Press Release
The Search is Over: Continental Develops Parking App
for Singapore
 Park&Go @SG App shows drivers currently available parking spaces, offers navigation
and further services for drivers in Singapore
 Minimize search times for parking spaces and traffic jams: Park&Go @SG offers
solutions to optimize urban mobility
 Continental also launches Backend Platform in Singapore – for Park&Go @SG and further
connected services for Intelligent Transportation Systems of the future
Singapore, November 26, 2015. A stressed and searching gaze, repeatedly traversing the same
streets - in short, the symptoms of the seemingly endless search for a parking space: For motorists
in cities or megacities they belong to the perils of everyday life. To minimize this wasted time for
motorists in Singapore the international automotive supplier and technology company Continental
has today introduced Park&Go @SG, a smartphone app that helps drivers in Singapore to
efficiently search for currently available parking spaces. For this purpose the app uses data on
parking occupancy of large retail-, commercial- and government- buildings and car parks of the
Housing & Development Board (HDB) in Singapore. The app includes a digital map and a
navigation system allowing drivers to navigate to available parking spaces. The app also provides
forecasts regarding the availability of parking spaces and a text-service informing the driver on
arrival about the price of the selected parking space. With these functions the app offers an
important approach to minimize traffic density resulting from drivers looking for parking spaces.
The app is being developed together with the Singaporean government organization A * STAR
Institute for Infocomm Research (I²R) and a research organization of the technical University
Munich in Singapore (TUM CREATE). Drivers can download the app for free for android smart
phones.
A version for iOS is planned for the coming months. In line with Park&Go @SG, Continental also
announced the launch of the Continental Backend Platform, the backbone of the mobile app. The
backend application ecosystem was developed by Continental’s Interior Division to serve the
company’s overall backend requirements for the “Connected Car”, as well as generic requirements
for other connected applications.
Your contact:
Sebastian Fillenberg, phone: +49 6196 87-3709
-2Lo Kien Foh, Managing Director of Continental Automotive Singapore Pte Ltd, said: "Along with the
Smart Nation Initiatives in Singapore the introduction of the Park&Go @SG App and the
Continental backend platform is an important step to make Singaporean traffic smarter, more
efficient and more comfortable."
Ralf Lenninger, Head of Strategy, Innovation and Systems Development at Continental’s Interior
division, adds: "With Park&Go @SG, we have developed a solution for one of the major problems
faced by urban drivers as well as a contribution to make city traffic more efficient. This path to use
digital technology to establish Intelligent Transportation Systems is designed as a blue print for
other megacities around the globe."
About Park&Go @SG
Using the Park&Go @SG app lets drivers find available parking spaces in commercial and
residential areas, where normally traffic congestion prevails and only limited parking spaces are
available. "With Park&Go @SG drivers can effectively plan their journey in advance, minimize their
frustration in finding a parking space. In addition, the app helps reduce traffic congestion due to
parking queues. This also helps to minimize unnecessary emissions in city traffic, "said Lenninger.
Sensors in HDB car parks, which send data to the Continental Backend Platform as well as an
especially developed method allows for Park&Go @SG to predict whether there are parking
spaces available. Additionally, Continental's development engineers have incorporated a number
of services. These include free navigation and an SMS service, which informs the driver upon
arrival about parking fees. Moreover, in the future, information such as the availability of washers
or the information on accessibility for handicapped people for HDB car parks have been planned.
As part of the development cooperation with I²R and TUM CREATE an ITS (Intelligent
Transportation Systems) lab was established in April 2014 for the research and study of a series of
communications, information and automotive innovations and technologies to improve the safety,
efficiency and performance of transport systems in Singapore. The first result of this collaboration
between the three partners is the mobile app Park&Go @SG. The Park&Go @SG app is uniquely
developed for Singapore with the active collaboration of HDB and LTA which feeds “live” data such
as traffic information to end-users through the use of data analytics.
Your contact:
Sebastian Fillenberg, phone: +49 6196 87-3709
-3About Continental Backend Platform
The Continental backend platform records, processes and distributes real-time data from external
sources, such as LTA, HDB and other third parties such as car wash operators for the Park&Go
@SG App. In addition to the central task of providing live data for Park&Go @SG, Continental’s
backend platform will allow for other connected services. By providing highly reliable and secure
back-end environments for connected vehicles Continental supports Singapore’s Smart Nation
Initiatives.
With the launch of the Continental backend platform Continental operates as a regional center of
the Global Continental Backend Platform in Singapore. The possibilities and versatility of
Continental’s Backend Platform will also be useful for numerous other applications including the
support of back-end services for highly or fully automated vehicles.
Continental develops intelligent technologies for transporting people and their goods. As a reliable partner,
the international automotive supplier, tire manufacturer, and industrial partner provides sustainable, safe,
comfortable, individual, and affordable solutions. In 2014, the corporation generated sales of approximately
€34.5 billion with its five divisions, Chassis & Safety, Interior, Powertrain, Tire, and ContiTech. Continental
currently employs more than 208,000 people in 53 countries.
In the Interior division, everything revolves around information management in the vehicle and beyond. The
range of products for various vehicle categories includes instruments, multifunction displays, head-up
displays, control devices, access and tire information systems, radios, infotainment and operating systems,
climate control units, software and cockpits, telematics solutions and services, and intelligent transport
systems. Interior employs over 36,000 employees worldwide and generated sales of approximately €7.0
billion in 2014.
Singapore’s largest ICT research institute, I2R (pronounced as i-squared-r) is a member of the Agency
for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) family. Established in 2002, our vision is to power a vibrant
and strong infocomm ecosystem in Singapore. I2R focuses on conducting mission oriented research to
address key challenges faced locally. At I2R, intelligence, communications and media (ICM) form our 3
strategic thrusts. Our research capabilities are in information technology, wireless and optical communication
networks, interactive and digital media, sensors, signal processing and computing. We perform R&D in ICM
technologies to develop holistic solutions across the ICM value chain and we believe that the greatest impact
is created when research outcomes are translated into technologies our partners can readily deploy at a
competitive advantage. For more information about I2R, please visit www.i2r.a-star.edu.sg.
TUM CREATE is an electromobility research project undertaken by two world-leading universities,
Germany’s Technische Universität München (TUM) and Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University
(NTU), funded by the National Research Foundation of Singapore. TUM CREATE is part of NRF’s Campus
for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise.
Your contact:
Sebastian Fillenberg, phone: +49 6196 87-3709
-4At TUM CREATE over 120 scientists, researchers and engineers from more than 20 countries are working
on cutting-edge research that covers topics ranging from the molecule to the megacity including areas such
as: electrochemistry, electric vehicle batteries, embedded systems, air conditioning, simulation and
modelling, and infrastructure.
Press Contact
Sebastian Fillenberg
Continental
External Communications Interior Division
Sodener Strasse 9
65824 Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany
Phone: +49 6196 87-3709
sebastian.fillenberg@continentalcorporation.com
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