Geneva Preview: Rinspeed drops pics galore of a UC? electric commuter
Swiss pattern studio Rinspeed has released a sum upon the annual Geneva Motor Show judgment and in keeping with tradition, it’s an electrically-powered vehicle. Unlike a Lotus Elise formed amphibious Squba from two years ago, this one is the fresh design blending elements of the Fiat 500 and a Intelligent ForTwo. A diminutive battery-powered “urban commuter” dubbed UC? (that’s Rinspeed’s questionable question mark, for the jotdown is written to provide drivers with the operation of flexible transportation options.
Rinspeed has procured a lithium ion battery pack from LiTec, a German corner try between Evonik and Daimler AG, that will propel a civic runabout 65 miles prior to requiring the recharge. The UC? adapts the exact parking judgment pioneered by the Intelligent to help magnify the utility in undiluted cities, and whilst Smarts are infrequently parked bumper to the quell, Rinspeed has developed a train car loading complement that allows UC? drivers to hurl on as well as off as well as then relax as they travel in between cities. Since many European trains are electrically powered, even inter-city travel remains zero emissions During least directly).
Rinspeed has worked with suppliers to address the shortcomings of EVs, specifically with cold weather heating. Eberspacher has grown an innovative high-voltage, high-efficiency heating system that can holder up to 60 degrees celsius (140 degrees fahrenheit) in only 30 seconds. The UC? has been written with series prolongation in mind and Rinspeed is apparently seeking for partners. Make the jump for all the sum in the extensive press recover.
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[Source: Rinspeed]Show full PR textRinspeed combines Cars, Trains and the Web in a New Mobility Concept – “UC?” – Clever High-Tech Burble with Electric Expostulate
Filled with emotions and brandnew ideas – which is the signature underline of a judgment cars from Swiss car visionary Frank M. Rinderknecht which have added full of color bright spots to the Geneva Engine Uncover for many years. Rinspeed trainer Rinderknecht always has the surprise up his sleeve and this year is no different. Once again he does what nobody would have expected from a whiz kid known in the pas t for his affinity for powerful machines: He’s building a subcompact car. Though that’s not all: For a initial time in the long story of the judgment cars the Swiss automobile as well as concept powerhouse has grown not just a car though an complete mobility concept. The lovable two-seater with electric drive is aptly called the “UC?” which stands for “Urban Commuter.” But the greatest warn is that the “UC?” was designed to be ready for future array prolongation. The small speedster measures reduction than 2.60 meters in length as well as is intended to hel p avoid gridlock in the inner cities. At a same time an advanced railcar loading system will add the option to cover prolonged distances by sight, gentle, but trade jams and stress-free.
The goal is to emanate the brandnew mobility concept which integrates individual automobile ownership and open transportation. A transverse loading system using law railcars allows loading and unloading of countless “UC?” vehicles simultaneously and in the very short time. Sight passages are requisitioned as well as reserved online directly from the car. Harman International provides the permanent 3G internet tie as well as marvelous receptivetoadvice on wheels. VoIP2Car technology provides IP telephone service, video discuss, video conferences, e-mail and most some-more features in the “UC?”.
Integrated charging stations upon board a custom railcars safeguard that on arrival at the end a “UC?” battery is once again fully charged for maximum operating operation. During the train trip drivers can revisit a train grill, make use of any of the alternative sight comforts or spend time in a remoteness of their cars.
With this mobility concept Rinspeed elegantly circumvents a barrier of singular operating range which so distant has kept many meddlesome parties from switching to zero-emission vehicles. As Frank M. Rinderknecht sees it: “WE can have more efficient make use of of my time than spending it driving upon the boring highway. I’d rather revisit a train restaurant or retreat to work in my car.” A Swiss idealist is already in discussions with international railroad companies about his new mobility concept.
Anybody who lays eyes on a crafty high-tech bubble for the first time is reminded of the Fiat ‘Topolino’ models from the ’30s to ’50s. This is loveable automobile pattern. Rinspeed trainer Frank M. Rinderknecht: “”UC?” is the new as well as rarely romantic web-based car universe which interweaves particular as well as open ride in an smart way. You want to emanate the community of people who are open for a brandnew definition of mobility.”
As in past years, a concept automobile was built by Swiss engineering company Esoro. The lightweight vehicle produces 130 Newton meters of torque, reaches a top speed of 120 km/h as well as has an handling range of 105 kilometers. Which is some-more than enough for many traffic in civic areas. Statistics uncover which in Europe 82 percent of all trips cover distances of reduction than 60 kilometers – short-distance driving clearly represents the immeasurable infancy of all particular trade.
The “UC?” also features a series of technical highlights: Goodbye steering wheel, hello force-feedback joystick. A brandnew joystick technology is supplied by German electronics dilettante Rafi. Rinderknecht sa ys: “Forget everything you have schooled about joysticks so far. Eventually this system provides a improved steering feel and clear feedback from the road.” The complete car is operated around Space Drive, a drive-by-wire complement developed by Paravan, one of a heading manufacturers of handicap vehicles. Rinspeed and its partners had to master numerous challenges surrounding a electric drive system: A lithium-ion batteries come from Li-Tec-Battery in Germany, the joint venture of Evonik and Daimler AG. The efficient as well as reliable on-board charger is supplied by dilettante Absaar; the outmost stationary horse comes from ABB S?cheron. Axpo Land is nonetheless another appetite company that partnered with Rinspeed upon this project. A electric heater as well as sphere-shaped vents were installed by the specialists from Ebersp?cher. Rinspeed also received await from the consortium Swiss Coop, that promotes decisive movement and zero-emission mobili ty, as well as from the energy plants of the Canton of Zurich which provide electricity and the compulsory infrastructure. To save as much appetite as probable the developers have placed highest priority on lightweight pattern: Ticona, asingle of a world’s heading manufacturers of engineering polymers, plays the vital partial in achieving this objective. A lightweight lift gate comes from Rehau, an OEM supplier for the automotive attention. The P7 Cinturato Immature Tires’ from Pirelli in size 195/40 R 17 are mounted upon special lightweight rims from German-Austrian manufactu rer AEZ. A delicate-looking rims weigh only 6.2 kilograms any. Eco-friendly lubricants have been provided by Motorex.And of co urse the electric “love bug” has the series of features which will stir up emotions: An immediate eye-catcher is the paint that changes color from yellow to immature. The paint was granted by Akzo Nobel, asingle of a world’s largest paint manufacturers. THE brandnew glue paint called “Stickerfix” is undiluted for touching up teenager cosmetic paint blemishes postulated on a road.The jazzy tannedhide interior including aluminum inlays and a custom tannedhide container for a roof come from specialist Sellner Group. VDO Continental Automotive has written a brandnew futuristic instrument cluster for a “UC?” A brandnew cluster additionally houses a Swiss-made automatic watch from Swiss premium manufacturer Carl F. Bucherer. THE beautiful crystal ‘tank lid’ from Swarovski covers the necessary 230-volt plug. THE stylized laser-cut coil filament embedded in a crystal lid serves as a battery assign indicator: red=empty, orange=half charged, green=fully charged. Rinspeed wants to shift the electric drive’s image: A “E” signifying the electric expostulate isn’t shamefully hidden though displayed plainly and proudly: “Look here, I expostulate with electric energy”.
