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Unexpected Goodies in Boxberg, Germany
May 22, 2015
23 Slides
Self-driving Tesla Model S keeps safe distance from lead vehicle on handling track.
Bosch provides motor and battery to various bicycle manufacturers as part of e-bike strategy.
Battery detaches, plugs in and can provide boost for about 62 miles (100 km), depending on terrain and riding style.
Tesla Model S with electric power steering from Bosch.
Another Tesla Model S at Bosch event equipped with radar and lidar sensors and cameras around vehicle, enabling automated driving.
Self-driving Tesla Model S keeps safe distance from lead vehicle on handling track.
Lidar sensors placed on Model S prototype one month ago for Bosch event.
BMW i3 electric vehicle with Bosch power electronics and Ford Mustang with Bosch gasoline direct injection.
Journalists lined up all day for rides on high-speed oval and handling track in Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid.
Spyder in the grass.
Porsche Panamera S Hybrid schematic shows energy being regenerated to battery.
Maserati Ghibli in Europe offers 3.0L diesel V-6 with Bosch common rail.
Maserati Ghibli's 3.0L diesel V-6, from VM Motori, same as in Ram 1500 pickup truck in U.S.
New Honda CR-V in Europe comes available with impressive 1.6L 4-cyl. diesel without urea dosing system. Instead, NOx storage catalyst brings vehicle into Euro 6 compliance.
Bosch supplies 1,600-bar common-rail fuel injection for Honda 1.6L diesel.
Citroen DS 3 coupe features Bosch common-rail diesel system.
Solenoid injectors in DS 3's 1.6L diesel 4-cyl. capable of injection pressures of 23,200 psi (1,600 bar).
Bosch diesel aftertreatment system combines urea-based selective catalytic reduction, particulate filter and NOx storage catalyst.
VW Passat 2.0L TDI diesel hybrid features high-power 48V plus conventional 12V battery.
VW XL1 hybrid has 1.0L 2-cyl. diesel. This is one of 250 made.
VW XL1 legal for roads in Europe but not in U.S. due to shortage of airbags, side mirrors.
Chinese-made Qoros 3 has electric power steering from Bosch.
Qoros 3 not available in Europe or U.S., yet.
Bosch banking on EVs, including tiny Smart, moving beyond niche status.
Bosch banking on EVs, including tiny Smart, moving beyond niche status.
Bosch hosted its biennial International Automotive Press Briefing this week at its test track in Boxberg, Germany, for more than 300 journalists from 40-some nations. After a morning of technical and business presentations, the afternoon was spent test driving (or riding in) up to 40 vehicles, including the VW XL1 concept, a self-driving Tesla Model S and a Porsche 918 Spyder. Many of the vehicle technologies demonstrated are not yet available in the U.S.
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