Continental will make it possible to determine the precise position of a vehicle within its lane. This degree of exactness is required to roll out car2x applications. Read more

October 14, 2011 Standard IT components and approaches increasingly enter automotive electronics. Now Ethernet is about to be established as the data bus standard for future car generations. Read more

October 4, 2011 Automotive supplier Continental AG coordinates the IQ FUEL consortium dedicated to developing a highly integrated micro sensor system that determines the actual fuel composition in the tank. This fuel quality sensor makes it possible to optimize the engine control strategy according to the current fuel quality in the tank. Read more

September 28, 2011 Automotive OEMs and the University of Passau (Germany) have launched a research project that aims at reducing costs for safety-relevant driver assistant systems by shared use of components. The goal is to make these systems affordable also for compact cars and even small cars. Read more

September 19, 2011 An important prerequisite for car-to-x communications is that the vehicles involved in the communications process exactly know - and communicate - their whereabouts. Today's GPS navigation systems are not always exact and reliable enough since the reception of the satellite signals does not always work properly if the vehicle is in a tunnel or if buildings shield off the signal. Automotive supplier Continental AG now has developed a sensor that provides exact, reliable location data. Read more

August 29, 2011 A concept car from tier one Continental AG is crammed with new developments in the segment of Human-Machine Interface (HMI) the company plans to introduce in the volume segment over the next couple of years. The designs include "virtual" car keys implemented in mobile phones and a infrared-based switches which give designers new options. Read more

July 6, 2011 Automotive tier one Continental AG has announced to significantly expand its Electronic component production in Kaluga, Russia. The company expects very strong growth in the emerging Russian market. The goal: Continental wants to be the leading electronics supplier for the Russian automotive industry. Read more

June 23, 2011 During the final event of the European HAVEit research project 17 industry and science entities presented their contributions to technologies aiming at automatic driving. The event proved that several building blocks are rather close to series maturity. Read more

June 22, 2011 Symtavision has announced a series of collaborations on timing design and verification with leading AUTOSAR modelling tool vendors. The collaborations have resulted in the integration of Symtavision's SymTA/S scheduling analysis tool suite for system-level timing design and timing verification with aquintos/Vector’s PREEvision, Continental Engineering Services’ CESSAR-CT, dSPACE’s SystemDesk and ETAS’ i-SOLAR. Read more

June 20, 2011 Automotive supplier Continental has closed an agreement with Magna Electronics to acquire Magna's radar engineering unit. With the move, Continental aims at strengthening its position in the market for radar-based Advanced Driver Assistant Systems (ADAS). Read more

May 23, 2011 International automotive supplier Continental has selected austriamicrosystems' ASIC chip set for automotive Laser-based obstacle recognition systems (LIDAR) which is now entering high volume production. Read more

May 4, 2011 Automotive supplier Continental AG has announced to add a stereo camera to its ContiGuard safety system as an integral element of its forward looking braking systems. This will help prevent or at least reduce the seriousness of the frequent accidents involving pedestrians or with vehicles at intersections, the company said. Read more

May 2, 2011 Development of complex miniaturized multi-sensor systems for automotive and industrial applications is the goal of the MANOS research project. Within the scope of the project, eight companies collaborate in driving the development of modular stacked sensor systems. The project focuses on innovative assembly and connection technologies. Read more

April 18, 2011 The HAVEit project is intended to make vehicles safer, more environmentally-friendly and fuel efficient by enhancing their level of automation. After more than three years of research work on intelligent driver assistance systems, seven vehicles demonstrating results will be presented in Borås (Sweden). Read more

April 11, 2011 Cars are becoming talkative and communicative. Future vehicles will automatically transmit data to the outside world. Communication partners include other vehicles, roadside units - and even the cloud. Read more

March 23, 2011 Electronic displays increasingly play a leading role in vehicle cockpits. Now automotive tier one Continental has introduced a center stack module that combines the versatility of LCD displays with ergonomics and design freedom. Read more

March 14, 2011 Continental is equipping the electrically powered EcoCarrier light truck with a passive safety system. In this vehicle category airbags are not mandatory. The Continental development brings occupant safety of such vehicles to the same level as passenger cars. Read more

March 3, 2011 Rapidly exchanging the batteries for electric vehicles could be an alternative solution to the time-consuming process of recharging. The European Commission now has given green light to a development project aiming at creating the associated technology. Read more

February 17, 2011 Mobile phones will me more tightly integrated into vehicles – this has been the mantra in the industry already for several years. Now chip vendor NXP and automotive electronics supplier Continental have demonstrated how NFC (Near Field Communications) can be used as an enabler for new applications. Read more