A “UC?” is designed to be available in several graphic versions: The “Ultimate Commuter” is a comfortable lifestyle vehicle for civic commuters. The car of choice for pizza deliveries, mail carriers and workmen in general will be the “Total Commuter.” The experts from eminent A.T. Kearney Consultants written the modular production strategy to ensure that the automobile will be built as price efficient as probable. A ultimate goal is to serve most dissimilar sorts of make use of and pattern variations: It will take just 3 days to build an electric car. There is the good chance a “UC?” will enter array production. A concept is designed be easily adapted as well as integrated by volume manufacturers. Complete dialogues during the highest levels have been already well underway.
At the Geneva Motor Uncover 2010 Straightforward M. Rinderknecht demonstrates clearly how serious he is when it comes to mobility: Whilst the alternative jewels of individual mobility develop flat spots in their tires on the various uncover stands, a globular “UC?” will turn in laps upon the track lonesome with synthetic hair from Sibu Design. Rinspeed guests can relax in the comfortable loll furnished by Xmobil. HD displays from Sharp will underline high-def information about the “UC?” Each successful display relies upon perfectly printed element: Fotorotar prints all “UC?” press kits and calendars during the top level of peculiarity. “Die Agentur” is in assign of the communication concept for the “UC?” from planning and designing the press kit as well as partner novel to the production of the introductory video. Hiwave contributes a Bluetooth marketing system for a Rinspeed vaunt at the uncover that provides visitors with information about the “UC?” as well as the partners.
Swiss Made – Esoro
Straightforward M. Rinderknecht used rarely advanced technology as well as a Swiss-ba sed network of top automotive specia lists for his project. So the Rinspeed “UC?” fits ideally to Esoro’s sign: engineered by Esoro – What you mental condition is what you get. For a eleventh time the Swiss engineering association Esoro was hired to serve as general executive for a entire project. Esoro was obliged for project management, doing of new technologies, engineering, rendering, pattern as well as a manufacturing of the Rinspeed “UC?”.
Esoro satisfied a Rinspeed “UC?” with a help of its efficient suppliers. Starting with initial concepts, it took the highly learned growth team only 3 months to realize a entire project. For 19 years now, Esoro has been the stipulate developer of concept vehicles, components and products with main focus on lightweight construction, pick drive trains as well as mobility. During this time Esoro has gained a well-deserved reputation for glorious potency and innovative solutions, which is demonstrated by numerous prototypes as well as sequence products.
Esoro is also developing essential element reinforced components from initial conception up to pre-production samples. In-house specialists optimize the member properties as well as characteristics via the entire growth process. Critical stairs have been non-linear, clever orthotropic Calculable Element Analysis and pile-up make-believe.
An additional new growth from Esoro is a brandnew E-LFT prolongation record developed for Weber Automotive. E-LFT makes large scale production of high-strength and lightweight composite parts affordable. E-LFT combination parts import more than 30 percent reduction than allied steel tools. The tailgate of a tangible Smart Fortwo – the first sequence produced E-LFT-component – was constructed over 300′000 times given 2007 as well as perceived a JEC Creation Automotive Endowment 2008.
Similarly another production process for niche markets, like high performance cars, trucks and caravans is rightaway underneath development at Esoro. A new as well as law process called Melt Embossing offers a possibility to produce high-end thermoplastic combination parts with low initial invest for structural as well as semi-structural applications.
Since the association was founded, Esoro has been working intensively in the field of conception, implementation as well as tests of pick and optimized vehicle concepts as well as expostulate systems. Esoro is toillustrate one of the few companies in the world with well-founded knowledge in growth and operation of electric, hybrid and fuel cell drives. A Rinspeed “UC?” proves impressively this competence regulating cutting corner technology.
Saving energy as well as lowering environmental impact in a tolerable way – ABB powering road as well as rail electrical vehicles – ABB powering road electrical vehicles
This charging unit provides stand ard and semi-fast charging solutions that can assign an electric vehicle battery in the few hours – e.g. whilst a motorist is during work or to charge during everyday activities such as shopping or dining out.The charging section can be placed throughout a town or city, during association parking, open buildings, stores and large automobile parks. A charging unit is built for driver authentication and electrical energy payment according to the European LEMnet (Switzerland: Park & Charge) complement.
General technical data: A electric car charging station offers – Customary charging, giving a charging time of approximately 2 hours per 50 km (depending on car type), 1×230V single phase pl ug 10A, 2×230V singular proviso plug 16A. Semi-fast charging, giving the charging time of approximately 20 minutes per 50 km (depending on vehicle sort – 1×400V 3 proviso block 32A. Varying plug integration possible based upon patron needs.
Serve ABB charging solutions: Residential charging: ABB home chargers e.g. wall mounted or a made at home garage. A home chargers can refill the battery during a night, reaching full genius before sunrise.
DC fast and ultrafast charging: ABB DC quick as well as ultrafast chargers will allow a ‘fuel stop’-equivalent for electric vehicles, charging a car in the shortest possible time. Total with the lates t battery technologies, you rise solutions which could allow the full recharge in less than 5 mins.
ABB powering the r ailways: ABB is a universe retailer of leading-edge record to the rail industry. With the long history of onconditionthat arguable as well as innovative solutions, ABB has demonstrated superior capabilities in production all a subsystems and components being part of urban, inter-city and high-speed rail systems. ABB portfolio includes traction equipments (converters, motors, transformers), LV components, semiconductors, auxiliary converters as well as battery chargers for rolling batch applications and complete trackside traction power supply systems, MV switchgear, signaling, control and information exchange for rail infrastructure.
Charging the future: The company Absaar, from Altforweiler in Germany, manufactures battery recharging inclination for the entire motor vehicle zone, true to its sign of “a reloading association”
Absaar can be proud of the actuality that they have been developing this margin for the past 40 years and have been amongst the couple of companies that in this day and age still produce “Peculiarity done in Germany”.
Over a last 4 decades, they have manufactured hundreds of different models covering all the different mandate of a consumer as well as professional user, regardless of whether it was for the motorcycle, vehicle, train, lorry, boat or any other sector. Absaar can provide a right model for each application.
For Absaar, “Quality done in Germany” isn’t only a aphorism. Absaar offers the qualitative oppos ite of the cheap products of lower quality which inundate the marketplace nowadays.
Components as good as the tangible chargers have be en all made in Altforweiler from high-quality raw materials. Absaar produces roughly 100% of the components used in the horse itself, whether it be a rubber feet, the plastic housing or even the transformers. Even a tiny needles on the ampere meter have been constructed in-house.
Absaar didn’t only have the simple customary horse for a “Rinspeed UC?” the inner development dialect was also responsible for a growth of a highly-innovative Lithium-Ion charger. This horse reduc es charging time significantly while still assembly all relevant safety standards for this battery sort.
