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Continental and Schaeffler Present Innovative Mild Hybrid
Two leading international automotive
suppliers Continental and Schaeffler took
advantage of the 35th International Vienna
Motor Symposium to present the Gasoline
Technology Car (GTC).
The joint GTC project demonstrates how
a networked integration of key mild
hybrid technologies can cut fuel
consumption as well as CO2 emissions
by an additional 17 percent in the case
of an already highly efficient car with
downsized 3-cylinder gasoline engine –
the Ford Focus 1.0 l EcoBoost.
of the Executive Board of Continental
and President of the Powertrain Division.
Prof Peter Gutzmer, responsible on the
Schaeffler Executive Board for Research
and Development, explains what sets the
engine apart:
The results we achieve with the vehicle
point up the potential of this strategy
in a car whose engine was nominated
“International Engine of the Year
2012 and 2013” for its efficiency and
performance,” says José Avila, member
“Thanks to the interaction between
components and technologies in
the GTC, we can leverage effects
to offer the motorist tangible onroad advantages in terms of fuel
consumption and driveability.”
The automotive suppliers stress that
with the integrative GTC approach,
the whole is more than the sum of its
parts.
“To achieve this level of hybridisation,
we have integrated and systematically
networked key technologies from the
Continental and Schaeffler portfolios
into the GTC.
The formula 1 + 1 = 3 sums up this
effect.
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