David Schramm, Maxwell’s president and chief executive officer, said that Continental has advised the company to prepare to begin delivering initial series production volumes in the second half of 2009 for the 2010 automotive model year.
“After many years of design and development work on automotive applications, this design win for a high-volume series production program is a very significant milestone for Maxwell,” Schramm said. “Over the life of this program, Continental will require very large quantities of ultracapacitor cells to produce these boardnet stabilization modules.”
In this application, ultracapacitors provide a reservoir of standby power to ensure stable functioning of the vehicle’s electrical system when multiple power demands tax the system. Schramm said that Maxwell is working with Continental on other automotive programs, and with other Tier 1 suppliers, automakers and heavy vehicle OEMs on ultracapacitor-based solutions for other electrical subsystem applications, such as capacitive starting, as well as for a wide range of energy-efficient, low-emission, electric and hybrid drive train configurations.
“We continue to focus on aligning ourselves with industry leaders such as Continental, and on expanding and enhancing our design and production capabilities to solidify our position as the leading and lowest-cost producer of ultracapacitor-based solutions to accelerate BOOSTCAP® ultracapacitor products’ penetration of these key strategic markets,” Schramm said.