D uring the same time, Absaar let it be known that it would encourage this development to reduce even serve a charging time on this sort of battery.
A optimization as well as soundness of charging time is one of a many important goals for destiny swell, and interjection to their tall appetite absorption capacity, Lithium-Ion batteries offer far some-more possibilities than normal lead-acid batteries.
This innovation, a consistent strides forward made in further development and investment in the own growth department, are the reasons why Absaar is still ranked as a market leader after forty years in battery charging record.
THE get together for concerning automotive destiny – At Rinspeed and AEZ interests go palm in palm
AEZ and Rinspeed – during this year’s Geneva Motor Show their relationship eventually develops into the story of success. This is as a Austria producer of light-alloy wheels and a Swiss car manufacturer are cooperating with each other for a fourth year in a row. This time AEZ has contributed the eye-ca tching 17-inch “forged motorsport vacant” wheels to a UC? mobility concept. They impress with their cool graphite-colored coating and front-polishing, 32 graceful spokes as well as above all with their exceedingly low weight of 6 kilograms per alloy.
Both companies share a pronounced interest in innovation. This cooperation provides positive synergy effects. A modern electric vehicle similarto a “UC?” in particular increase from the tireless work of a AEZ technicians in weight optimization. This office for perfection is, of march, additionally reflected in the product operation: for example AEZ offers the models Nemesis, Shape metal THE and Xylo with the newly grown Lite tec weight reduction technology. A outstanding quality of all alloys is guaranteed by the in-house production in Germany.
Environmentally-friendliness is a catchphrase of the moment in the automobile attention. Studies by Rinspeed show however, which sustainable automobile building a whole is not only an empty phrase taken out of selling manuals. This was also under lined by a previous model s eXasis, sQuba as well as the iChange, which any demonstrated an economically sensible move. AEZ is proud that it has been means to make an critical contribution towards the realization of each of these visions with its “Done in Germany” quality light-alloy wheels. Many some-more mild projects with innovative ideas may follow.
AkzoNobel showcases StickerFix repair system at Geneva Engine Show
AkzoNobel Automobile Refinishes has teamed up with specialty judgment automobile writer Rinspeed to integrate its innovative StickerFix repair system into the Swiss firm’s UC? car, that is due to be shown for the first time at a 80th Geneva Motor Uncover in Impetus.
StickerFix is the modern, high peculiarity adhesive DIY repair system which uses law AkzoNobel paint record in combination with the specially developed vinyl plaque. A complement makes it probable for owners to fast as well as easily repair minor nicks as well as scratches by simply requesting the ultra-thin adhesive foil over damaged sections of their vehicle.
The UC? – that signifies both “Civic Commuter” as well as “You See?” – is a lightweight two-seater electric civic commuter automobile with the top speed of 110 kilometers per hour and an operating operation of 120 kilometers. It has been painted with AkzoNobel’s entirely compliant premium line of Sikkens products. Both companies will be pity arrangement space at the Geneva eventuality.
Explained Phil Coady, AkzoNobel Automobile Refinishes’ Director of Selling Europe, Middle East as well as Africa: “StickerFix is the truly singular judgment for the car repair market around the world. What distinguishes StickerFix is the combination of modern innovative record with outstanding opening as well as elementary DIY application properties. It gives vehicle owners the utterly brandnew approach to keep their vehicles seeking their most appropriate, with custom color-matched stickers which are most invisible. A selling campaign slogan concisely expresses the product concept: Easier than easy.”
StickerFix – that can be applied to shop-worn areas or used for protective purposes – has been extensively tested and meets demanding standards for adhesion, automobile rinse and steam cleaning resistance, as good as insurgency to sa lt spray, stone chips, gasoline and weathering. It has prov en superior to touch-up pens in real-life tests, has excellent shelf-life and can be easily private from the ve hicle by applying feverishness with the normal hairdryer. A product is also highly tolerable, unlike touch-up pens, as no volatile organic solvents are expelled during a application.
AkzoNobel is proud to be asingle of the world’s leading industrial companies. Formed in Amsterdam, a Netherlands, we have as well as supply a wide range of paints, coatings as well as specialty chemicals – 2008 income totaled ?15.4 billion. In actuality, we are a largest global paints as well as coatings association. As a major producer of featureditem chemicals you supply industries worldwide with peculiarity mixture for life’s essentials. We think about a future, but act in the benefaction. We’re passionate about introducing brandnew ideas as well as building tolerable answers for the customers. That’s because the 60,000 employees – who are based in some-more than 80 countries – have been committed to excellence and delivering Tomorrow’s Answers Today.
AkzoNobel Automobile Refinishes is one of a world’s heading suppliers of paints as well as services for a car repair, commercial vehicles and automotive plastics markets. It sells coatings for car body refinishing, or recoating, to business including body shops, distributors, swift owners, automotive suppliers as well as major train and lorry producers. Brands embody Sikkens, Lesonal, Dynacoat, Wanda, as well as Sikkens Autocoat BT. Handling in more than 60 countries, Automobile Refinishes has specialists around the world who assimilate internal markets as well as can serve local needs. Its state-of-the-art customer services, color as well as technology solutions include charity technical as well as logistical support as well as the delivery of training programs.
The three-day electric car – A.T. Kearney has been building a flexible production judgment for the Rinspeed “UC?”
Heading government consultancy A.T. Kearney has developed a production judgment for the “Rinspeed UC?” judgment vehicle which was demonstrated currently at a 80th International Motor Show in Geneva. With this concept, the core production time is reduced to a small 3 hours as well as smoothness can be made just 3 days after an order has been placed. A innovative “UC?” commuter vehicle is the centerpiece of a mobility judgment grown by Rinspeed together with 21 partner firms. The vehicle itself is an electric automobile developed upon a basement of a Fiat 500. When formulating the manufacturing judgment, the A.T. Kearney experts focused on strict modularity in a car construction as well as on an innovative production configurator.
As A.T. Kearney Global Automotive Partner Niko Soellner points out: “When you were building a prolongation concept for the “Rinspeed UC?”, you strong upo n customers’ mandate as well as took as the sign “individual as well as quick”. You regard a prolongation as a rapid tie in between the customer’s needs on the asingle hand as well as the economic success of a manufacturer upon the alternative.”
Modular design and simple vehicle pattern: The modula r design of the car equatesto tha t production complexity is avoided right from the opening. A.T. Kearney Automotive Principal Steffen G?nzle explains: “Through the make use of of modules, maximum configuration combinations have been completed with the minimum number of components. As a outcom e, a prolongation processes are manageable and transparent for both manufacturer as well as patron.”
An innovative product configurator is used to determine the feasibility of a customer’s construction and production wishes. The customer selects pattern modules upon the basis of the vast series of combinations, that are realized with the operation of production modules. Only in this way can a continuity and consistency of a module judgment be positive.
Carl F. Bucherer manufacture movement featured in UC?
