[Las Vegas (USA) = AVING News] Continental participated in ‘CES 1’ held in Las Vegas, USA for a total of 5 days from January 8th (Thursday) to 4th (Sunday, local time).
At CES 2023, Continental showcased innovative solutions for a safer, more immersive, and more sustainable road environment in line with the requirements of future mobility and introduced future mobility experiences through the latest cutting-edge technologies. In addition, it directly demonstrated how the product solution substantially advances overall mobility beyond vehicle functions and driving methods.
Sustainable tire solutions across the entire value chain
Continental, a leader in innovative technologies and sustainable solutions across the entire value chain, from material supply to recycling, aims to use 2050% sustainable materials in all tire products and achieve complete climate neutrality across the entire value chain by 100.
Continental introduces sustainable tire solutions, ‘ContiTread EcoPlus Green’ and ‘Conti Urban’. Both products are tires for commercial vehicles and apply Continental’s cutting-edge sustainability technology.
Conti Urban was first introduced at IAA 9 held in Hannover last September. Conti Urban’s share of recycled raw materials amounts to 2022%, and after the first recycling, this figure increases to over 50%.
Continental’s tire developers also focused on achieving high energy efficiency and optimizing noise emissions when designing tires. The tread’s special rubber compound, wider tire tread, and optimized durability reduce rolling resistance by 7% compared to the existing Conti Urban. At the same time, the noise frequencies generated by rolling on the road surface are dispersed over a wider range, and the noise level is lowered through different frequency ranges across a wider spectrum.
In addition, modules and sensors for electrification that support eco-friendly road safety and new, efficient electric vehicles will also be introduced.
Autonomous and smart solution through the cloud
Continental unveiled its Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), based on semiconductor company Ambarella’s artificial intelligence (AI) and ‘CV3’ SoC family, for the first time at CES 11 after its official announcement last November. .
Ambarella’s power-efficient, scalable ‘high-performance system-on-chip’ (SoC) The more sensors installed in a vehicle, the greater the amount of data collected to sense the environment, integrated into a centralized single chip based on 5-nanometer technology. The solution’s performance improvements enable next-generation vehicles to more quickly process environmental awareness from multiple sensors. Sensor solutions include ultrasonic sensors as well as high-resolution cameras, radar, and lidar.
Ambarella’s power-efficient, scalable, high-performance system-on-a-chip (SoC) portfolio processes sensor data faster and more comprehensively, increases precision, and enables a broader range of functions. Additionally, high scalability allows you to choose the level of performance required for your system requirements within the same vehicle architecture. Although it has higher performance and accuracy, it consumes less power as it operates with only half the power consumption of a normal device. The chipset, which has a lighter battery weight, increases the range of electric vehicles and complements Continental’s solutions for driving assistance, contributing to autonomous driving technology and meeting both safety and eco-friendliness requirements.
Continental will also introduce the ‘HRL2023 long-range LiDAR’ developed with its partner Aeye at CES 131. HRL131 is the automotive industry’s first software long-range lidar that enhances autonomous driving functions by detecting objects at a greater distance and reacting more quickly than before, and is one of the key elements that will enable future autonomous driving.
Vehicles can be detected from a distance of more than 300 m and pedestrians from a distance of more than 200 m, realizing key functions in passenger and commercial applications. The ability to detect obstacles approaching at high speeds from a distance during inclement weather is an important factor in advancing autonomous driving between highways and hubs.
This high-performance LiDAR technology combines high dynamic spatial resolution and long-range sensing capabilities, enabling key functions in passenger and commercial vehicle applications. Scan patterns defined in the software enable fully personalized service tailored to the needs of every customer. This ensures that the sensors are set up to handle the most challenging and dynamic environments for autonomous driving, from highway scenarios to dense city streets. Sample testing and validation will take place in 2023, and first series production is planned for the end of 2024.
Software at the heart of the vehicle, Continental’s x-domain zone control unit (ZCU)
Continental’s architecture and networking portfolio is further expanded with scalable ‘zone controller solutions’ and growing cross-domain capabilities. The Zone Control Unit is required for continuous update, improvement, and feature deployment services in connected vehicles and is located near sensors and actuators, acting as a gateway.
It also ensures intelligent power distribution and reliable operation of x-domain real-time vehicle functions such as audio, exterior sound, parking, HVAC or suspension.
ZCU, which separates software and hardware, reduces the complexity and cost of vehicle networks, ensures stable execution of vehicle functions, and effectively realizes the potential of software vehicles. The ZCU platform is scalable and modular, giving vehicle manufacturers maximum flexibility in vehicle architecture design and supporting full integration of hardware, software and third-party software, services and features. With these modular platform solutions, Continental helps vehicle manufacturers introduce the right solutions for future vehicle architectures more quickly and efficiently.
Software for future mobility: Continental Automotive Edge Framework (CAEdge)
Vehicle technology is changing significantly toward vehicles that are not only fully connected and automated, but also software-based, and software is at the forefront of automotive innovation. At CES 2023, Continental plans to demonstrate how it supports new functions and innovates future mobility through software and a powerful IT infrastructure based on the ‘Continental Automotive Edge Framework’.
The Continental Automotive Edge Framework is a modular hardware and software framework that connects vehicles to the cloud so that vehicles can be extended with software and allows developers to efficiently create, test and deploy software functions. This modular hardware and software platform connects vehicles to the cloud and provides a variety of options for developing, provisioning and maintaining software-intensive system functions.
With this platform, Continental is defining a new approach to developing vehicle architecture and software and strengthening its leading role in the field. It provides vehicle manufacturers and partners with a development environment that allows them to implement software, sensors and big data solutions in a fraction of the development time previously required.
Vehicle manufacturers can choose from a wide range of solutions within the complete software solutions of the Continental function catalog, including window lifters, software radios, motion and maneuvering packages for autonomous driving and remote parking. Additionally, drivers can continuously upgrade and integrate desired features throughout the vehicle’s entire service life cycle.
Immersive driver experience: curved ultra-wide display
Continental helps you drive more safely and intuitively. As user experience evolves into a key factor in vehicle purchasing, Continental display solutions are becoming a new driver within vehicles. At CES 2023, a curved ultra-wide display that spans the entire width of the driver’s seat was introduced.
The ultra wide display is the world’s first pillar-to-pillar display based on a shy control panel. With a width of over 1.2m, the arch-shaped display area extending from one A-pillar to the opposite pillar provides infinite space, providing a new level of user experience.
Additionally, the display’s avant-garde design and innovative operating concept ensure a safer and more comfortable driving experience.
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