Electric Vehicles

Technologies around clean and sustainable mobility are being enhanced further across the globe, with continued focus on electric and hybrid electric vehicles. Continental develops innovations to support the requirements of customers around the areas of vehicle safety, battery, sensors, braking, information management and tires, to elevate their holistic electrification journey.

We provide a range of innovations for the development of safe and intelligent electric vehicles, which will put electrified mobility at the forefront of the future of mobility. Some of these are listed below.

Battery Impact Detection

Damage or no damage? The measurement principle of the existing pedestrian protection system can be applied to the high-voltage battery. This allows to sense the type of impact and to warn the driver accordingly. The active system is robust enough to prevent unnecessary false alarms.

eRPS - High-speed Inductive e-motor Rotor Position Sensor

High-speed inductive rotor position sensor measuring the angular position of the rotor shaft in synchronous electric motors.

Keeping the battery healthy

The shunt-based current sensor finds use in electric or hybrid vehicles for the management of voltage in Battery Management Systems (BMS). The Current Sensor Module (CSM) provides data regarding various parameters that need to be monitored in the BMS control unit.

Keeping a check on the battery status

The Intelligent Battery Sensor continuously analyzes the status of conventional 12-Volt lead acid batteries and provides information on such key parameters as the state-of-charge, state-of-function and state-of-health of the battery.

A quicker and more powerful stop

The one box brake system MK C2 is Continental’s second-generation brake-by-wire system.

Three makes a great team

Continental’s cost-optimized and simple braking system for electric vehicles enable customers with a reliable braking system that performs when needed. The existing components of Electric Vacuum Pump, Single Booster and Electronic Brake System combined, make for an efficient brake system.

eRSS - e-motor Rotor Speed Sensor

Stand-alone, contactless, active sensor providing the speed and direction of the asynchronous motors by detecting the rotation of a ferromagnetic encoder wheel mounted on the rotor shaft.

Ac2ated Sound

Continental’s innovative concept abandons conventional speaker technology altogether, exciting selected surfaces in the vehicle interior to produce sound. Combined with Sennheiser’s AMBEO Mobility, the concept achieves a breathtaking 3D sound reproduction that envelops passengers in an incredibly detailed and vivid soundscape and lets them enjoy their in-car entertainment to the fullest.

Automated Conductive Charging System

Continental developing fully automatic charging robots for electric vehicles

Sensors for Electric Vehicles

As the focus of global mobility increasingly shifts to electric vehicles, we developed new and innovative solutions to further ensure utmost road safety, both within and around every vehicle.