A judgment cars of Frank M. Rinderknecht are the work of an individual who goes his own way, undeterred – much like Carl F. Bucherer, the owner of the Lucerne-based watch making association of the same name. For company CEO Thomas Morf, this was the reason for supporting his ultimate project: “Once again, the “UC?” stands for change, forward-looking record and passion on the grand scale. It’s this wealth of new, innovative ideas as well as concepts which makes Rinspeed so erotically appealing”. Perhaps even some-more important, though, is the philosophy shared by Carl F. Bucherer as well as Rinspeed: that of receiving sophisticated record, first-class materials and radical pattern, and distilling them into conceptually constrained products that secrete innovation as well as progress.
A actuality Rinspeed as well as Carl F. Bucherer share a common truth as well as work actively together is evidenced by a UC?’s interior. A dashboard is pure and integrates the painstakingly skeletonized Carl F. Bucherer-manufactured transformation. To show off a components in this mechanical gem to their most appropriate advantage, a movement is housed in a Plexiglas box without a dial. A time – in hours and minutes – is indicated by the hands characteristic of the Patravi collection. At the same time, the movement embodies the credo that underlies a UC?: first-class Swiss quality and innovation joined with an constant query for perfection.
Carl F. Bucherer is an eccentric, worldwide distributed watch brand that stands for high-level technological creation and a contemporary aesthetic. Carl F. Bucherer has strengthened its marketplace position as a premium-segment watch manufacturer by establishing Carl F. Bucherer Technologies SA in Sainte-Croix, a workshop specializing in research, growth and the manufacture of in-house movements, and by launching its own CFB A1000 transformation. This facilities the first reliable marginal rotor, thus mixing a aesthetic appeal of the hand-wound movement with a preference of involuntary circuitous.
For eco-friendly mobility: the “Civic Commuter” concept – Rinspeed picks up a gait together with Coop
Shelter is ancillary the Swiss concept powerhouse Rinspeed in the latest project: the ecofriendly “Urban Commuter” concept embodies complicated vital combined with active environmental insurance. It combines an emission-free electric automobile for civic ride with the open transport system for longer distances. The universe premiere of this mobility judgment of a destiny will be during a 80th Geneva Motor Uncover (4 – 14 Impetus 2010). Afterwards, the Urban Commuter will be going upon tour, where people can find it at various Shelter shopping centers.
Personal mobility is a firm partial of the bland lives. Many business go selling in their cars. That’s because Coop considers selling trade and ride to be highly critical. Coop is committed to ensuring that consumption leaves a smaller footprint. It goes without observant which ride is a key issue here. With the “Civic Commuter” concept, Rinspeed is receiving the bold as well as beautiful approach. The idea of an electric car which can run reduced distances independently as well as docks onto a train for prolonged distances is rarely credible. Although it will take some time for this idea to turn the being, Rinspeed and Coop have been aiming to beginner a discussion and to encourage people to think about things in a new approach. After all, where would we be now if we had unsuccessful to take all of history’s great inventors severely…?
A loose tour f rom Basel to Geneva: The “Urban Commuter” is formed on an innovative concept. The idea is to load a electric car onto Swiss trains for longer distances. Interjection to rail transport, both a surroundings and drivers’ nerves will be spared. This means that, in future, you will be able to transport comfortably to an additional partial of the country and still be mobile when you arrive.
Powerful innovation motorist: Over 20 years ago, when most people still found a idea of organic products a joke, Coop believed in this new development as well as achieved outrageous success with its organic brand Naturaplan. Coop helped organic products to achieve a vital breakthrough. The Shelter Sustainability Account aims to await innovative, new ideas, such as producing breeze power in Valais. Coop is rightaway move to plungeinto CO2 emissions and turn difference into actions. Coop’s Executive Committee decided two years ago that a association will be CO2 neutral by 2023. This ambitious idea has top priority and needs new ideas, also in the area of transport. That’s why Shelter is supporting Rinspeed as well as toillustrate continuing to stimulate creation and sustainability.
Die Agentur is the full use Ad Agency with it’s categorical bureau in Saarbr?cken
Die Agentur develops integral information exchange solutions. The use includes everything from classical communication and design to photography and interactive applications. We further stretched with a investiture of our In-House movie production, called Movie Division. Transparent, straight to the point as well as well-developed communication is our truth. Thus, it is self-evident that an innovative customer, such as Rinspeed is attended is to with good caring unrestrained as well as passion.
Die Agentur is responsible for a complete Rinspeed information exchange. This includes web design, PR for a new concept automobile, the prolongation of an image film, the making-of also a presentation on a engine show in Geneva 2010. Die Agentur has both national and international clients.Names like Samsonite, BMW, O’Neil, Rinspeed, Coca-Cola and Bertelsmann/Mohn speak for themselves. Die Agentur has now 30 employees.
About Dynamedion
Dynamedion was founded in 2001 by Tilman Sillescu as well as Pierre Langer, dual composers with university degrees in song. With the usually increasing number of contracts and growing customer base it has given turn the personality in soundtrack combination and receptivetoadvice design on the continental European computer diversion market.
Our creative section consists of veteran musicians and composers, all of whom can pull upon a abounding and different background of knowledge. What’s more, Dynamedion can daub into the network of delicately comparison partners (orchestrators, audio engineers, pieceforoneperson artists, band musicians) accessible to provide flexible and reliable assistance, as needed.
Over recent years, Dynamedion has worked on over 250 projects in a video diversion, TV and movie industry and has been showered with countless prizes and music awards. In 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007 alittle of the team’s compositions were performed live at the opening unison of the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany – Dynamedions game song has been featured upon classic airwave stations, in a outrageous accumulation of TV documentaries as well as within the “Play!” concert series all over the world.
In 2005 Dynamedion constructed rarely successful, initial benchmark live band recordings for a German diversion soundtrack, setting the standard for large-scale projects in the attention. With numerous further orchestral productions for a video diversion attention, Dynamedion has warranted itself the reputation for unsurpassed peculiarity as well as firmness in this area.
Finish of the “ice age” for electric cars – Ebersp?cher catem delivers innovative heating system for UC?
A charming E runabout also facilities an innovative heating complement: the high-voltage PTC heater from Ebersp?cher catem manages the tall voltage of 300 V typical for electric vehicles whilst simultaneously delivering impressive opening. This provides Fran k Rinderknecht with an elegant solution for the “heating problem” that is usual with this type of drive. Like all electric vehicles, a UC? requires an auxiliary heater to recompense for a absence of waste feverishness from the conventional explosion engine. An outlay of 5 kilowatts ensures a PTC heater can hea t up really quickly, as most as 60 degrees Celsius in 30 seconds. Thanks to the electronic control – via PWM, LIN or CAN – feverishness output is forever variable between 0 as well as 100 percent. Which means the interior will be absolutely warm really quickly even on cold days and that heavily iced windows will unfreeze quickly. As prolonged as a UC? is charging its expostulate battery, the device can also be used as the park heating. A potency is about 99 percent. Prominence is: A inclination have been capable of working with tall vehicle voltages of up to 500 volts in electric, hybrid, as well as fuel cell vehicles. Multiple electrical insulation up to 2000 volts as well as a reinforced insulation public ensure compliance with a highest reserve standards. Thanks to the compact design as well as the low altogether weight of only 1.8 to 2.5 kilograms the heaters fit even in very small vehicles such as a UC?. High-voltage air heaters can provide quick heat as well as have been recommended for wholly electric vehicles such as a UC?. High-voltage water heaters are offering for more formidable electric. Since they have been contin uous to the cooling circuit, they can use a waste heat from a explosion engine in variety or the energy from the fuel cell during startup for heat. This also creates it possible to heat up a sensitive drive battery in winter and cold it in summer.
