无论是在出发之前、进入车内或是在路上，大陆汽车系统（CAS）都能全方位地提升您的驾驶舒适感：智能进入系统能使驾驶员远程获取车辆数据；通过蓝牙界面、移动设备可以方便地同车载通信系统单元相连；动态座椅控制单元可以针对不同的行驶状况进行调整；为自动变速器和带有空气缓冲系统的空气悬架底盘而研制的创新性控制单元保证您舒适的驾驶体验。

通过智能进入系统获取车辆数据

汽车钥匙将变成一个微型电脑。大陆汽车系统研制的智能钥匙将配备液晶显示屏（LCD）或有机发光显示屏（OLED），并能在几百米之外通过300～1 000MHz范围内的无线电信号同车辆建立联系。除了能够遥控车锁之外，驾驶员还能在显示器上获取诸如剩余燃料容量、车内温度和车载电脑信息等车辆数据。例如，驾驶员可以远程调节车内温度。钥匙显示功能还可以和车辆位置探测功能（VLD）结合使用，来快速确定车辆的位置。这对那些经常将车辆停在大型停车场中的车主来说非常有用，汽车租赁公司也会对此感兴趣。

大陆汽车系统的新型Telematics系统创造了车内通信网络，便于在车内集成安装便携式数码设备

可根据驾驶风格进行调节的动态座椅

如果使用传统运动型座椅，侧面的稳定性和舒适度很难兼顾。大陆汽车系统已经研发出了可以解决这个矛盾的新型动态座椅。整合到座椅中的可充气垫子（需要的话，可以在几分之一秒内充气）取代了坚硬的侧靠垫，在快速转向的情况下仍能保持良好的侧面支撑。车辆里本身就有需要获取的数据。得益于ESC和其他相关联的传感器的帮助，座椅控制单元能时刻感知驾驶员脚踩油门和转动方向盘的力度。当驾驶员小幅减速的时候，座椅系统会减少气垫的压力。该功能也能使用于乘客座椅上，并且驾驶员座椅和乘客座椅可以各自单独激活此功能。除了某些限制之外，还能对设置进行个别的调整。在某些汽车上，腰部区域（腰部支撑）的电子支撑功能已经是标准配置了，而座椅上的按摩功能和通风系统也是经常被要求选装的配置。一种全新的主动凉爽座椅使用了大陆汽车系统开发的控制单元。座椅的底部和靠背上配备了电热冷却元件来保持驾驶员身体和座椅之间的舒适温度。大陆汽车系统车身及安全事业部主管Anton Elsen称：“这些最新的创新成果再次证明了大陆汽车系统在欧洲市场座椅控制技术方面的领先地位。”

车载智能通信系统将手机或iPod同车辆连接起来

无线蓝牙标准技术能将手机、智能手机和MP3等个人数码设备整合到汽车上，使我们可以通过车上已有的操控元件（如方向盘上的按键）来控制它们。这些设备和汽车之间的媒介就是大陆汽车系统开发的车载智能通信系统单元。它可以将手机上的地址簿下载到汽车里，或者通过TTS文本转语音功能读出收到的短消息。来自大陆汽车系统的车载通信系统单元具备开放性的结构，这给汽车制造商和驾驶员带来了很多好处。软件更新或新的硬件设备的推出使得其与市面上新的个人数码设备的整合变得非常简单。举例来说，这对于经常更换手机的人来说就非常重要。

自动变速器已成为不可逆转的潮流

到2011年时，欧洲大约有1/3的新车将使用自动变速器，而在北美和亚洲地区，这个数字已经超过了80％。“从无极变速器（CVT）到手自一体变速器和双离合变速器，大陆汽车系统提供全系列自动变速器的控制单元。大部分欧洲市场的增长就要靠双离合变速器了。”大陆汽车系统动力总成和底盘事业部主管Dieter Rogge解释道。双离合变速器的1、3、5挡的齿轮和2、4、6挡的齿轮被分别装配在两个离合器上。由大陆汽车系统开发和生产的变速器控制部分保证了不间断的动力输出。同经典的全自动变速器相比较，它避免了因扭矩变化产生的滑动对动力性能的影响。双离合变速器结合了手动变速器的燃油经济性和全自动变速器的舒适性，但重量更轻。下一代的控制单元将可以装配在新的干式双离合变速器上，这种变速器上的离合器将不需要润滑油。为了更好地满足不同客户的需求，除了现有的用于传感器接触的穿孔格栅系统外，未来还将使用柔性薄膜来完成接触工作。

空气减振系统保证了舒适的驾乘体验

使用电子空气减振系统的高端底盘已经取代了传统的钢制弹簧。该媒介也被使用在可切换式减振器上，这项新技术就是大陆空气减振系统（CADS）。在汽车的整个使用周期内，空气弹簧减振保证了始终如一的高度驾驶舒适感和操控感。创新性的弹性减振元件没有活塞杆或机械牵导部件，所以车辆的摇晃、振动和噪声都不会传到车身。可切换式减振器只有在高强度驾驶的情况下才会变硬；在普通行驶状态下，其主要功能是吸收路面的颠簸。根据汽车控制单元处理的不同传感器信息，空气悬架底盘会不断地调整其减振设定。作为车用电控空气弹簧减振领域的领导者，大陆汽车系统为采用该项技术的汽车树立了新的标准。

