editorial 3 F o c u s .04 C over Story I nterview with Martin Richenhagen, Chairman, President and CEO of AGCO .08 POWERTR AIN ENGINERING The all-electric high performance demonstrator vehicle Coup-e 800 .12 Portrait U we Dieter Grebe, Executive Vice President of Global Business Development, Sales & International Operations in Powertrain Engineering .18 instrumentation and TEst Systems H igh-tech exhaust emission and particulate measurement systems for R&D as well as for certification tasks .22 R ACING Peter Schöggl, Head of Business Field Racing, on the growing significance of electrification in motor racing Sections: 16 _ Around the World: The AVL California Technical Center 17 _ E vents: 25th Anniversary Conference “Engine & Environment” 2013; 7th AVL International Commercial Powertrain Conference 2013 26 _ I nnovations: Waste heat recovery improving commercial vehicle fuel efficiency; A new method for faster and more efficient calibration of all-electric vehicles 30 _ Products: AVL BOOST 3D Modeler; AMA i60 Exhaust measurement system; AVL CAMEO – a key for efficient powertrain calibration 33 _ AVL Integrated & Open Development Platform 04 08 Editor and media owner: AVL (TM, RM) List GmbH, Hans-List-Platz 1, A-8020 Graz, Tel.: +43 316 787-0 Publisher and producer: Scoop and Spoon, Breite Gasse 4, A-1070 Wien, Tel.: +43 1 523 4088 150, www.scoopandspoon.com Achieving the future CO2 fleet limits presents a huge challenge for the global automotive industry. It is imperative to develop drive solutions that lower consumption while remaining affordable and attractive to our customers. Conventional drive systems still have tremendous potential for improvement in this respect. Efficiency optimized combustion engines combined with modern transmission systems are capable of reducing carbon emissions by up to 20 percent. Hybrid technology will also contribute significantly to meeting the targets, but only if the technology of all components – from the electric motor to the converter and the battery – are developed further. AVL is ideally positioned: with our comprehensive component and system expertise, our simulation tools and our state-of-the-art instrumentation and test systems, we are already able to develop hybrid module solutions in the concept phase, which helps to effectively counteract higher costs. Together with our customers we will continue to succeed in developing affordable drive systems, which are both environmentally friendly and attractive to our customers. Helmut List > Prof. Helmut List Chairman and CEO AVL
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