Bosch hybrid system successful in the FIA World Endurance Championship
– Bosch supplies system technology as well as electric motor, inverter, hybrid control unit and electric braking system for the new LMDh platform within the hypercar category
– LMDh platform supports a new era of long-distance racing in WEC and IMSA
Abstatt, Monza – WEBWIRE – Friday, July 7, 2023
The WEC racing series starts the second half of the season with the 6 Hours of Monza. On the historic race track near Milan, the two factory teams from Porsche and Cadillac will be competing with the new LMDh system within the hypercar category. Bosch is the official systems engineering lead for the hybrid system. Additionally, Bosch is the exclusive supplier for the electric motor (MGU), the inverter (MCU) and the hybrid control unit (HCU) as well as the electric braking system (EBS) that is also capable of recuperation. The hybrid system is flexible and can be combined with different vehicle and engine concepts, while still offering a high level of performance. In drive mode, it delivers a permanent output of 50 kW, and up to 200 kW in recuperation mode. The LMDh system features high-cost efficiency thanks to standardized parts, enabling vehicle manufacturers and teams to compete under attractive conditions at endurance classics such as Le Mans, Daytona, Sebring or Monza.
In this first half of the year, it was important to be able to experience the system under real racing conditions. The last four WEC races enabled us to collect a lot of valuable data and experience. The season highlight in Le Mans and the 24-hour continuous use of the components is now behind us and this without any abnormalities or technical problems, which we are very satisfied with. But also the constant close exchange with the teams helps to continuously optimize the system and to be a strong partner before and during the races, says Ingo Mauel, Head of Bosch Motorsport.
The electric braking system (EBS) from Bosch Motorsport also withstood the high stresses of the previous endurance races. It uses brake-by-wire technology, in which the electronics take care of transmitting the braking signal. When the driver presses the brake pedal, the electronic control unit is activated, the electric motor reverses, and the vehicles kinetic energy is converted into electrical energy and fed back into the battery. When hybrid technology is fully optimized, braking energy is recovered that would otherwise be lost to heat, so the driver can race dynamically with less fuel.
We now want to make full use of the second half of the season to analyze data together with the technology partners, teams and the racing series and to further improve the system, says Mauel.
Further information:
https://www.bosch-motorsport.com/
Stuttgart, Germany, and Wałbrzych, Poland – WEBWIRE – Thursday, April 20, 2023 Heat-pump technology is a European success story that we want to continue.
Investments of more than 1 billion euros by the end of the decade Heat pumps are a key technology for achieving the European climate targets in the building sector. Owing to significantly increased demand, Bosch has been investing heavily in expanding its European heat-pump development and manufacturing network since 2018. To keep the ramp-up of heat pumps running at the required speed, Bosch intends to step up its investments. Heat-pump technology is a European success story that we want to continue. At the same time, we are helping to decarbonize the more than 200 million buildings in Europe. For this purpose, we will be investing more than 1 billion euros by the end of the decade, says Christian Fischer, the deputy chairman of the Bosch board of management who is responsible for the companys Energy and Building Technology and Consumer Goods business sectors. Of this amount, some 255 million euros will go into a new heat-pump manufacturing site in Dobromierz in Lower Silesia, roughly 70 kilometers from Wrocław, by the end of 2027. Construction work is to start in 2024. Start of production is scheduled for the end of 2025/start of 2026. Some 500 new jobs are to be created by 2027. Heat-pump technology is a European success story that we want to continue. At the same time, we are helping to decarbonize the more than 200 million buildings in Europe. For this purpose, we will be investing more than 1 billion euros by the end of the decade, says Christian Fischer, the deputy chairman of the Bosch board of management who is responsible for the companys Energy and Building Technology and Consumer Goods business sectors. Bosch will also be strengthening its existing European locations: at the Bosch Groups oldest location in Eibelshausen in Germany, for example, the new year will see the start of production of the indoor units for an especially quiet and eco-friendly heat pump that runs on the natural refrigerant R290 (propane). Furthermore, Bosch has significantly expanded its development capacity in Germany since 2019. Overall, the number of models in its heat-pump portfolio has doubled, with existing models being modified or updated. Apart from Eibelshausen, Bosch also develops and manufactures heat pumps in Aveiro, Portugal, Trans, Sweden, and Wernau, Germany. In Israel, moreover, Bosch is part of a joint venture for reversible heat pumps with Electra Industries. European heat-pump market growing exceptionally fast Heat pumps are a major growth driver for the Bosch Home Comfort Group (formerly Bosch Thermotechnology). Globally, its heat-pump sales grew 54 percent in 2022. For the European heat-pump market as a whole, annual growth of roughly 20 percent is forecast between now and 2025. Over the current decade, 30 million additional heat pumps are to be installed in the European Union. In the European Union, we expect growth in this very dynamic environment to be exceptionally high, and have set ourselves the target of growing significantly faster than the market. Together with our existing plants in Europe, the new plant in Poland will helps us achieve these growth targets, says Jan Brockmann, the CEO of the Bosch Home Comfort Group. In the European Union, we expect growth in this very dynamic environment to be exceptionally high, and have set ourselves the target of growing significantly faster than the market. Together with our existing plants in Europe, the new plant in Poland will helps us achieve these growth targets” says Jan Brockmann, the CEO of the Bosch Home Comfort Group. Heat pumps are especially suitable for new-builds. However, most of the housing stock in Europe is legacy buildings. This is why a diversified portfolio strategy is needed to achieve our climate targets, Brockmann says. Apart from heat pumps, hybrid units comprising a heat pump and a supplementary condensing boiler for peak loads can be an interim solution on the path to climate-neutral housing stock. They are especially suitable for older buildings where there is not enough capital available to completely refurbish the building envelope. The heat pump in a hybrid system is smaller in size, making it more affordable than a standalone heat pump. With this diversified portfolio strategy, we can achieve a transformation of our energy systems faster, and make it affordable for everyone, Brockmann adds.