大陆汽车系统的研发工程师正在特定驾驶状态下检测空气弹簧系统

Connected Life & Driving Comfort:Innovations for a More Comfortable Drive

Whether before the journey, when getting into the vehicle or in route, Continental Automotive Systems technologies enhance your all-round driving comfort. It's intelligent entry systems, which allow the driver to call up vehicle data from a distance. Mobile devices can be connected to the vehicle easily via the Bluetooth interface with the telematics unit. Dynamic seat control units ensure a pleasant driving experience by adjusting to the respective driving situation. An enjoyable and comfortable drive is guaranteed thanks to the innovative control units for automatic transmissions and air suspension chassis with air damping systems.

Intelligent entry systems allow access to vehicle data

Car keys will become a mini computer: The intelligent key fobs from Continental Automotive Systems are equipped with an LCD or OLED screen and can establish contact with the vehicle via a radio signal in the 300 to 1,000 MHz range – at a distance of up to several hundred meters. In addition to being able to lock the vehicle from a distance, drivers can call up vehicle data on the display screen, such as the remaining fuel level, the interior temperature and information from the onboard computer. The driver can, for example, regulate the interior temperature of the car remotely. The key display can be used in combination with the VLD function (Vehicle Location Detection) to locate the vehicle quickly. This is useful for drivers who often leave their vehicles in large car parks or is perhaps of interest to vehicle rental companies.

Dynamic seats adapt in response to the driving style

With conventional sports seats, you have to compromise on either lateral stability or comfort. Continental Automotive Systems has resolved this conflict of objectives with new dynamic seats. Instead of rigid side bolsters, cushions that can be filled with air (within fractions of a second if necessary) are incorporated into the seats, maintaining the desired lateral hold if corners are taken quickly. The data required is already available in the vehicle. Thanks to electronic stability program ESC and all of the associated sensors, the seat control unit is constantly aware of how vigorously the driver is depressing the accelerator pedal and turning the steering wheel. When the driver slows down a little, the seat system reduces the pressure in the air cushions. This feature is also available for the passenger seat and can be activated separately for the driver and passenger seats. Within certain limits, the settings can even be individually adjusted.

Telematics connect a cell phone or iPod to the vehicle

The wireless technology of the Bluetooth standard enables digital devices such as cell phones, smartphones and MP3s to be integrated into the vehicle, allowing them to be controlled via operating elements that are already available in the vehicle, such as those in the steering wheel. The mediator between the device and the vehicle is a telematics unit from Continental Automotive Systems. It can be used, for example, to download address books from the phone into the car or to read out incoming text messages using a text-to-speech function. The open architecture of the telematics units from Continental Automotive Systems is one of the main benefits to car manufacturers and drivers. Software updates or new hardware components make it easy to integrate new devices that come onto the market —an important feature for people who regularly replace their cell phones, for example.

The trend toward automatic gearshift mechanisms continues

By 2011, approximately one in three new vehicles in Europe will have an automatic transmission; in North America and Asia, the figures have already exceeded 80 percent. "Continental Automotive Systems offers control units for the whole range of automatic transmissions from continuously variable transmissions (CVT) to automated manual transmissions and double-clutch transmissions. Double-clutch transmissions are responsible for the majority of market growth in Europe" noted Dieter Rogge, head of the Powertrain & Chassis business unit at Continental Automotive Systems. Double-clutch transmissions (DCT) have gears 1, 3 and 5 assigned to one clutch and 2, 4 and 6 assigned to another. The transmission control developed and produced by Continental Automotive Systems operates without interruption to the power flow. In contrast to the classic fully automatic transmission, performance is not diminished by any slip generated in the torque converter. The DCT thus combines the energy efficiency of a manual transmission with the comfort of a fully automatic by less weight. The next generations of control units fit to new dry DCTs, with clutches that do no more run in oil. In addition to the existing punched grille systems for sensor contacts, flexible film will also be used in the future as a means of connection in order to better fulfill the various customer requirements.

Air damping systems ensure optimum driving comfort

In high-end chassis with Electronic Air Suspension, air has replaced the traditional steel spring. This medium is now also being used in switchable dampers. The new technology is the Continental Air Damping System (CADS). Combined air-sprung damping optimizes driving comfort and dynamics at the same high level throughout the vehicle's lifecycle. The innovative spring damper element has no piston rods or mechanical guide components, so jolts, vibration or noise from the vehicle are thus no longer transmitted to the body. The switchable dampers only become taut if more dynamic driving is required. In standard operation, the main focus is on absorbing bumps in the road. The air suspension chassis dynamically adjusts its damping settings according to various sensor information processed in the vehicle control unit data. "As a pioneer in the field of electronically controlled air-sprung vehicles, Continental Automotive Systems is setting new standards for the future of the automobile with air-sprung damping", according to Dieter Rogge.