February 9, 2011 Automotive supplier Continental has developed a sensor (satellite) for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles which will immediately shut off the high-voltage battery in the event of a collision while the vehicle is in charge mode. Thus, emergency service personnel can recover vehicles without running the risk of suffering an electric shock. Read more

January 12, 2011 The lack of a charging infrastructure and a bundle of objections from the users (“range anxiety”) are some main obstacles that keep e-car markets from taking off. Automotive supplier Continental AG tries to counter these objections with a concept that bundles most of the intelligence for a smart infrastructure within the vehicles instead in the charging stations. Read more

December 13, 2010 The new Ford Focus model, scheduled for roll-out in early 2011, boasts more electronic assistance systems than most other vehicles in its class. Some features are an industry's first in the compact segment, as for example the emergency brake assist. Read more

December 3, 2010 Automotive supplier Continental AG has opened a new production site in Jiading (Shanghai), serving local markets in China as well as global customers. The site manufacturers products for all three Continental automotive electronics divisions – chassis & safety, powertrain, and interior. Read more

October 27, 2010 Automotive tier one Continental AG (Hanover, Germany) has launched a joint venture with Huayu Automotive Systems (HASCO) aiming at designing and manufacturing brake systems for the Chinese market. Read more

October 12, 2010 Automotive supplier Continental is collaborating with a number of partners in a research project aiming at detecting potentially slippery road sections. The research results will be used for the design of a system which will give the driver an advance warning about low grip. Read more

October 6, 2010 In order to improve pedestrian protection in collisions with cars, automotive tier one Continental AG has developed a novel sensor: An air hose is connected to two pressure sensors and flexibly built into the bumper. These sensors detect accidents involving pedestrians and activate the safety systems in the vehicle's body. Read more

September 30, 2010 The IAA trade fair for commercial vehicles showed that the trend towards “electronifying” the cars has reached trucks and buses. The rationale behind the rising demand for driver assistance systems in this class of vehicles is efficiency and safety. Read more

September 30, 2010 An extremely small antenna for GSM and GPS reception has been developed by Hirschmann Car Communication for automotive tier one Continental AG. The device can be integrated into Telematics boxes or on-board units. Read more

August 25, 2010 Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) with dashboard displays were yesterday. Automotive electronics supplier Continental has developed a TPMS that informs the driver about tire problems by means of a technology more en vogue today: The smartphone. Read more

July 21, 2010 Automotive tier one Continental AG has combined a GPS receiver and a GSM mobile radio unit to a Telematics box which opens the door for a host of options – from stolen car retrieval to fleet management and insurance tariff arrangements. Read more

July 19, 2010 The complexity of automotive electronics has reached a degree that makes it increasingly difficult to manage diagnostics. According to chip vendor Infineon, the causes of up to 40 percent of error reports in vehicles cannot be identified exactly. In a joint research project, OEMs, tier ones and chip vendors try to improve the diagnostic capabilities within the car electronics jungle. Read more

July 8, 2010 Automotive electronics supplier Continental AG has developed a control unit for the lower price segment in particular in emerging markets. According to the vendor, the control unit makes it possible for vehicle manufacturers to offer models in the ultra-compact category with an automatic start-stop system within short development time. Read more

July 7, 2010 The crisis of 2009 has shaken up the European automotive electronics landscape. According to market researcher Strategy Analytics, the market driver number one was the demand for systems helping car vendors to reduce fuel consumption. Read more

June 25, 2010 Within the scope of the AKTIV research initiative, automotive tier one Continental AG has demonstrated a device that hitherto was said to be very difficult to implement: An electronic roadworks assistant system. It supports drivers in keeping within their lane in narrow and complex highway sections. A key technology for the system was sensor fusion. Read more

May 10, 2010 Automotive tier ones Continental AG, ZF Friedrichshafen and ads-tec GmbH have launched a joint project aiming at Lithium-ion batteries for hybrid electric drives in commercial vehicles. Unlike many other projects focusing on materials, the joint effort gets granular on production technology. Read more

April 19, 2010 After MOST and Firewire, Ethernet is emerging as a third option for in-car infotainment networks. A study reveals that Ethernet respectively IP (Internet Protocol) offers several benefits over its competitors. Read more

April 14, 2010 Effective April 1, Stefan Bunzel has succeeded Simon Fürst as the spokesperson for the Autosar software development partnership. The move follows the normal Autosar nine-month rotation scheme for this function. Read more

April 13, 2010 With the age of “connected cars” emerging, Continental and antenna specialist Kathrein have developed an intelligent antenna module that according to the vendors' claims simplifies wiring throughout the vehicle and improves signal quality. Read more