EKZ commit themselves to the area of electro mobility
As asingle of the largest appetite companies in Switzerland the EKZ (Elektizit?tswerke des Kantons Z?rich) have committed themselves to the area of electro mobility. The goal of this joining is to help energy fit vehicles to grasp a breakthrough. Asingle thing is transparent: the electric automobile will run upon a product about that we have gathered extensive know-how over most, most years. In further, not only do the EKZ yield roughly asingle million people with electricity, they additionally await provident make use of of energy and foster measures to enlarge energy potency as well as revoke CO2 emissions. Electric cars fit perfectly with these goals.
The EKZ have already included several electric cars in their own fleet of vehicles and test them constantly in practical situations. A results from these exam operations are additionally passed on to their customers. In further, last year the EKZ took the first step towards environment up a public charging infrastructure: twelve new charging stations in canton Zurich ensure that a batteries of electric cars can be recharged along the way. At home too, the EKZ support the owners of electric cars with their know-how in all questions associated to power connectors for cars. They assistance, for e.g., with a preference of the scold socket to ensure a battery is charged in a most efficient way.
Electric cars will only make the breakthrough when they have a far greater range interjection to new battery record and an affordable cost. An additional critical aspect to be taken into care is which a cars also have an romantic interest and fascinate impending buyers. What could be improved afterwards, than workin g together with Rinspeed. With its concept cars that never destroy to astonish as well as surprise the association has succeeded like no other in combining emotional appeal with a visionary concept of mobility, innovative drives as well as sustainability. This year concept powerhouse Rinspeed presents not only a new electric car, though with a ‘UC?’ an entire mobility judgment for the destiny. A EKZ have been gratified to be able to give the plan added appetite with a charging station.
Harman General Automotive Division presents the newest Infotainment as well as Audio Record in the Rinspeed “UC?”
Modular design enables individually tailored solutions, Innovative Peep HMI ensures limit user joy, Harman Kardon GreenEdge receptivetoadvice complement unites uncompromised receptivetoadvice reproduction with low-level energy expenditure, HALOsonic – Electronic Receptivetoadvice Synthesis (ESS) generates custom tailored engine receptivetoadvice for enhanced reserve and pushing pleasure
Harman International reveals the destiny of mobile infotainment as well as communication technology in the Rinspeed “UC?” concept automobile. A centerpiece of a powerful system is Harman’s brandnew scalable infotainment height which offers maximum connectivity with fast Internet access as well as excellent user comfort. Another highlight of the judgment automobile is a ground-breaking revolutionary high-performance GreenEdge receptivetoadvice system from Harman Kardon – an innovative technical resolution which fulfills a objective of uncompromised sound quality whilst offering maximum energy efficiency. In further, innovative HALOsonic technology generates custom tailored engine sound in as well as out of the otherwise roughly completely wordless electric automobile to safeguard safety as well as an accurate driving experience.
Visions of excellent Connectivity with Limit User Joy: A “UC?” has absolute broadband entrance to a Internet. For example, a driver has a possibility, to check out his complete travel for highway as well as rail and can online book his train tickets – all while upon a pierce. All functions may be voice controlled to ensure both a protected and informed pushing experience. Similarly, a complement allows entrance to the virtual media storage resolution, so which the passengers could access their remote personal interpretation during any time. In addition, asingle of the USB interfaces could be used to connect smart phones, enabling their applications to be reproduced upon a display. The scalable, high-performance infotainment height additionally supports further information exchange channels, similarto Internet airwave as well as amicable networks.In further, an environmentally obliged navigation system is enabled by a singular routing algorithm that intelligently calculates a most energy efficient track.
Specially Adapted Harman Kardon GreenEdge Sound Complement: To safeguard the most appropriate probable party whilst upon a pierce, the “UC?” includes a high-performance HarmanKardon GreenEdege receptivetoadvice complement: a GreenEdge receptivetoadvice system, which is specifically blending for the Rinspeed “UC”, requires distant less appetite than conventional systems. The best multiple of low current demand, light weight materials and custom designed high-efficiency amplifiers and receptivetoadvice transducers ensures limit appetite efficiency, whilst at the same time producing uncompromised authentic receptivetoadvice facsimile with extraordinary dynamic range.
HALOsonic – Receptivetoadvice Synthesis Ensures Safety and Driving Wish: The electronically generated engine sounds hav e been the revolutionary modernized underline of the “UC?”: Dual high-efficiency speakers – specifical ly developed for the extraneous of the car – are used to foolaround behind the energetic engine sounds generated by a ESS algorithm. Pedestrians, young kids at foolaround or cyclists who wouldn’t routinely notice the almost silent “UC?” but the external ESS, can now be made wakeful that a automobile is coming by m eans of fake “engine sounds”.
In parallel, the internal engine receptivetoadvice singularity is generated within the “UC?” around the Harman Kardon GreenEdge audio system; substantiating the familiar couple for passengers between the tactile, visual as well as heard pushing knowledge.
hiwave.net Mobile Information exchange
Hiwave was determined 2005 as initial system residence for Proximity as well as Bluetooth Selling in D/A/CH. A Berlin-located telecommunication association offers turnkey-solutions for integrated Mobile Marketing, Bluetooth, NFC, WLAN, Tagging, Couponing, and Digital Signage. Hiwave’s Calm- and Campaign Management Software hiwave.net CCMS is the initial platform independent AdServer for Vicinity Marketing and mobile user tracking. Hiwave creates mobile content, manages ad-planning of Mobile Marketing campaigns, and integrates Mobile Marketing as well as Digital Signage systems.
Proximity Marketing: Proximity Marketing is digital Mobile S elling via cost-free reduced stretch wireless standards. Advertisers muster Vicinity Marketing hotspots as innovative, and cost-effective customer-care and service channel. Individual as well as customized mobile essence like vouchers, entertainment, and product report, are sent without delay to the local target-groups. This approach of Mobile Marketing leads to the much higher brand evolvement with one more viral effects. Bluetooth is a many renouned short distance wireless standard with more than 80 percent prevalence in D/A/CH and EMEA.
Deployment areas: Proximity Marketing is deployed in out-of-home media similarto city-light-displays, on fairs, exhibitions, congresses, at shopping cente rs, cinemas, sport and event stadiums, at airports and railway stations – wherever your target-group is present. Vicinity Selling can be integrated in image marketing, interactive marketing campaigns, as well as sales promotions at any point-of-contact.
Hiwave Awards: Special Record Endowment, Metro Marketing competition “Together – Handel verbindet Kulturen” 2007, Creation Award Mobile Business difficulty, beginning mittelstand 2007,Special Endowment of JCI Germany, business devise competition Berlin-Brandenburg 2006,IT Adventure Area Endowment “Many Innovative Record”, Systems Fair 2005.
