Dr Jochen Schröder assumed responsibility for the newly established E Mobility division at Schaeffler on April 1 2018 He s been charged up ever since his days as a student of electrical engineering at the Hamburg University of Tech nology Schröder subsequently earned a doctor ate in the field of control technology Following a more than 15 year successful career in vari ous leadership roles including predevelopment of electrical drive systems and full vehicle ener gy management at BMW Schröder became head of development at Valeo Siemens eAutomotive GmbH in 2016 From there he joined Schaeffer where among other things he s making sure that electric mobility is literally put on pole position in the future DTM Electric In the past Schaeffler was primarily known for technology serving internal combustion IC en gines Today the company is an established player in electric mobility How has that been achieved Is there a success formula I can t judge whether there s a general formula for achieving successful transformation We started out by analyzing what strengths we have That s the foundation Ideally you then manage to devel op a strategy based on that in which medium and long term goals are defined and ways of achieving them are identified The transformation of mobili ty is one of the forward thinking trends with which Schaeffler s Roadmap 2025 is aligned That pro vides our direction Building on that we ve de fined five focus fields in which we can optimally use our existing know how including for instance electric motors as well as CO2 efficient powertrains with hybrid transmissions or electric final drive systems That s where we rely on our in depth sys temic understanding of individual manufacturing technologies up to vehicle level Based on that we manage to offer high level competitive develop ments very fast also in electric mobility Can you illustrate that by providing some practi cal examples Schaeffler has developed a lot of know how in the area of transmission technologies for IC en gines in the past 50 years Now an electric car no longer uses a manually shifted transmission but even so an electric motor transfers its power to Interview Volker Paulun the wheels via a transmission Hybrid electric ve hicles need transmissions as well for ideally com bining the propulsion energy of the electric motor and the IC engine and to put it on the road That s why transmission technology was an ideal start ing base for us in terms of new developments for electric mobility Building on that we ve de veloped hybrid modules and transmissions for electric drive axles for example We initially pur chased the required electric motors but soon recognized that even though an electric motor ulti mately operates electromagnetically its composi tion is defined mechanically It contains stamped sheet metal and in its production process utmost stamping precision is crucial That s something that Schaeffler has been doing really well for de cades In addition manufacturing processes such as forming joining adhesion bonding and as sembling are used That calls for manufacturing excellence which is another one of Schaeffler s strengths From that perspective manufacturing electric motors in house was ultimately a logical move So based on our strengths we ve devel oped new competencies step by step and consis tently transferred them into new products and regarded change as an opportunity rath er than a risk In view of climate change and the resulting pres sure for action we soon realized that remaining strictly in the IC engine world was not an option However our own intrinsic motivation of wanting to be agile is a stronger driver than the realization of having to be agile This pioneering spirit that s typical of Schaeffler unleashes a lot of energy in the entire team In addition we ve provided the means for the investments that are necessary for developing know how in electric mobility Plus we emphasized product ideas that are a good fit for us and have developed them further Looking back on what we ve achieved so far I can say that we ve addressed the right areas and got tremen dous products and innovations off the ground that are meeting with very positive response by the market and our customers In other words a true success story Let s put it this way Although there s still quite a bit of road to travel ahead of us I no longer ques tion that we ll succeed in establishing ourselves as a supplier in electric mobility as we have with the 015 KOLLOQUIUM 2022

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