With the newly-released free Continental career app, one can now conveniently find a dream job with the international automotive supplier, an attractive employer. Easy to use on mobile Apple devices, the app shows the latest open positions in the company, updated minute by minute, which can be filtered by career level, location and field. An Android version is currently in development.

At the EICMA International Motorcycle Exhibition (November 13-18, 2012) in Milan, Continental showcased a TFT display design study for motorcycles. The study was specially designed for use in two-wheeler cockpits, which is why particular attention was paid to strong contrast, so as to ensure that the display is always perfectly readable whatever the light conditions. Moreover, the display is so robustly designed that it can easily withstand the t...

Tiredness, distractions or loss of concentration are some of the main causes of traffic accidents. Consequently, any advanced driver assistance systems which help drivers in such situations can further reduce the number of accidents. This fact is also recognized by the new Euro NCAP assessment criteria. Safety functions, such as Emergency Brake Assist, affect the number of points a model can be awarded. Functions like this presume the existence o...

Continental is now making its Power Net Technology available for light trucks, bringing the full benefits of start-stop technology to urban delivery vans as well.

Today the entire test fleet for one of the world's biggest car-to-x communication field tests took to the roads of Germany. Under the umbrella of the simTD (Safe and Intelligent Mobility – Test Field Germany) research project, 17 partners are working on systems integration and information sharing to make road use safer, more efficient and less stressful. Communication technologies are being deployed that multiply the range which a vehicle's sen...

Continental is well aware of the trend toward electric transportation, as demonstrated by a car which has been converted from an ordinary conventional vehicle into an EV (Electric Vehicle) prototype. The company integrated around 40 of its EV components in the vehicle, including the motor, battery, power electronics, novel displays and controls, all the peripheral devices for propulsion and charging, and special Conti.eContact tires. Most of thes...

International automotive supplier Continental is planning to open a new research and development site for advanced driver assistance systems early next year in Ulm. “This new site will reinforce our development capacities in Germany while simultaneously expanding our worldwide network,” said Friedrich Angerbauer, Head of the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Business Unit in Continental’s Chassis & Safety Division. In the short term, aroun...

Smaller, lighter, more powerful – these are the hallmarks of the MK 100 electronic brake system generation from Continental, the international automotive supplier.

Commercial vehicles face many challenges as they are expected to have a low carbon footprint and ever lower emission levels. At the same time rising fuel prices necessitate increased truck fuel economy.

Smaller, lighter, and more powerful – those are the attributes that characterize the latest generation of power electronics, developed by the international automotive supplier Continental for electric drive train applications. In figures, the highly integrated module has a continuous power of 20 kilowatts at a weight of only eight kilograms and just five liters of space. Mass and volume are about 33 percent less than in the previous generation....

The international automotive supplier Continental announces its Engine Management System 3 (EMS3) platform, a new generation of engine and drive controls. It not only governs fuel injection and ignition with even more precision than ever before, but also coordinates electric automobile motors and monitors their battery charge status. The system is thus capable of generating the power that drivers desire by maximizing the interplay between a hybri...

Accidents when moving into or out of parking spaces drive up insurance companies’ costs; reversing out of a parking space often leads to serious accidents involving personal injuries. When reversing out, the usual reason for these accidents is because drivers either fail to see a vehicle or cyclist approaching from the side or they see them too late. In order to avoid such accidents, Continental, the international automotive supplier, has devel...

Human error is still the greatest risk factor on the roads: Driver mistakes were found to be the cause of over 80 percent of all accidents involving personal injuries in Germany in 2010 according to the German Federal Statistical Office. Advanced driver assistance systems can offer remedies. On the one hand they can support the driver in demanding and difficult situations and on the other hand develop room for freedom during monotonous driving si...

Continental is providing the second generation head-up display for the new BMW 3 Series. The head-up display shows relevant information such as speed, navigation and infotainment data, as well as warnings in the driver’s direct field of vision. The head-up display’s virtual screen appears around two meters in front of the driver above the engine hood, so he is informed of all important issues without looking away from the road.

With the new DLKPro family, VDO makes the handling of data from Digital Tachographs even easier now. The target-group-oriented products of the new DLKPro family are the practical key to the professional handling of data in the DTCO mass memory, the driver card, the workshop card, the control card for authorities, and all competing products. The latest generation is even easier to operate, offers numerous innovative supplementary functions and, wi...

For the second time, Continental has been cited with the “Yellow Angel” ADAC mobility prize. The “E-booster” high-performance technology for start-stop system earned the international automotive supplier a third prize in the “Innovation and Environment” category. As ADAC President Peter Meyer noted: “No other prize reflects so broadly the great diversity of development currently underway for better mobility.” Awarded for the eight...

Continental, the international automotive supplier, is a new member of the OPEN Alliance SIG (One Pair Ether-Net Alliance Special Interest Group). The OPEN Alliance is dedicated to spreading the use of Ethernet networks as the standard solution for in-vehicle applications. We regard Ethernet as the ideal solution for system integration in vehicle electronics. In the OPEN Alliance SIG, we can define standards across the industry, and thus minimize...

The international automotive supplier Continental has confirmed its position as a world's leading manufacturer of transmission control units. From January through early December 2011, more than ten million transmission controllers came off the lines at the company's plants in Europe, Asia and North America. With this record year for production, Continental has maintained the rapid growth momentum of recent years and is expanding its technology le...

Electric vehicles have market potential – at the very latest, as soon as they experience a drop in price. This is one of the findings of the “Continental Mobility Study”, drawn up at the behest of Continental by the infas market and social research institute. The results show: 99 percent of Germans know about electric vehicles. And... nine out of ten motorists in Germany drive less than 100 km each day. This means that the electric cars cur...

SK Innovation and Continental Corporation announce at the Detroit Motor Show today their intention to team up for powering electric vehicles worldwide: Both corporations sign a Heads of Agreement that describes the formation of a joint venture with which both companies want to develop, manufacture and market Lithium Ion battery systems for automotive applications. Due to the worldwide regulatory efforts in reducing carbon emissions and changing c...