Few other companies are as diversified and innovative in the area of electromobility as Bosch. The portfolio covers everything from semiconductors to active parts, components to complete systems, and even includes software. Bosch offers automotive manufacturers everything they need to succeed in electromobility. Bosch is the ideal electrification partner, relying on the experience and expertise of the entire company.
Automotive manufacturers pursue different value creation strategies and have different requirements. The vertically integrated, modular portfolio from Bosch can be adapted to any of these value creation strategies.
Philipp Ibele, Member of the divisional board, Executive Vice President with responsibility for Engineering, Electrified Motion, demonstrates how automotive manufacturers can benefit from this.
Electromobility is gaining ground. At Bosch, we anticipate that half of all vehicles will be electric by 2035.
However, the development of electromobility has also been a story of many ups and downs.
Dietrich Kuhlgatz, Director of Historical Communications at Bosch, knows all about this history and the pioneers of electrification.
Electric vehicles are already contributing to sustainable mobility. From a holistic perspective of carbon emissions and sustainability, there is even further potential for improvement over their entire life cycle.
Marika Schmidt, product manager for eAxles, explains how Bosch’s eAxles are advancing sustainable mobility.
Inverters ensure that energy is quickly and efficiently converted and have a considerable influence on the range of electric vehicles.
Bosch is continuously optimizing its products – at both the component level and the system level. Semiconductors and power modules are being constantly simplified and brought to their physical limits. At the same time, the interaction between the inverter, electric motor, and transmission is also being improved.
Devika Shinde, product manager for the power module, and Max Flammer, product manager for the inverter, demonstrate how Bosch is elevating the electric drivetrain to the next level.
Electric cars are being increasingly used as energy storage on wheels. This opens up a wide variety of conceivable applications. One particularly important use case gaining traction is vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, which allows a car's battery to supply power back to the electrical grid.
Will AC or DC prevail? Stephan Rosenberg, product manager for the charger-converter, has the answer.
Electric motors from Bosch achieve efficiencies of up to 98%. Some of the remaining losses result from thermal dissipation. It is a significant challenge to cool this heat directly at the source – especially when space is limited.
Martin Fickert, product manager for electric motors, presents how Bosch is handling this challenge.
Can components really be significantly improved by smart software, even without changing the hardware?
Yes, they can! Bosch develops software that can make the heating element in electric vehicles unnecessary or reduce vehicle noise, to name just a few examples.
Michael Haas, product manager for software and services, presents the potential that software provides.
