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- Launch of a absolutely electrical autonomous mover.
- The mission is to develop sustainable, inclusive, dependable, and protected mobility options for city areas worldwide.
- World premiere of the autonomous mover at CES 2023 in Las Vegas, USA.
SALZBURG, Austria and PADERBORN, Germany, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — BENTELER is underlining its international business ambitions in autonomous mobility by establishing a new brand – HOLON. As a end result, the BENTELER EV Systems business unit, which was spun off at the finish of 2021, will change its title. As HOLON, the firm will in future concentrate on the business with absolutely electrical, autonomous movers.
Ralf Göttel, BENTELER Group CEO explains: “Mobility around the world is undergoing rapid change. BENTELER is optimally prepared for this – 85% of our products are technology and propulsion-method agnostic. In parallel with the traditional automotive business, innovative, digitally connected, and autonomous mobility services promise high growth in the coming years. With our engineering and manufacturing expertise, we are predestined to fill a gap in this hitherto strongly software-dominated field. By founding HOLON, an independent legal entity, we can react flexibly to changing customer requirements in this dynamic market. In this way, we will make the best possible use of growth opportunities.”
Marco Kollmeier, Managing Director of HOLON, emphasizes: “Autonomous movers are an essential part of tomorrow’s mobility – emission-free, comfortable, reliable and, above all, inclusive. HOLON will be the first OEM for autonomous movers with the standards and scaling potential we know from the automotive industry. With our platform technology, our vehicle expertise, and our strong partner network, it’s our goal to redefine passenger transport – in both the public and private sectors.”
HOLON – Established Tomorrow
The construction of the new brand is exclusive in the complete OEM panorama for autonomous movers, stresses Marco Kollmeier. “To achieve this, HOLON combines the best of two worlds: We combine the speed, passion and entrepreneurial spirit of a start-up with the strength, resources and expertise of an established automotive company. This is how we support our customers in implementing safe and environmentally friendly mobility solutions that accelerate their businesses.”
The time period holon comes from the Greek and means “something that is both a whole and a part of a whole”. The future orientation of the brand can also be mirrored in the new brand’s slogan: HOLON – Established Tomorrow. The younger firm’s subsequent milestone is the CES 2023 commerce present in Las Vegas. HOLON will current the world’s first autonomous mover that meets automotive requirements there in January subsequent yr – i.e. main in security, driving consolation and manufacturing high quality.
Strategic cooperation with Pininfarina, Beep and Mobileye
In the improvement and deployment of the autonomous mover, HOLON has labored carefully with varied companions, together with the famend Italian design firm Pininfarina, the mobility supplier Beep, and Mobileye, an Intel firm. While Mobileye is growing the self-driving system for the autonomous mover, Beep is including applied sciences and providers for the deployment and working techniques of a mobility service. Pininfarina designed the autonomous mover. With its first-class engineering and international manufacturing experience, HOLON is accountable for the improvement and manufacturing of the mover inside the cooperation. The shuttles are scheduled to enter manufacturing in the United States beginning in 2025.
Areas of software and thus prospects aren’t solely public transport firms, but additionally municipalities and personal establishments corresponding to campuses, airports, nationwide parks, and others. Another subject is last-mile supply – a rising transport sector that has hitherto clashed with the objective of lowering visitors and native emissions in city areas. To this finish, HOLON can also be aiming for particular autonomous transport variants in the future.
To additional enhance the development potential, BENTELER and HOLON are additionally inspecting the risk of working with different strategic companions and traders for the new firm. The first pilot functions, additionally outdoors of North America, are to be introduced in the coming months and can be developed from 2023 onwards.
BENTELER Group
Birgit Held
Vice President Corporate Communications/Marketing
Tel.: +49 89 3740 8137 / Mobile: +49 162 2427 264
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BENTELER Automotive
Stephan Knüttel
Senior Manager Communications/Marketing
Paderborn, Germany
Tel.: +49 5254 81 307610 / Mobile: +49 172 5727257
E-Mail: [email protected]
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