Stuttgart, Germany – WEBWIRE – Wednesday, July 20, 2022 With the new management team, we will be well positioned to make the best of growth opportunities arising from the transformation of mobility
Effective January 1, 2023, Bosch is planning to reorganize its Mobility Solutions business into a business sector with profit and loss responsibility. Customer requirements are changing as a result of the transformation of the mobility segment. The aim of the reorganization of Bosch Mobility Solutions is to be able to serve existing and new customer needs with customized technologies and solutions from a single source.
Along with the reorganization, the company is establishing a new management team, which effective October 1, 2022, will be responsible for Mobility Solutions and all its divisions. The chairman of the new sector board will be Dr. Markus Heyn (57), member of the board of management Robert Bosch GmbH and head of the Mobility Solutions business sector since January 2022. The following additional members have been appointed:
Andreas Dempf (52) will be retaining responsibility for sales and customers of Mobility Solutions a function he has performed since the beginning of this year.
Dr. Uwe Gackstatter (58), currently president of the Bosch Powertrain Solutions division. In the future, he will assume responsibility for commercial affairs.
Klaus Mäder (55), currently president of the Automotive Electronics division, will be responsible for operations and thus among other things for all plants worldwide as well as for quality.
Dr. Mathias Pillin (55), currently president of the Cross-Domain Computing Solutions division, will take over technology responsibility for the entire business sector.
With the new management team, we will be well positioned to make the best of growth opportunities arising from the transformation of mobility, says Dr. Markus Heyn, member of the Bosch board of management and head of the Mobility Solutions business sector. Over the coming months, the sector board will work together with associates and executives from the Mobility Solutions operating units, as well as with the involvement of the employee representatives, to flesh out the business sectors future setup. The rapid pace of the transformation of the mobility segment opens up ample opportunities for growth. In the interest of its customers, Bosch intends to take advantage of these opportunities and to extend its position as one of the leading providers of mobility solutions.
Bosch, Mitsubishi Corporation and BPSE have recently agreed into a cooperation to create a new service to enable Battery as a Service business model by leveraging Bosch’s Battery in the Cloud technology, Mitsubishi Corporation’s battery service commercialization capability and BPSE’s battery swapping platform. The demand for electrification is increasing day by day, but the initial investment cost to deploy an EV fleet, the down time during charging, and the uncertain of the battery are some of the major factors preventing electrification of commercial fleets. Battery swapping scheme is considered as one major solution in providing higher efficiency for the utilization of the EVs with maximizing their availability. The parties are creating a new service by applying Battery-in-the-cloud technology developed by Bosch. Battery-in-the-cloud will continuously monitor and analyze the battery using AI, providing control to the battery to maximize the life & performance and optimize the TOC of the EV Fleet. The parties will apply this technology to the Battery swapping platform. By developing and providing a service to detect/predict health, capabilities and optimal usage of the battery over lifetime, monitor the battery status and provide the battery insight of the battery for the mobility service providers and financial institutions by a neutral and professional 3rd party asset management service, the parties will aim to reduce the major factors preventing the electrification. By providing this neutral and professional 3rd party asset management service of the battery, Bosch and Mitsubishi Corporation expect this will leverage the electrification of commercial EV fleets, lead to the utilization of used batteries in the 2nd life market and reduce the TCO of the fleet. Both companies expect to roll out this activity to other markets as well. Summary of the Project – Joint approach to create new business model based on Bosch’s Battery-in-the- cloud technology to provide insights and optimized use of EV batteries reducing CAPEX investment for electrification of fleet. For more information, visit https://www.mitsubishicorp.com/jp/en/pr/.
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Bosch to invest further in expanding its European heat-pump locations
Bosch establishes sector board for Mobility Solutions business sector
Reorganization reflects the new mobility era
– Dr. Markus Heyn will be the chairman of the new sector board.
– Further members are Dr. Uwe Gackstatter, Dr. Mathias Pillin, Klaus Mäder, and Andreas Dempf.
– Thanks to new management team, sector will be well positioned to seize growth opportunities offered by the mobility transformation.
says Dr. Markus Heyn, member of the Bosch board of management and head of the Mobility Solutions business sector
Japan – Bosch, Mitsubishi Corporation and BPSE Team Up to Empower Electrification of Commercial Operating Fleet by Providing Battery Insight
– Parties will apply this technology to the Battery Swapping Stations developed by Blue Park –Smart Energy Technology and create a service to enable Financing partner to develop a FINTEC based battery financing business to reduce the total ownership cost of commercial EV fleet.
– Parties aim to provide neutral and professional 3rd party asset management service which will lead to the reuse of batteries and maximize the battery asset lifetime value .
– Parties will conduct a Proof of Concept in China and aim to provide the solution worldwide.Ads
