“Together, we have combined the innovative and efficient battery technology of Akasol Engineering with our many years of experience with series applications for the automotive industry to develop a superb series production product", said Bernd Neitzel, head of Continental’s Hybrid Electric Vehicle Business Unit, part of the company’s Powertrain Division. Akasol Engineering managing director Sven Schulz added: “This development will enable us to satisfy the high market demands in terms of reliability, safety, performance and cost faced by product developments in the electromobility sector.”
According to Bernd Neitzel, prototypes of this battery technology are already being trialled under “demanding road conditions” in a Continental test vehicle. The technology Conti and Akasol are developing is expected to be adaptable to suit a wide range of vehicle concepts and applications, from compact cars to city buses and trucks that are deployed in urban low-emission zones and therefore have to drive largely or exclusively under electric power.