Press release
Continental: High-Tech Displays for Two-Wheelers
 TFT displays are designed to sustain extreme conditions in motorcycles cockpits
 Continental also uses its 110 years of experience for a variety of instrumentation
solutions for affordable vehicles
Villingen-Schwenningen, June 25, 2013. Displays using thin film transistor (TFT) technology
are already the norm in vehicle cockpits. With Continental, this successful product is now
also entering the two-wheeler market. The world’s leading automotive supplier adds
numerous new functions to motorcycle cockpits – and by doing this Continental opens a new
chapter in its 110 years of successful instrumentation-production.
Continental’s TFT units provide motorcyclists with almost every possible piece of information,
from speed to air temperature to navigation; e.g. heated grip setting and the screen of the
driver’s smartphone can be displayed as well. Its robust layout is designed to the extreme
demands of open cockpits and guarantees durability and reliability no matter how the
weather is and how harsh the general conditions are.
The developers focused their efforts on creating a display that is easy to read. Thanks to its
high contrast, motorcyclists can read the information without any difficulty whatever the light
conditions are. This is very largely due to the excellent quality of the 4.2-inch screen which,
thanks to its 480 x 272 pixels, can display even graphics in pristine quality. Its clever product
design guarantees motorcycle-manufacturers maximum freedom to design their cockpits.
Thus crowning tailored High-End-Vehicles of the leading manufacturers with the proper HighEnd-Instrumentation because these top-quality TFT units are easy to integrate into every
concept in a truly individual way.
With its wide product range, Continental covers all market needs. Besides the high-tech
instruments that equip all high-end categories of motorcycles, the company also offers best
cost designs. Electronic Instrument cluster (EIC) with integrated speed sensor is one of these
innovations being offered as affordable system solution. This technology is intended to
replace the mechanical instrument clusters increasing robustness, reliability, accuracy and
flexibility. Even small, budget-friendly mopeds and scooters can be fitted with these
affordable models – right in keeping with the megatrend for cost-efficient vehicles. “With
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these affordable products, we offer electronic solutions for motorcycle manufacturers that
enable them to confidently meet the ever increasing demand from new, emerging markets as
China and India for cost-efficient technologies,” says Dr. Michael Ruf, who heads up the
Commercial Vehicles & Aftermarket business unit at Continental.
Whatever the instrumentation solution – fully integrated digital solutions, modular clusters or
individual displays – Continental makes use of powerful synergy effects. The users benefit
from the know-how of this global player, whose innovative strength and sure quality sets new
standards in the fields of software, display technology and surface processing. Its peerless,
international network of development and production locations means that its latest
achievements are available for motorcycle manufacturers with the shortest possible lead
times. And Continental responds to market requirements as well as to the visions and ideas
of the manufacturers right from the development stage. “Our developers and designers are in
an ongoing dialog with the automotive manufacturers – which means that not only our ideas
but also the visions and challenges of the automakers enter into all the development
processes,” says Ruf.
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Continental is, with sales of 32.7 billion euros in 2012, one of the world’s leading automotive
suppliers. As a supplier of brake systems, drive units and chassis systems and components,
instrumentation, infotainment solutions, vehicle electronics, tires and technical elastomer
products, Continental makes a contribution towards improved driving safety as well as to
global climate protection. Continental is also a competent partner when it comes to
networked automobile communication. Continental currently employs around 170,000 people
in 46 countries.
The Automotive Group with its three divisions Chassis & Safety (about 7.0 billion euros in
sales in 2012, 34,500 employees), Powertrain (about 6.1 billion euros in sales in 2012,
31,000 employees) and Interior (about 6.4 billion euros in sales in 2012, 33,000 employees)
had total sales in 2012 of some 19.5 billion euros. The Automotive Group is active in more
than 170 locations worldwide. As a partner to the automobile and commercial vehicle
industry, it designs and produces innovative products and systems for a modern automobile
future, in which individual mobility and driving pleasure are balanced by driving safety,
environmental responsibility and economy.
Within the Interior Division, the commercial vehicle and trading activities of Continental are
combined in the Commercial Vehicles & Aftermarket Business Unit to cater for the specific
requirements of these market segments. A global network of sales and service companies
ensures close contacts to customers everywhere With its product brands Continental, VDO,
ATE and Barum, the division offers electronic products, systems and services for commercial
vehicles and special vehicles, a comprehensive range of products for garages, and spare
and wear parts for independent automotive component dealers and independent garages
and also for supply from the automobile maker after production is discontinued.
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External Communication, Commercial Vehicles & Aftermarket
Continental
Interior Division
Guerickestraße 7
60488 Frankfurt
Phone: +49 69 7603 -2022
Fax: +49 69 7603 -3953
eva.appold@continental-corporation.com
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