Bangkok--15 Feb--ABM
- From sharing to multimodal: services for stress-free urban mobility.
- From smart parking to lifesavers from the cloud: services for connected cars and a relaxed, convenient, and safe drive.
- Connectivity is a driver to stress-free, accident-free, and emissions-free mobility.
A smartphone app instead of a vehicle key, a digital parking map instead of the tiresome search for a parking space, and sharing services that allow people to be mobile without having to own a car: connectivity makes life easier for road users, increasing safety and convenience while lowering stress levels on the world's roads. According to market research company Gartner, around the globe a quarter of a billion vehicles will be connected by the year 2020. Bosch continues to drive its transformation into a provider of mobility services. At Bosch ConnectedWorld 2018, the supplier of technology and services will be showcasing its mobility services and connectivity-based service portfolio for car drivers.
Sharing services and multimodal mobility for stress-free urban mobility:
COUP: Reserve, pay, go – the COUP e-scooter sharing service offers a simple alternative to public transportation, private cars, or taxis. Already on the road in Berlin and Paris, the e-scooters will be coming to the streets of Madrid in the summer of 2018.
moveBW: In July 2017, Bosch launched the test phase for the multimodal mobility assistant moveBW. This service uses real-time data to find the quickest way through the city.
myScotty: With the app from start-up myScotty, users are always ready to move thanks to various mobility offering – from sharing services for cars, scooters, and bikes, to taxis and rental cars.
Connected services for stress-free mobility
Community-based parking: With its parking-space search engine community-based parking, Bosch searches for a suitable parking space so that drivers don't have to. Using the ultrasonic sensors of their parking assist system, cars identify and measure the gaps between parked cars as they drive past them.
Automated valet parking: Bosch's automated valet parking solution means that in the future, cars will park themselves. Drivers leave their vehicle at the entrance to the parking garage and instruct the car to park itself using a smartphone app. The car then searches for a vacant spot on its own and parks there without assistance.
Over-the-air software updates: Thanks to Bosch's over-the-air software updateservice, vehicles handle repair shop visits digitally. It allows vehicle data to be updated securely and reliably, in the same way as smartphones now, and makes it possible to download additional functions, such as a digital parking map.
Perfectly Keyless: Bosch is ending the irksome search for car keys with Perfectly Keyless. Drivers use their smartphone to unlock and lock the vehicle and start the engine.
Predictive diagnostics: During regular drives, the predictive diagnostics service uses data and information from the cloud to analyze the condition of key components such as the battery, fuel filter, and braking system.
Concierge service Thanks to the concierge services, drivers always have a personal assistant in the car with them. It helps them find the nearest post office, assists them in making restaurant or concert reservations, and offers tips for what to do in an unfamiliar city.
Secure truck parking: Available across Europe, Bosch's secure truck parking booking service helps truck drivers find a suitable and safe place to park. To do so, Bosch monitors in real time which truck parking spaces are occupied.
Connected services for accident-free mobility
A guardian angel in the data cloud: In Germany alone, some 2,000 warnings about wrong-way drivers are broadcast each year. In most cases, however, the warning comes too late, since one-third of such incidents generally end after the wrong-way driver has traveled an average of 500 meters – in the worst case with fatal consequences. Bosch's cloud-based wrong-way driver alert is designed to provide a warning within around ten seconds.
eCall – saving lives: As of April 2018, all newly registered vehicles in the EU will be equipped with a connected, life-saving service as a standard feature. The automated emergency call, eCall for short, automatically calls for help in the event of an accident. This is expected to save some 2,500 lives each year.
mySPIN smartphone integration: Using a smartphone's navigation, streaming services, or a calendar hands-free even while driving a car or riding a motorcycle is possible thanks to Bosch's mySPIN smartphone integration solution. It simply integrates the smartphone and its apps into the vehicle's infotainment system. In the future it will be possible to integrate and display data from the cloud in real time. This data can warn drivers of hazards such as stopped traffic ahead.
Driving app:
Connected horizon: The connected horizon makes driving even safer and more convenient. It supplies traffic data on things such as congestion and accidents, topographical route data including elevation and bends, and infrastructure data such as traffic signs and speed limits – all in real time.
Radar road signature: High-resolution maps are essential for automated driving. Using information provided by its radar sensors, Bosch developed the radar road signature localization service. This can be integrated into high-resolution maps and helps self-driving cars to precisely determine their position within a given lane.
Predictive road condition services: This Bosch service improves safety on the roads. A vehicle's grip on road surfaces varies according to season and weather, which requires that drivers, or self-driving cars, modify their driving style to avoid critical situations. Bosch developed its cloud-based service to provide information about the condition of road surfaces.
Connected services for electrified mobility
Charge and pay app: The smartphone is the key to finding charging stations for electric vehicles and to pay for the charging process, all with a single click. Bosch developed charging apps together with automakers including Mercedes-Benz, smart, and Renault. These currently provide customers with access to some 17,400 charging stations in five countries in Europe, and more are expected to be added soon.
Mobility Solutions is the largest Bosch Group business sector. According to preliminary figures, its 2017 sales came to 47.4 billion euros, or 61 percent of total group sales. This makes the Bosch Group one of the leading automotive suppliers. The Mobility Solutions business sector pursues a vision of mobility that is accident-free. emissions-free, and stress-free, and combines the group's expertise in the domains of automation, electrification, and connectivity. For its customers, the outcome is integrated mobility solutions. The business sector's main areas of activity are Injection technology and powertrain peripherals for internal-combustion engines, diverse solutions for powertrain electrification, vehicle safety systems, driver-assistance and automated functions, technology for user-friendly infotainment as well as vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication, repair-shop concepts, and technology and services for the automotive aftermarket. Bosch is synonymous with important automotive innovations, such as electronic engine management, the ESP anti-skid system, and common-rail diesel technology.
About the Bosch Group
The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 400,500 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2017). According to preliminary figures, the company generated sales of 78 billion euros in 2017. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT company, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, smart cities, connected mobility, and connected manufacturing. It uses its expertise in sensor technology, software, and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group's strategic objective is to deliver innovations for a connected life. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is "Invented for life." The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 450 subsidiaries and regional companies in some 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch's global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. The basis for the company's future growth is its innovative strength. At 125 locations across the globe, Bosch employs 62,500 associates in research and development.
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