January 22, 2013 Automotive supplier Continental has inked an agreement with SK Innovation of Korea to es-tablish a joint venture dedicated to developing battery technology for vehicles. The two firms intend to concentrate their related expertise in this new company with the goal of mutually developing, producing and globally marketing traction batteries based on the lithium-ion technology. Read more

January 16, 2013 Automotive systems manufacturer Continental has started to use the robust, accurate AS5134 angular position sensor from ams to help the high-speed brushless DC (BLDC) motor in Continental’s transmission control unit run smoothly and efficiently. Read more

December 18, 2012 After years of trials and testing, automotive supplier Continental AG now has sketched a roadmap for an introduction of automatic driving. The company believes that by 2025, even automatic driving at high speed on highways will be feasible with serial vehicles. Read more

November 19, 2012 Real bikers set no great store by high-tech dashboards, right? They just love their analog displays for speed and fuel? The new motorbike TFT display combines analog look with state-of-the art graphics display technology. Read more

November 8, 2012 Automotive electronics supplier Continental regards the car-to-car communications technology as a key factor for future mobility. In the run-up to the net meeting of the Car 2 Car Forum, the company explained the current status of its product strategy. Read more

November 1, 2012 Start-stop systems for hybrid and micro hybrid cars are among the most efficient approaches to reduce a vehicle's fuel consumption. This holds true in particular for commercial vehicles used in intra-urban goods transport. The downside of such systems is that they expose the vehicle's power supply to significant stress - after all, the cranking motor draws up to 600A when starting up the engine. Continental has developed a start-stop system that complements the battery by a dual-layer capacitor. Read more

October 22, 2012 Tiredness, distractions or loss of concentration are among the main causes of traffic accidents. Consequently, advanced driver assistance systems which help drivers in such situations can reduce the number of accidents. In order to provide reliable sensors which enable such driver assistance systems, automotive tier one Continental has developed a combination of an infrared laser (LIDAR) and a CMOS camera. Read more

September 27, 2012 Automotive supplier Continental has launched additional production lines for sensors and actuators related to emission control. The move reflects stricter emission regulations in the world's largest market for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Read more

September 18, 2012 Fancy passenger cars have them already: Parking assists with top view representation oft he vehicle. For the start of the commercial vehicles exposition "IAA Nutzfahrzeuge" in Hanover, Germany, automotive electronics company Continental has demonstrated this feature for trucks and buses as well. Read more

September 4, 2012 Since May 2006, digital tachographs are mandatory in the EU for all new registered trucks exceeding 3.5 tons and for buses or coaches with more than eight seats. From October 2012, according to EU regulations, only new-generation devices are permitted to be installed in trucks and coaches which are more difficult to manipulate and less likely to malfunction. In the new generation of its digital tachographs, supplier Continental has chosen to use security chips from Infineon exclusively. Read more

July 16, 2012 Continental VDO has announced a new version of its digital tachograph for trucks and buses. The DTCO 2.0 features an improved remote data download function. In addition it meets the latest EU legislation for data security in telematics applications. Read more

July 12, 2012 About a quarter of all passenger car accidents involving personal injuries in Germany are attributable to multiple accidents. An initial rear-end collision or a collision with a crash barrier, for example, often leads to secondary accidents because drivers are no longer capable of bringing their vehicles to a stop under control. As part of its ContiGuard safety concept, automotive electronics supplier Continental has developed Post Crash Braking Technology which is designed either to prevent secondary accidents or to at least moderate their effects, thus reducing the potential risks to vehicle occupants and other road users. Read more

July 6, 2012 Fiat Group Automobiles will soon launch serial production for a cars equipped with a new infotainment system developed by automotive supplier Continental. The system will be available as a car radio in its basic form but also as an advanced multimedia head unit. During its service life, it can be upgraded or modified by installing new software versions. Read more

June 21, 2012 In order to support ESC functionality (Electronic Stability Control), in the year 2016 more than 50% of all vehicle platforms will integrate the sensor cluster into the airbag controller. In order to meet the demand resulting out of this situation, automotive tier one Continental AG has analyzed and modified its internal organization. As a result, the company has folded its inertial sensor and sensor cluster business as well as its airbag control units into the newly created Passive Safety & Sensorics division (PSS), based in Frankfurt Read more

June 14, 2012 For the past twelve years, automotive supplier Continental has been manufacturing piezo injectors for diesel engines at its site in Limbach-Oberfrohna/Stollberg. With their ultra-fast operation, piezo injectors have revolutionized common rail injection systems. Production of the injectors requires exceptionally efficient machinery, and Continental decided to develop this equipment itself. To this end the company is currently building a new technology center in Limbach-Oberfrohna which is due to open for business in December of this year. Read more

May 24, 2012 Views on electromobility together with strategic consequences of the international automotive supplier Continental were at the center of a keynote speech delivered by Continental Executive Board Member José Avila at the second eMobility Summit in Berlin. Read more

May 16, 2012 Automotive supplier Continental has announced a new Engine Management platform generation, the System 3 (EMS3), which governs fuel injection and ignition with more precision than before. It also coordinates electric automobile motors and monitors their battery charge status. The system thus maximizes the interplay between a hybrid's internal combustion engine and its electric motor. Read more

May 14, 2012 Software development gives headaches to automotive electronics R&D managers: While the development complexity increases rapidly, the software at the same time becomes an increasingly important and essential ingredient in automotive controls. During the fourth Congress on Real-Time Development organized by software vendor Inchron, OEMs and tier ones discussed strategies to tackle the challenges. Read more

May 9, 2012 Automotive tier one Continental has introduced a new generation of its power electronics module for electric drive train applications. Since DC/DC converter and inverter are now integrated into a single package, the volume of the unit has been reduced by 33 percent, as did the weight. Read more

April 24, 2012 Up to 15 percent more kilometers per battery charge just by improving the energy management systems - this is the goal of a research project led by the Dresden Institute for Automotive Technology. The researchers expressly do not intend to modify or change the battery itself. Instead, intelligent networking of car and infrastructure as well as better management of the in-car energy sinks will be established to reach this goal. Read more

March 23, 2012 BMW will integrate Continental's second-generation head-up display into its medium-class 3 series vehicle. This generation is smaller but offers more features compared to its predecessor which was integrated into the 5 series. Continental is already preparing the third generation. One of the ingredients will be augmented reality, the company hints. Read more

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