internal combustion engine The current volume of incoming orders in the electric mobility busi ness confi rms my optimism In the fi rst quarter of 2022 alone the Automotive Technologies division was awarded contracts worth two billion euros for the electric mobility unit In 2021 the entire Au tomotive division generated 10 2 billion euros in incoming orders with electric mobility accounting for 3 2 billion of that Looking at Schaeffl er s now extensive electric mobility product portfolio which current high light would you want to emphasize Our 4in1 e axle I feel that the level of integra tion that has been achieved there is revolution ary and refl ects the full gamut of our expertise as an automotive supplier our experience in clas sic transmission engineering and our know how in thermal management that we ve developed in relation to IC engines as well as our new exper tise in electric motors and power electronics In addition combining the four subsystems motor transmission power electronics and now ther mal management for the fi rst time as well into a perfect unit requires a high level of systemic un derstanding This interdisciplinary understand ing of systems is one of Schaeffl er s strengths that has grown across decades We re one of the few suppliers worldwide that understand the whole gamut of domains from thermal systems to drive systems and the resulting complexity and based on that understanding are able to defi ne produce and off er total systems that are better than their individual parts What exactly is the customer s benefi t of buying such a complete system as the 4in1 axle instead of its individual components The 4in1 e axle is more compact which opens up all new possibilities of space utilization in the ar chitecture of the whole vehicle In addition such a total system off ers cost benefi ts compared to a combination of independent subsystems is per fectly coordinated and therefore even more effi cient while delivering higher performance Even so irrespective of total systems like the 4in1 e ax le with our diversifi ed modular electric mobility kit we continue to off er subsystems that are com binable in modular ways when customers wish to implement their own developments However be it total systems or subsystems a successful in tegration into the vehicle s overall confi guration can only be achieved in an open and intensive ex change with the customer That was the case with vehicles using internal combustion engines and continues to be the case with electric cars In ad dition those dialogs both internally and exter nally are fertile soil for creating innovations and new ideas IC engines had many diff erent variants gasoline diesel units with and without turbocharging with two to twelve or even 16 cylinders in line V and Boxer engines or exotic designs such as the Wankel engine By contrast an e car has an e motor that s it Are there really no diff erences There are diff erences in fact there are a lot of them That that s not part of the current public per ception still tends to be due to the fact that all of us We are among the few suppliers that are able to defi ne produce and off er total systems that are better than their individual parts Dr Jochen Schröder 016

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