Recently, the Bosch Central Research Institute in Renningen, Germany, was officially opened.
“The Academia Sinica is Bosch’s own “Stanford.†The reason why the original three research institutes were put together is to bring together interdisciplinary researchers under the new trend of technological development, hoping to collide with new ideas. Dr. Dunner, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bosch Group, said proudly, “The innovation in automotive technology is no longer the individual combat in the professional field, but the integration of multiple fields. Forward-looking technology research and development is an important experience for Bosch development.â€
As the world's largest supplier of automotive parts, under the premise of revolutionary changes in automotive technology, Bosch has determined that the four key directions for the future are: motorization, intelligence, interconnection, and clean energy.
Diesel technology still has room
As a supplier of the Volkswagen 2.0-liter EA189 engine, has Bosch been affected by the "wholesale gate of mass exhaust emissions"?
At the launching ceremony of the institute, in response to questions from the media, Dunner cautioned: “At present, this issue cannot be answered, but diesel cars and technology have not been affected by the public scandal.â€
The relevant US officials had previously confirmed that the management software provided by Bosch did not pre-set fraudulent procedures for identifying test environments. Dunner confirmed that there is still room for future energy cleansing of diesel engines.
Although Bosch did not explicitly state that it was completely outside the public scandal, German officials seem to have made a clear judgment. On the day of the launch of the institute, German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the site and spoke on the significance of German automotive technology innovation and the development of Industry 4.0.
After the outbreak of the mass exhaust cheat door, the market raised questions about diesel vehicle technology. In fact, in testing, etc., in Germany, the automotive industry and regulators have always cooperated in many aspects.
Prior to this, Europe had planned to test the exhaust gas detection method from the laboratory and make a transition to actual operating conditions, that is, real road emissions. After the German public exhaust emissions cheat, this process may accelerate.
Bosch confirmed that there is still room for diesel cleansing and there is confidence in the future development of diesel vehicles. “Electric vehicles are the future direction, but the internal combustion engine also needs to develop.†The overall line of Bosch's development in automotive power technology is based on the internal combustion engine and electric technology.
And vehicle manufacturers grab battery technology
With the development of electric power in the future, the technical advantages of some veteran automotive technology companies may be weakened. This is the core issue that Bosch will consider. For example, batteries, motors, and electronic controls replace the original engine and gearbox.
Bosch is convinced that the key technology of motorization is the battery. In a sense, motors and electronic controls are not new technologies. They have been used in other industries for a long time. The technology is relatively mature, and it is not difficult to meet the needs of automotive use.
The safety, cruising range, charging speed, weight, and cost of the battery all determine the application and commercialization prospects of electric vehicles. The core competitive technology of electric vehicles is battery technology, which is the consensus in the industry.
Bosch has long been researching batteries at US R&D centers, China R&D centers and German R&D centers. “Especially in the Chinese market, the government attaches great importance to and supports the development of electric vehicles. We have a very strong team for electric vehicles in China,†Dunner said.
Last year, Bosch acquired Seeo, a startup company in California. Seeo has leading battery technologies, especially new solid-state batteries. With the cooperation of many R&D centers around the world, Bosch announced that it has developed lithium batteries without liquid electrolytes. This battery does not require a cooling system and does not pose a fire risk as with traditional lithium batteries.
For the commercialization of power batteries, Bosch has given a clear timetable for the release of a new solid-state electric vehicle battery by 2020, which will double the cruising range of electric vehicles and cut costs by half.
According to relevant Bosch sources, Bosch's electric vehicle technology is not only supplied to some manufacturers in China, especially in Italy. Bosch has provided batteries, motors, and electronic control systems for the Fiat 500e models.
The driverless commercialization is very close
Merkel drove Bosch's driverless car on the same day. Dunner announced that Bosch will commercialize automatic parking technology by 2018 and achieve high-speed driverlessness by 2020.
One of Bosch's key technologies for driverless driving is sensor technology. The sensor was first applied to automobiles, such as control airbags, and gradually applied to electronics, electrical appliances, etc., such as mobile phones. The trend for inductors is smaller size, lower power consumption, and lower cost.
“At present, 75% of sensors in the global mobile phone market are provided by Bosch. Bosch has supplied a total of 6 billion sensors, of which 1.6 billion were provided this year,†said the person in charge of the Bosch Research Institute. The purpose of Bosch's forward-looking research is to prepare a lot of technologies and ensure that the technologies that can be brought out will lead the industry's competitors when the market needs similar technologies.
The application of sensor technology not only promoted the intelligent development of automobiles, but also aimed Bosch at smart homes. On September 23 last year, Bosch Group acquired a 50% stake in Bo Xi Household Appliances held by Siemens for EUR 3 billion.
The development of technology is more and more inclined to industrialization, and technologies such as the Internet and intelligence have gradually brought convergence in the automotive, home, IT, and other fields. "The Bosch Central Research Institute has established a number of engineers' exchange areas, integrating experts from different fields, and cross-industry innovations. This is the trend of future research and development and also the trend of automotive development," said Dunner.
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