At the 11th Schaeffler Symposium in Baden-Baden in April last year, global automotive and industrial supplier, Schaeffler introduced an urban vehicle concept called the “Schaeffler Mover” – a compact wheel module that combines the drive and chassis components of this vehicle that is designed for fully autonomous operation. The concept was presented as the company’s answer to addressing the mobility challenges in rapidly growing metropolitan areas.
While robotised vehicles are still some time away from being adopted as mass mobility solutions, the company continues to invest and innovate in more immediate challenges. Electrified mobility is bound to become mainstream in the future, but internal combustion engines still have enough juices left to be extracted – both in the conventional manner as well as through hybridisation. At the Symposium on International Automotive Technology (SIAT) 2019, the company showcased a range of powertrain solutions that improve performance, efficiency, reliability and safety.
POWERTRAIN SCENARIO
Schaeffler is of the view that globally, by 2030, 30 % of all new vehicles produced that year will be full Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs), while another 30 % that particular year will be pure internal combustion engines. The remaining 40 % will be propelled by hybrid powertrains. In effect, 70 % of all passenger vehicles will be using at least one electric motor as a source of propulsion. The company calls it the 70-70 view, depending on where you start from, Dharmesh Arora, CEO, Schaeffler India had told Auto Tech Review in an interaction last year.
The company’s powertrain architecture is built around a six-stage matrix that ranges from P0 to P5, from conventional ICEs to BEVs that will have solutions ranging from start-stop, to micro 12 V, to 48 V, full hybrids (FHEV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV), fuel cell (FCEV) to battery electric vehicles (BEVs). We put that into the Indian context and asked Dr Roland Welter, President, BU Clutch Systems, Schaeffler AG for his thoughts. 48 V solutions as an entry point makes sense for the Indian market, he said, and believes from an OEM perspective, P2 and P3 could be attractive propositions as well.
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