native Munich propelled by electric power He s convinced There s no faster and better way to get from A to B in a city than by using an agile electric vehicle Challenge 2 getting a new vehicle concept off the ground The history of the Bio Hybrid starts in the parent group in 2014 The challenge to be mastered back then and today taking urban mobility to a new level How can gridlock be prevented in growing cities What does per sonal mobility look like going forward The answer the innovation drivers at Schaeffler come up with is an elec tric bicycle with weather protection and stowage space like the Renault Twizy albeit without dependency on a charging column infrastructure and with greater agility in reduced traffic areas Voilà the Bio Hybrid After count less discussions with government authorities engineers and potential consumers it was clear we re going to pull this off The key aspect in pursuing the project was to avoid a cardinal error that s apparent in vehicles of similar cat egories their rather plain and pragmatic look We found at the time that lifestyle and stylish design are important to people in the context of innovative mobility concepts An all new field for Schaeffler admits Bio Hybrid chief strategist Patrick Seidel For this reason the team enlists support for initial designs from a design school in Graz Austria early on Finally at a congress in April 2016 the first concept vehicle sees the light of day in the mobili ty world An emotional experience Seidel says still filled with obvious enthusiasm today even though not everything was perfect yet at the time Since then the megaproject has been picking up momentum and arrived at the offices in the heart of Nuremberg al beit far from having crossed the finish line At least though a cargo version with high versatility has by now joined the origi nal model for passenger transportation At the beginning of 2019 the non identical twins made their world debut as near production prototypes at CES in Las Vegas the world s leading innovation show Due to the Bio Hybrid s uniqueness almost every component is purpose built featuring a mix of passenger car and bicycle technology that in this respect combines the best from two worlds as well Some of the required components can be picked from the diverse Schaeffler shelves which is helpful Others have to be supplied by external specialists We re still in the process of explor ing options says production manager Josef Hackner In considering them Hackner constantly liaises with his col leagues including Dr Simon Opel who is responsible for development In his specifications Opel has underlined a particular word in bold font safety Fully laden a Bio Hy brid tips the scales at 300 kilograms 660 pounds so it has to be strong enough to support this load Although crash tests are not officially prescribed for pedelecs and START UP WITH DEDICATED CORPORATE DESIGN At the end of 2017 Schaeffler Bio Hybrid GmbH saw the light of day in the startup world Although its parent is still part of its name the young company operates autonomously and flexibly with its own look feel That the team has ready access to the technology expertise of the Schaeffler Group is a major advantage Our production target is a minimum of 10 000 units per year and we re convinced that this business potential exists Gerald Vollnhals CEO 96 97

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