BOSCH AT CES 2022: SMART TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE EVERYDAY LIFE SAFE, CONVENIENT, AND SUSTAINABLE

BOSCH AT CES 2022: SMART TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE EVERYDAY LIFE SAFE, CONVENIENT, AND SUSTAINABLE

>> Innovative: smart connected biking solution named CES® 2022 Innovation Awards honoree.

>> Software-based: Bosch show car reveals the software-defined and connected car for the mobility of today and tomorrow.

Las Vegas – At home, on the road, at work, in the hospital, or even in orbit: Bosch is improving the everyday lives of people from all walks of life with smart and connected solutions. At the same time, the company is tapping into new areas of business through software, services, and licenses. “We are systematically digitalizing our core business to increase the benefits for our customers. Going forward, we aim to turn the sale of every digital product into services-based revenue as well,” says Tanja Rückert, the Bosch Group’s chief digital officer, at CES in Las Vegas. To achieve this goal, Bosch is focusing on the connection of IoT with AI – in other words, it is linking the internet of things (IoT) with artificial intelligence (AI).

CES Innovation Awards: Honoree for smart connected biking solution

For its smart connected biking solution, Bosch eBike Systems has been named a CES® 2022 Innovation Award honoree in the “Vehicle Intelligence & Transportation” category. The CES® Innovation Awards are given by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).

Smart connected biking solution – e-bike riding enjoyment 2.0: The new systems generation from Bosch eBike Systems merges the physical experience of riding an e-bike with the digital experience provided by connectivity and an app. This smart system comprises the new eBike Flow app, an LED user interface, color display, rechargeable battery, and drive unit. Over-the-air updates mean it can be continuously enhanced. The eBike Flow app opens up a range of new digital features for e-bikes, such as automatic activity tracking and personalized riding modes. Whether on the daily commute or a leisurely ride, the result is more enjoyment over longer distances.

A Bosch must-see

Bosch show car: The future of mobility is automated, connected, electrified, and personalized. In the future, more and more vehicles will be electrically powered. They will increasingly be connected with other road users and their surroundings, and provide personalized, cloud-based services for their occupants such as wrong-way driver alerts or road condition updates. The show car will demonstrate Bosch systems expertise and extensive know-how in software and hardware. For example, Bosch is developing central computers for the electronics architecture of the future. These vehicle computers will be used for assisted and automated driving, controlling vehicle motion, as well as for cockpit functions and body electronics. Over-the-air updates will keep cars’ functions constantly up to date.

Virtual visor – the transparent digital sun visor: Conventional sun visors shield car drivers from dazzling light. But folding them down often also blocks significant areas of a driver’s field of vision. Bosch has solved this problem with a new, transparent LCD solution that replaces opaque visors. The virtual visor is connected to the interior monitoring camera, which detects the position of the driver’s eyes. Using AI-based intelligent algorithms, the virtual visor analyzes this information and darkens only the portion of the windshield through which the sun or other light sources would dazzle the driver. The rest remains transparent, leaving the driver’s view of the road unobstructed.

Software-based solutions for the mobility of today and tomorrow

Solutions for the software-defined vehicle: Software is playing an increasingly central role in automotive engineering. After all, future connectivity, automation, and personalization functions will more than ever be brought about by software. Even now, Bosch annually puts more than 200 million control units running its proprietary software into vehicles worldwide. To achieve this, the company can draw on profound software, electronics, and systems expertise, and use this to develop application-specific vehicle software and the hardware to match for automotive applications of all kinds, from driver assistance and infotainment to the powertrain. Bosch plans to pool the development of application-independent basic software and middleware, as well as cloud-based software modules for over-the-air software updates, at its wholly owned subsidiary ETAS.

Advanced driving module – pre-integrated components for electric cars: To make the development of electric cars less complex, and thus improve efficiency for automakers, Bosch offers pre-integrated modules such as its ADM advanced driving module. The ADM combines powertrain, brakes, and steering to form an integrated unit that automakers can incorporate faster and more cost-effectively into their vehicles. In addition, simplified interfaces and a standard software architecture ensure the best possible communication between the components, and provide the basis for new features

Collaborating to shape a new era of mobility – Bosch at the CES 2022

Smart, connected, update-ready – what is already a given in consumer electronics is also increasingly expected in vehicles. Bosch not only wants to meet expectations but rather set new standards. To this end, Bosch is using its decades of expertise in vehicle electronics and software to set the course for the software-defined vehicle. This gives rise to endless possibilities for sustainable, safe, and exciting mobility.

Complete solutions for all key areas of mobility

As a diversified leading global supplier of technology and services, Bosch is involved in all key areas that shape mobility today and tomorrow. To this end, Bosch combines hardware, software, and services to create complete solutions for connectivity, automation, personalization, and powertrain.

Connected mobility

The intelligent connection of users, vehicles, and services offers great potential for making mobility safer and more flexible, while also increasing efficiency and driving pleasure. To this end, Bosch combines its outstanding expertise in mobility and data with connected vehicle technology, its own powerful IT infrastructure, and the development of innovative mobility services.

Personalized mobility

Moving individually and flexibly, while being free to choose how we want to get around at any time. Bosch is fueling the trend toward independent mobility by developing innovative mobility platforms and services - for example, with apps for vehicle sharing and for networked parking space searches, or with personalized solutions for charging electric vehicles.

Automated mobility

Autonomous vehicles help to solve many challenges of mobility - on a large scale as well as in the everyday life of each individual user. That's why Bosch is paving the way for automated driving, step by step. The Bosch portfolio includes advanced sensor and camera technology as well as intelligent assistance systems for greater safety and comfort, and production-ready solutions for automatic parking and exiting.

Powertrain systems and electrified mobility

For Bosch, the future of mobility lies in a mix of different energy-efficient powertrain solutions. With its electrified drive systems, Bosch is a consistent pioneer of electromobility. The range includes battery-electric drives as well as those with fuel cells and hybrid solutions. And the optimization of internal-combustion engines is ensuring that they, too, are becoming ever better at combining performance and economy.