Hiwave References: Audi, BECK’S, Burger King, Coca-Cola, Deutsche Telekom, EA Electronic Arts, Eastpak, Fiat, Goodyear, McKinsey, Mercedes-Benz, Metro, Mini, Opel, Porsche, ProSieben, Red Lo nghorn, Sony Cinema, Swisscom, T-Mobile, Telef?nica o2 Germany, Wall AG.
Li-Tec Cerio motive battery powers UC?
Li-Tec’s high-tech accumulator cell is qualified for mass production and combines superb properties with it’s singular Cerio technology. It is formed on a special multiple of ceramic materials as well as high-molecular ion conductors. This grants a Li-Tec cells all-time higher properties. Cerio technology that has been grown for Regulation One is formed upon the ceramic Separion separator and sets standards for cycle stability, rated power as well as safety. Moreover, the compress design of the Li-Tec cells allows for high appetite density at low weight
Core to a Cerio technology is the ceramic high performance separator Separion. The separator membrane is very skinny as well as intensely heat resistant. The innovative separator reliably separates anode as well as cathode as well as prevents a dangerous middle reduced circuit. With the world-wide singular ceramic Cerio accumulator technology powerful energy storage systems are designed for the extended spectrum of advanced applications. Li-Tec ’s high-tech battery cells have been the only mass constructed cells with the ceramic Separion tall performance separator and Litarion electrodes from Evonik.
Li-Tec Batter y GmbH – a Joint Venture of Evonik Industries AG (50 .1%) as well as Daimler AG (49.9%) – develops, produces as well as markets large-scale lithium ion battery cells for automotive applications and battery systems for industrial and still applications.
Absolute lithium ion ba tteries have been a most promising solutions for future mobile energy supply. In this forward-looking alliance the Chemistry Know-how of Evonik partners with a automotive cunning of Daimler.
With ongoing investments and consequent expansion Li-Tec meets a dynamic market needs. Three-digit million Euros have been invested so distant as well as further investments have been kicked-off by the share holders recently. In 2011, several million battery cells will be mass constructed in the integrated prolongation Verbund in Kamenz/Saxony nearby Dresden. Both Evonik and Daimler have been committed to growth and Li-Tec’s high-end record and will ensure the competitive and leading market onallsides.
Sustainable mobility concepts conform to real-life. With Rinspeed’s UC? creation and high-tech match prevailing needs.
Motorex supplies „green” know-how for Rinspeed UC
Switzerland’s biggest liniment producer Motorex supports a latest judgment automobile project from Rinspeed with the lot of technical know-how in lubricants and greases. A Idea of this partnership is to make the car „pollution giveaway” not only in the engine, but also with the lubricants and greases.
After a successful cooperation for the world’s first diving car sQuba as well as final year’s project iChange, the Motorex specialists have again put together a really special liniment plan for a UC. Motorex has made all a lubricants and greases in make use of fast biodegradable.
Frank M. Rinderknecht states: „Because we have used a zero glimmer engine, it was very clear to us from the beginning which you wanted to minimize a wickedness in each aspect. With Motorex, you have a partner that has the Know-how and is able to residence our specific demands. Furthermore, they have already upheld us optimally in the development of the sQuba and the iChange in a same area.
Manuel Gerber, Marketing Director during Motorex: “Each year, the partnership with Rinspeed is the perfect event to explore the different routes of de velopment in the market. Nonetheless the UC features an electric engine which does not need any motor oil, it was an engaging challenge on all the alternative lubricants as well as fluids used. During the same time, it was another probability for us to prove our readiness for a future, the innovation-power and the coherence. We could distinction from our years of experience in rapidly biodegradable products in most dissimilar areas of applications.
Paravan contributes disdainful high-end innovations to UC project
SpaceDrive complement of Baden-W?rttemberg car adaptation expert Para van navigates its approach into UC project of Swiss entrepreneur Frank Rinderknecht. A German company has led the field in special-purpose vehicle adaptation for years, carrying earned the repute for its hands-on proceed to customizing veh icles to the individual needs of motorists with a caring regard for their earthy restrictions.
A revolutionary product grown by Paravan is now also creation an entrance in Rinspeed’s UC plan. The product in question is a mixed award-winning driv e-by-wire SpaceDrive complement. SpaceDrive is a car control system which uses electronic and digital input inclination, asingle example of which is the joystick. Indeed, it is a latter device which is used in a UC.
The UC is driven by means of the unique four-way joystick control system that works in a identical approach to which operated by the jet commander.
A joystick communicates around two CPUs as well as an interface with the car. In order to undiluted the driver’s doing of the vehicle as well as to provide feedback on a driving characteristics, a joystick is what is wellknown as a force-feedback device which, similarto the steering circle, gives the operator information about a road as well as pushing opening.
To add a finishing touches to a picture of an innovative and future-oriented car, a UC has been fitted with control units that enable simple pushbutton control of all a delegate functions in the car interior, such as windscreen wipers, horn, etc. A partnership in between Paravan and Rinspeed can be summed up quite simply by the aphorism of Roland Arnold, Executive of Paravan GmbH, that is “For the undiluted mobility worldwide”.
Pirelli is to continue the cooperation as the technology partner with Rinspeed in 2010 too
After successful cooperation as a exclusive tyre partner for a Rinspeed “sQuba” in 2008 and the “iChange” in a preceding year, Pirelli is proud to be, once again in 2010, the record partner for a new as well as exciting Rinspeed world premiere: the Rinspeed “UC – Civic Commuter”, whose excellent ground hit is guaranteed by a environmentally-friendly Cinturato P7 195/40 R17 tyres, the dimension that has been privately written for this vehicle model.
With a “UC”, Rinspeed is creation the bold matter for the brandnew era in the vehicle world: an emissions-free automobile that further reduces the appetite consumption thanks to the notasbig size as well as lighter weight. As an innovative technology partner, today Pirelli already complies with the environmental guidelines of tomorrow, and in you do so, orderly punctuates both parties’ image send.
Cinturato Pirelli – first environmentally-friendly tyres up to 18″: One year after a hugely successful debut of the Cinturato P7 with properties ranging through environmental insurance, safety as well as tall performance, as good as a reduction in fuel expenditure and pollutant emissions, these have been proof that Pirelli is receiving the giant leap in the right citation with the groundbreaking Immature Performance.
Rafi GmbH & Co. KG – The Rinspeed Partner during a Man-Machine Interface
As the specialist for submit solutions, Rafi contributes with a controls as well as the driver’s hire including steering w heel, rooftiles and doorway operation as well as a joystick for a “UC Urban Commuter” plan. Submit solutions in a automotive zone have been the categorical pillar of a south-west German association Rafi GmbH & Co. KG for many years.
