Power on! Electric cars off to a flying start

Fuel cell-electric drive

High ranges and short refueling times: Vehicles with a fuel cell-electric powertrain can drive several hundred kilometers on a single tank – and entirely without local CO2 emissions, just like battery-electric vehicles. The electric energy for the powertrain is generated from hydrogen by the fuel cell directly on board the vehicle. The hydrogen is fueled as a highly-compressed gas. Similar to conventional fuels, this process only takes a few minutes.

Bosch has already achieved great progress in the development of fuel cell-electric drives for heavy-duty commercial vehicles and will also be increasingly deploying this technology in passenger cars in the future. As a system supplier, Bosch already avails of extensive expertise in the area of fuel cell technology and offers a comprehensive portfolio of easily integrable components and fuel cell solutions for trucks and cars.

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Hybrid systems

With low-voltage and high-voltage hybrid systems, Bosch combines the benefits of efficient combustion engines and resource-saving electric powertrain systems. Particularly in combination with regenerative braking systems, hybrid systems allow reductions in both fuel consumption and emissions. With plug-in hybrid vehicles, the range of the electric powertrain components usually suffices for inner-city driving with the combustion engine providing supplementary power on longer journeys.

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Bosch develops a Rolling Chassis platform together with Benteler

Modular and scalable integration solutions for electric vehicles: Electrical powertrains, steering systems, brakes – Bosch has all the building blocks of electromobility in its portfolio. As part of the development alliance with the chassis and automotive technology expert Benteler, the company is demonstrating how all Bosch products for electric vehicles can be integrated with one another and which innovative cross-domain functionalities, such as functions involving the steering and braking systems can be realized. Benteler takes responsibility for the mechanical integration. This means the integration of components and subsystems as well as the battery system into a so called Rolling Chassis, a ready-to-drive modular platform that provides a highly versatile basis for many different vehicle types. This approach enables carmakers to implement new vehicle concepts much more quickly than before and helps to further optimize their in-house engineering efficiency.