But it s also simply a great pleasure to see how our employees drive and live these innovations and Schaeffler s transformation Let me tell a little story in this context I test drove our demo vehicle with a fuel cell drive system from Schaeffler today The on site team included two electrical engi neers one of them a clutch engineer and the other one from the transmission team so both of them were from the old guard I was totally thrilled to see their enthusiastic engagement in this project Exactly that is the typical Schaeffler DNA and the strength of our company That was an absolute highlight for me At Schaeffler we ve always gone into the next responsibility of the system levels in evolutionary ways but the change in the past four years has really been exceptional I d like to also thank our employees for that In closing we d like to venture a look into your crystal ball What will be shown at the Kolloqui um 2026 I think that we re going to talk a lot more about en ergy storage systems then Of course we ll contin ue to optimize drive systems but storage systems and the entire area of energy engineering will be topics on the agenda Automated driving is a sec ond major topic that I m seeing I think that we re going to see the first production vehicles in four years time that will be operating autonomously in separate areas Vehicles without steering wheels with all new controls I can also imagine that really well Thank you for the interview Honored for innovation Matthias Zink right accepts the Golden Steering Wheel for Schaeffler s 3in1 e axle from Tom Drechsler Auto Bild s editor in chief and MC Barbara Schöneberger 013 KOLLOQUIUM 2022

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