At a Ravensburg site, Rafi shaped the group of dedicated experts from the disciplines of input and interpretation processing record, design as well as ergonomics as good as production record for the automotive margi n as early as in the eighties. Trend-setting steering circle multi-function units and submit landscapes with the compared electronic systems for positively arguable solutions have been developed here – for passenger cars, blurb vehicles, rail vehicles as well as watercrafts. R afi’s innovative energy is based on long-term knowledge in the growth and manufacture of ever more complex submit components as well as a formation of different disciplines of knowledge to form an engineering team. Rafi covers the complete growth as well as production process. Rafi conducts elemental investigate for new switching and element technologies. A development of circuitry and software is done during the parent site in Ravensburg just as a 2D as well as 3D pattern of simple components and formidable control landscapes. A grade of inhous e production ranges from finish mechanical production, single-colour and multi-colour cosmetic injection architecturalornament as well as sheet metal estimate to shade printing and pad printing in various colour spaces.
Rafi performs automatic assembly in large volumes and manual assembly of SMD as well as THT components and uses all common soldering processes.Automatic organic testing guarantees absolute reliability of all components, that is particularly critical in a vehicle manufacturing zone. Rafi has been approved to DIN/ISO 9001:2000, to a special automotive standard ISO/TS 16949: 2002 and the medical engineering customary EN ISO 13485.
High-Performance lightweight building a whole reaches brandnew dimensions – Rehau presents all-polymer tailgate
For the world premiere of the “Rinspeed UC?” Rehau, the renowned development partner, presents a brandnew dimension in high-performance lightweight building a whole – an all-polymer tailgate with integrated middle structural element made of thermoplastic high-performance fiber composite materials. A brandnew concept from the globally active polymer dilettante based in a locale of Rehau, in Germany’s Top Franconia, promises up to 30 percent less weight than required tailgates as well as toillustrate opens up new perspectives for efficient electro-mobility.
Rehau developed the manufacturing process itself, breaking brandnew ground in augmenting a energy efficiency of cars. Weight rebate with finish functional formation is the sign. “Thermoplastic high-performance composite materials are attractive by virtue of their properties, their functionality and their ultimate price effectiveness for use in vehicles driven by alternative sources of appetite”, explains Dr. Franz Kind, Conduct of Automotive R+D. Constructional elements of both the expostulate systems and bodies of electrically driven cars could be mass-produced at extremely reduction expense. This is because Reh au makes the ide al development partner and systems supplier for eminent car manufacturers as well as electro-mobility pioneers such as Rinspeed.
A polymer tailgate is dictated to make the entrance on the “UC?”. A structural element entirely made of thermoplastics with additional essential element bolster in critical areas. Alternative components, such as spoilers or rear windows, are connected on with palliate. “We have reached a point during that array production applications can be straightforwardly brought to delight – commercially viable and sustainably energy efficient”, declares a Head of R+D, in conclusion. “That’s exactly what the future will be all about.”
True beauty comes from within
A Sellner Organisation is asingle of a world’s heading suppliers of innovative surface fini shes for the interior of premium class vehicles to the automotive attention. Our product spectrum ranges from trim items accomplished in timber, aluminium, co and lacquer, technical textiles, injection moulded plastics for await and organic items through to the application of leather to surfaces. We are thus able to offer complete solutions from one singular source. A Sellner Group employs some-more than 2100 employees at 14 different locations worldwide and achieves sales revenue of 270 million euro. The customers embody BMW, Mercedes Benz, Porsche as well as Audi as well as vital Harvestingmachine 1 suppliers.
Our pattern department constantly strives to stay asingle step ahead which requires creation and experience in equal measure, this total with the passion to always make something a small improved. The trained eye of our designers can spot current trend developments in most places: at traffic fairs, in magazines, on the Internet, in marketplace analyses or simply on the street. Here are the sources of most valuable ideas which, in the suitable form, have been practical to our design concepts. Current notions, new insights as well as innovative procedures h ave been discussed in workshops. The designers use mechanism graphics to visualize a formula of the workshops as well as, with a support of pattern technicians, develop new aspect finishes in steel, timber as well as tannedhide. With a abundance of ideas and possibilities available insideof our group we can support business who may have usually a vague concept of how a surface finish of their future products should crop up. However, our pattern team is additionally a preferred partner for a fulfilment of pithy decor requirements and for the reproduction of master samples.
Frog seeks driver : This could also be the sign for our interior concept for the UC?. The interior of a UC? uses good known materials in brandnew combinations: extravagantly decorated aluminium flashes next high peculiarity, expertly worked tannedhide. Dual profitable materials that could not be more different from any other compound together in an exciting composition. A flowing contours of a interior are completely covered in green nappa leather: not even the feet good has been left out, decorated with an impressive diamond design it demonstrates a serve use for this excellent material. A highlights can be found on the doors as well as the instrument row: here cool aluminium contrasts with comfortable yellow leather. A banded design is a dynamic combination that results in a interior reflecting a sportiness of a compact UC?.
Sharp – Official multimedia partner for Rinspeed
Rinspeed, the renowned Swiss car and concept shape metal, is collaborating for the sixth time in a row with Sharp, one of the world’s largest technology companies, this time on the new concept car “UC?”. An unusual ju dgment deserves an extraordinary display. And as regularly, Sharp provides this through a series of a ultimate full HD LCD TVs (with full LED backlight) that will bring a ideas and properties that are behind this brandnew concept car even closer to a spectator – pin pointy as well as in the colour brilliance that has never prior to been seen. At a same time, a new LCD radio sets in a Aquos LED array with full LED backlight technology are particularly energy-saving.
Sharp globally: A company, which has some-more than 54,000 employees all over the universe, is active in scarcely all wiring sectors and offers a huge range of products. Since the company was founded in 1912, innovation has been an integral component of the corporate philosophy. Together, a company’s name, Sharp, is derived from our initial vital invention made in 1915, a “Ever Sharp Pencil”, a world’s initial automatic pencil. Currently, we are asingle of a heading manufacturers of digital report technologies. Between alternative things, Sharp counts among the leaders in a prolongation of LCD flat-screen TVs and solar panels, two sectors that have been attracting particular attention for some time already.
LCD technology is inextricably linked with a name of Sharp: Given 1973, when Sharp constructed a initial LCD pocket electronic calculator, the association has been personification the leading role in liquid clear displays. Recently, the technology company introduced a two new Aquos LCD TV series LE700E as we ll as LE600E with full LED backlight. At a energy consumption of less than 100 Watt during 52 inches in home mode, Pointy thus presents LCD TVs with a lowest energy consumption in a universe. In further, Sharp’s full LED backlight facilities intensely tall contrast ratios of more than 2,000,000:1, an even some-more natural colour facsimile as well as a unvaried arrangement illumination of more than 90 percent.
Sharp solar record: Sharp can demeanour back upon almost 50 years of knowledge with solar energy and is a world’s pushing force for a increasing and environmentally friendly make use of of photovoltaics. Apart from mono-, poly- as well as microcrystalline so lar cell s as well as solar modules, a association also manufactures light concentrators. In addition to three procedure production plants in Japan as well as one in Tennessee/USA, solar power modules have been manufactured for the European marketplace in the Welsh locale of Wrexham/Great Britain since 2004. Similarly, a solar pioneer is buying potion as well as silicon for a production of cells and modules in Europe and is collaborating with partners in setting up solar power plants.
