A Special Webinar for the International CTI SYMPOSIUM Community in conjunction with IHS Markit Despite existing and immediate pressures generated by the COVID-19 crisis, the automotive industry direction of travel towards increasingly electrified propulsion remains intact. Challenges imposed by air quality legislation and CO2 requirements remain, whilst investments from car manufactures and suppliers well established…
Continue reading
Jörg Gindele, Senior Director, Magna Powertrain & Francesco Strati, 8DCL Project Manager, Ferrari The 8DCL900 transmission presented in Berlin by Jörg Gindele is a twin-shaft DCT for ‘highly emotional’ applications like the Ferrari SF90 Stradale.
Continue reading
eDMT – electric Dual Motor Transmission Electrification is a growing trend in all vehicle industries worldwide. This trend is especially prominent in the commercial vehicle industry with the rate of electric city buses having reached up to 80% in China.
Continue reading
Interview with: Oliver Blume, Chairman of the Executive Board of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG Mr Blume, tell us about the importance of research and innovation for Porsche. We’re a sports car manufacturer, so innovation has always been a very high priority for our company. Our research and development costs are high as a…
Continue reading
Oliver Blume, Chairman of the Executive Board, Porsche: “Change is the essence of Porsche's success” Blume began his plenary lecture in Berlin with a quote from Charles Darwin: "It is not the strongest or most intelligent species that survives – but the one most responsive to change".
Continue reading
Dr. Carsten Bünder, Director Global Product Management at Magna Powertrain gave an interview.
Some of the questions were: How do you see the development trends in the automobile industry? Which type of vehicles will receive the leading position in 10 or 20 years? And many more.
Continue reading
Hakan Yilmaz, CTO, BorgWarner: "Optimize drives for the 'mission' of the driver" For Hakan Yilmaz, CTO at BorgWarner since 2018, three factors determine the success of future drive technologies: CO2 emissions, costs for consumers, and performance.
Continue reading
When the Tesla Roadster entered the market in 2008, it was a technological revolution. Despite widespread scepticism at the time, the discussion today is about when electric drives will supersede combustion engines. So far, however, electric vehicles are still a rare sight on the roads.
Continue reading