Strategy Teaser
Strategy & Consulting | Dipl.-Kfm. Ingo Olschewski

Strategy Teaser

Exciting short studies on innovations and developments in the automotive industry by our experts from Strategy & Consulting.

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Highlight | Julian Refghi M.Sc.

Advent Calendar 2021

For centuries, Santa's sleigh has seen no innovations. That's why the experts at fka have teamed up this year to give the sleigh in our Advent calendar an upgrade.

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VW ID.3 Benchmarking

fka & FEV Consulting launched the comprehensive benchmarking program.

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Strategy & Consulting | Dipl.-Kfm. Ingo Olschewski

Digitalization and new business models

The increasing digitalization is essential for many new functionalities like connected and automated driving, and is a major driver for new vehicle and interior concepts.

[Foto: Sound.AI] Highlight-Project | Thomas Keutgens

Sonic Intelligence

fka experts from the fields of acoustics, electrics and electronics, strategy and consulting as well as automated driving, together with experts from ZF, have made the listening vehicle real.

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Voluntary Commitment | Julian Refghi M.Sc.

PV1000 - The People's Ventilator

A team of volunteers is developing the PV1000, a simple ventilator for intensive care that can be used as soon as the stock of conventional ventilators becomes scarce.

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Highlight | Julian Refghi M.Sc.

40 years fka: Creating Ideas & Driving Innovations

On June 12, 1981, Prof. Jürgen Helling founded fka GmbH under the then name "fka Forschungsgesellschaft Kraftfahrwesen mbH, Aachen". In 40 years, fka has developed into an independent and internationally active company.

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Corporate Development | Dr.-Ing. Markus Bröckerhoff

fka Digital Events

We focus on digital events and content – not only now, but also in the future.

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Strategy & Consulting | Dipl.-Kfm. Ingo Olschewski

Technology portfolio strategies for CO2 reduction

Legislative CO2- and emission guidelines are major drivers for mid- and long-term automotive developments.

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Chassis | Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Wegener

Our steer-by-wire concept

Steer-by-wire is one of the key technologies for high level automated driving.

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Drivetrain & Thermal Management | Dr.-Ing. Manfred Crampen

Customized hybridization or electrification

Our unique simulation environment helps us adjusting concepts and functions to meet the precise requirements of the vehicle platform und use-case in question.

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User Experience | Johanna Josten M.Sc.

User-infrastructure interaction

We want to prevent already the occurrence of dangerous situations by nudging people to a better behavior.

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Body | Dipl.-Ing. Lutz Berger

Crash-deformable battery systems

The energy storage is mostly positioned in those areas in vehicles, which are most unlikely to be deformed during a crash. These areas however are limited and therefore also limit the maximum battery capacity and the range of the vehicle.

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Vehicle Concepts | Jan Bavendiek

SpeedE: Vehicle concept and research platform

Our vehicle concept SpeedE turns e-mobility into e-motion.

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Driver Assistance & Automated Driving | Dr.-Ing. Adrian Zlocki

Automated driving: Valet parking

Our automated valet parking system, which we developed together with our partner ika, allows the driver to leave his car in front of the car park and allocate a parking space with his smart phone.

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