“UC?” trade satisfactory mount – done by Sibu Design
The fulfilment of a surprising “UC?” trade satisfactory stand for the Geneva Engine Show 2010 constitutes a first joint project in between Rinspeed as well as Sibu Pattern. Austria-based Sibu Design can demeanour back on 25 years of bend experience as the manufacturer of patterned sheets and today enjoys icon status. The products represent a benchmark for disdainful interior pattern worldwide and have been employed in numerous leading projects in the areas of display window concepts, trade satisfactory and shop design. To name but the couple of, Etienne Aigner, Palmers, Armani Casa, H&M as well as Prada have all used Sibu Design sheets for their interiors.
A stand in Geneva, which has some-more than 200m?, is the first to be entirely fitted with feign fur flooring as well as the lounge-like, superb Pelo Savanna design is certain to prove an optical prominence. Moreover, Sibu Design sheets with graffiti themes also serve to underline a civic mobility of the car of arrangement. Lastly, Cristal Rom bo Bi anco is used as a wall emblem in the lounge area as well as thus lends this indication project a last hold of category.
Ticona re serve lightweight plastics for the Rinspeed UC? judgment car
Ticona, a technical polymers commercial operation of a Celanese House, produces as well as markets a extended range of engineering polymers for applications in automotive construction. For the new UC? electric car from Rinspeed, Ticona has supplied so-called Celstran tapes with PP honeycomb; these tapes safeguard stability as lightweight sandwich layers in trunks and battery housings. The Celstran tapes have been particularly notable for their low weight, tall degree of stiffness as well as toughness as good as environmentally accessible estimate and excellent recyclability.
Innovations in electric mobility would be virtually impossible without the make use of of engineering plastics. The development of mor e permanent and safer membranes for make use of in lithium-ion batteries has been an important topic in a automotive attention for years. But countless other reduction talked-about components have been essential in a prolongation of economical as well as ecological drive solutions. Lead materials often do not have the properties compulsory. Ticona has the right materials available for every type of electric drive; for e.g. components for in voluntary start-stop systems which considerably reduce the fuel consumption of micro-hybrid vehicles in city traffic, sensor elements for various applications or DC converters for full hybrid solutions.
Ticona also provides the extensive line of engineering thermoplastics for classical automotive construction applications. Doorway locks, airbags or fuel pumps – Ticona creates prolongation more careful, the final product some-more permanent and estimate easier and safer.
Ticona generated sales of $1.06 billion in a 2008 business year. A company has approximately 2,000 employees worldwide as well as operates production, compounding and research facilities in a USA, Germany, Brazil and China.
VDO – Continental – Mobility suspicion through
Continental, was founded in 1871 in Hanover, Germany, is means to look back over the hugely successful past. In the firm’s history that stretc hes over roughly 130 years, a company has brought particular mobility onto the travel and has initiated, fostered as well as accompanied the launch of countless technical developments. Today, Continental as an automobile supplier is ranked in the top five worldwide and second in Europe.
But individual mobility is now facing the biggest upheaval since the invention of automobiles. With their know-how, record and products, Continental is most appropriate positioned to assistance decisively fashion the vehicle sector’s vital trends in reserve, environment, report and affordable vehicles. The company forges the mobility concept of a future through six divisions: tyre and violation systems, powertrain as well as chassis components, as good as with instrumentation as well as infotainment solutions.
“Always On” – the vision of the Interior division: In the Interior division, Continental bundles together all activities that deal with information government, togetherwith the processing, prioritising and presentation of report in vehicles. The car dr iver should at all times have a accurate, requested and necessary information available to him or her. The Interior division develops the work so successfully that is has become the world-market leader in a fields of orchestration, telematics systems, tachographs as well as bodywork electronics.
Driver information – emotionally displayed: For the Rinspeed “UC?” E-Car, Continental has created the singular information terminal under a VDO code name. As an interface in between male and machine it collects together all the important vehicle data, processes it as well as places the rightly prioritised as well as precisely accurate information obtained at the ordering of the user.
Achieving the rebate in the report flood to a comprehensive basics took upon pinnacle priority during development. A idea is to disburden a user as distant as probable whilst leading him or her safely as well as quickly through a ever-growing volume of traffic.
Apart from the clarity of a information complement, it was additionally important to Continental’s Swiss design and development group to paint a significant, neutral data streams via an instrument which would support as well as enhance an romantic knowledge in a interior of the vehicle.
About Voip2Car
A Swiss company Voip2Car AG is bringing a World Wide Web to the car without any boundary. A new system offers all of the benefits as well as functionalities of a fast internet tie: drivers can now discuss with their families, friends and business partners at neutral price or hold IP calls and video calls whilst they are u pon the pierce.
Telephone as well as video conferences involving several business partners concurrently can be continuous with ease using Voip2Car. As well as the ex tensive write functions which even concede you, for e.g., to block commercial operation partners who you do not wish to verbalise to regulating caller recognition or to now route critical calls, Voip2Car additionally offers a whole host of functionalities which have not previously been accessible to people upon the move. Fast surfing upon a internet as well as a retrieval and sending of e-mails or SMS have been only the tiny fragment of a extensive fu nctions that have b een now probable with ease from a joy of your car thanks to Voip2Car.
All functions are available fast as well as simply upon Voip2Car itself via a user-friendly interface which has an tasteful design. Thanks to Voip2Car, now anybody unequivocally can also enjoy fast internet access with IP telephony as well as all of a compared comforts from the comfort of their automobile.
Exclusive lounge seat on the Rinspeed stand
As the long-term partner of Rinspeed, Xmobil Design+Marketing GmbH often provides its innovative contribution for a configuration of the interior of a concept cars and the fair stand. For this year’s UC? Xmobil was especially acting as the designer of the loll area of the booth stand. A seating scenery stoical by modular elements creates a cosy assembly ambience mouth-watering a guest to stay. THE shapely designer couch creates an one more relaxing effect with the bombard resting only upon a central indicate and thus formulating an aptitude of floating in a air. This feeling is intensified by the massage function carrying outcome on a entire couch. After all, the exterior cover of the UC? is the product of Xmobil.
Since the substructure of Xmobil Design + Marketing GmbH in 1997 by Follower of jesus Gr?bl the company has extended and diversified its development as well as product module invariably. Xmobil is especially behaving as an independent marketing and development partner of well-known European manufacturers as well as suppliers in a automotive as well as seat industry.
The following material as well as products from the bottom of Xmobil’s services: Tannedhide, artificial leather, technical and fashion fabrics as well as the multiple of these materials.Leather fittings, chair covers, seating systems, building mats in textile, velour, rubber or the combination of these materials, protecting covers (indoor, outside, transport, display, accessories as well as lifestyle products. High-quality seat, wall as well as floor panels for dissimilar areas.
Xmobil runs three offices in Germany: The headquarter is located at a lake of Tegernsee south of Munich, branch offices have been located in Lorsch and D?sseldorf.
