Hanover, Germany, April 24, . Continental and its Conti Urban tire family have placed first in the Tires and Tire Management category of the "International busplaner Sustainability Award" organized by the Huss-Verlag publishing house. The award was presented yesterday at the BUS2BUS trade show in Berlin. In the eyes of the expert jury, the tires from Continental performed best of all the contenders in the Tires and Tire Management category. This once again demonstrates how the technology company is focusing on the future with its product portfolio, which it is tailoring to customer requirements. After all, a study recently carried out by Boston Consulting on behalf of the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA) revealed that, although total cost of ownership is still the top priority, sustainability factors are becoming increasingly important purchasing criteria – both for OE and on the aftermarket. "Sustainability and cost efficiency have long gone hand in hand at Continental," said Continental’s Head of Marketing Replacement Tires, Timo Röbbel, at the presentation, pointing out that this is attracting growing interest in the market. "The busplaner sustainability award is proof that we are moving in the right direction with our strategy."
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This year is the sixth time that the trade magazine "busplaner" from publisher Huss-Verlag has presented the "International busplaner Sustainability Award" for outstanding sustainability-related achievements. The awards go to companies from the bus industry that play a pioneering role in combining economic success with social responsibility and protection of the environment. The Conti Urban bus tires are a prime example of this. With these smart tires, Continental is helping its customers to successfully meet the increasing demands they face with the help of digital solutions. The Conti Urban tire family is a proven specialist in meeting the demands of downtown traffic. Since , the entire range has been factory fitted with latest-generation sensors. This enables customers to retrieve tire data easily and conveniently via Bluetooth using the ContiConnect On-Site smartphone app.
Continental is making a significant contribution to efficient fleet management with its intelligent Conti Urban bus tires and its range of ContiConnect digital solutions. "We make sure that our tires offer energy-efficient operation and a long life, as well as allowing predictive maintenance," says Timo Röbbel. Smart tires like the Conti Urban make tire monitoring simple, convenient and effective. Operational reliability, longer tire life and good utilization of vehicle capacity are also a great help for lowering carbon emissions and increasing fleet sustainability.
At the same time, digital tire management makes it possible to minimize real-world fleet costs. Tire sensors additionally provide the basis for capitalizing on other benefits such as remote fleet monitoring and predictive service planning in future. National and international Continental fleet customers have been using intelligent Conti Urban tires for many years now and benefit greatly from their built-in sensor technology. Röbbel lays out the statistics: "Experience has shown that ContiConnect can reduce punctures by around 30 percent for customers, achieve a fuel saving of two percent and increase usable mileage by some ten percent."
The Conti Urban tire family therefore helps to reduce vehicle breakdowns and downtime, lower carbon emissions and cut costs. "These are all good reasons why we won the ‘International busplaner Sustainability Award’," concludes Röbbel. "We are delighted with this success."
The Conti Urban bus tyre, a proven specialist in mastering the demands of downtown traffic, is becoming smart. Continental is factory fitting the complete tyre family with its latest-generation sensors. The Conti Urban HA3, Conti UrbanScandinavia HA3+ and Conti UrbanScandinavia HD3 smart tyres will be available to purchase in August . This makes Continental the first manufacturer to offer an entire family of tyres with sensors, allowing it to continue driving forward its commitment to fleet digitalisation
Digital solutions provide a helping hand with growing demands
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The bus industry is facing many challenges. Passenger numbers are likely to rise due to various policy measures, the shortage of drivers is set to increase many times over, and there is growing pressure on companies to switch to alternative drive systems and digitalise their fleets. “We help our customers to successfully deal with these increasing demands using digital solutions such as the intelligent Conti Urban tyre,” says Kalyan Yalamanchili, Head of Digital Solutions at Continental Tires EMEA. “Thanks to our App, ContiConnect On-Sitem and our Conti Urban tyre family, customers are able to retrieve tyre data very easily and conveniently from a smartphone via Bluetooth.”
Reliable, efficient, sustainable: added value for bus fleets in urban traffic
The various ContiConnect digital solutions are a major advantage for efficient fleet management. “We make sure that our tyres offer energy-efficient operation and a long life, as well as facilitating predictive maintenance,” explains Yalamanchili. Smart tyres like the Conti Urban make tyre maintenance simple, convenient and effective. “By incorporating the new Conti Urban tyre into our ContiConnect 2.0 digital tyre management solution, we are helping coach and local public transport operators to offer a reliable, efficient and eco-friendly mobility network.” These are areas where bus companies can win over customers and secure their loyalty.
Operational reliability, longer tyre life and good utilisation of vehicle capacity are also a great help in lowering carbon emissions and increasing fleet sustainability. At the same time, digital tyre management makes it possible to minimise real-life fleet costs, in keeping with Continental’s holistic consultancy approach of Lowest Overall Driving Costs (LODC). “Tyre sensors additionally provide the basis for capitalising on benefits such as remote fleet monitoring and predictive service planning in future,” adds Yalamanchili. National and international Continental fleet customers have been using the intelligent Conti Urban tyre for many years now and are going to benefit greatly from its built-in sensor technology. Yalamanchili presents the statistics: “Experience has shown that ContiConnect can reduce punctures by around 30 percent for customers, achieve a fuel saving of two percent and increase usable mileage by some 10 percent.”
Investment in the future: digital tyre management brings benefits
The tyre sensors transmit live data on tyre temperature, pressure and predicted mileage via Bluetooth. Fleet management then accesses this data using a stationary Yard Reader station or telematics units. If any data anomalies are detected, immediate action can be taken. The intelligent Conti Urban tyres therefore help to reduce vehicle breakdowns and downtime, lower carbon emissions and cut costs. This creates the optimum conditions for carrying satisfied passengers through cities aboard well-utilised buses in an environmentally sound manner and continuing to be a successful transport operator in the future.
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