Japanese innovation made in Germany

Taro Tabata

June 16, 2021

Managing Director /

Head of Aachen Engineering Center

Japanese innovation

made in Germany

DENSO’s approach to electrify the future mobility

Ulrich SchwarzDirector EU Electrification /

Deputy Head of Aachen Engineering Center

© DENSO CORPORATION All Rights Reserved./ 182

1. DENSO General Information

2. Aachen Engineering Center (AEC) Overview & Facilities

3. R&D Projects

4. Summary

Agenda


DENSO

General Information

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as of March 31, 2020

* U.S.dollar amounts have been translated, for convenience only, at the rate of 108.33 yen = US$1,

the approximate exchange rate prevailing on March 31, 2020. Billion is used in the American sense of one thousand million.

RevenueConsolidated basis:¥5,153.5 billion(US$47.6 billion)*

Operating Profit

Consolidated basis: ¥61.1 billion(US$563.8 million)*

EmployeesConsolidated basis: 170,932

Company Profile

DENSO is contributing to the improvement of both industrial and social productivity by working to provide new mobility value, establish factory automation (FA) and industrialize agriculture.

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DENSO Global Network / EU Engineering

Production: A/C-Components

Sales Offices

Production: Powertrain, Electric, Electronic

U.K.• Airconditioners• Heaters• Radiators• Oil Coolers• Intercoolers

PORTUGAL• Intercoolers• Heaters• Gasoline Coolers

GERMANY• Compressors

Czech (2003)• Airconditioners• Heat Exchangers

ITALY• Airconditioners• Heaters• Radiators

Headquarter

Development- and Sales Center

ITALY• Starters• Alternators• Small Motors

POLAND• Starters• Small Motors

HUNGARY• Common rail systems• VCT• ETC

SPAIN• ECU• Ignition Coils• Stick Coils• Air Flow Meter

EU Technical Center

TEC (DE & Italy)

Aachen Engineering CenterPT, E/E, ELEFI

Coventry (UK)

Thermal Engineering Center

Munich (DE) Gothenburg (SE)

Co

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ter

Aachen Engineering Center (est. 2005)

Coventry Engineering Center

(est. 1993)

Gothenburg Engineering Center

(est. 1996)

Munich Engineering Center

(est. 1984)

Aachen (DE)


Aldenhoven ATC Wegberg

Aachen

Cologne

Wegberg

AEC

DüsseldorfRhein land in NRW

Aachen

Aachen Engineering Center

Rhein

Düsseldorf

Aldenhoven

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DENSO DNDE AEC / Localization

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Germany.svg


Aachen Engineering

Center (AEC)

Overview & Facilities

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DENSO DNDE AEC / Site Information

Establishment / 2005

Location / Wegberg, Germany

Site area / 40,200 sqm

Total floor area / 9,500 sqm

Employees / 120


DENSO DNDE AEC / Capabilities

▪ R&D

- Benchmarking- Concept Making- Technology Research

▪ Advanced Engineering

- System Engineering- Demo Engine/Vehicle

▪ Testing

- System Engineering- Demo Engine/Vehicle


Vehicle(CDM) Lab A

(2005)

Lab B

(2010)

Building C

Office area (2015)

Test track

6550

square meter

Main entrance

• High Voltage Test Benches

• Electronic Lab

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DENSO AEC / Overview of Facilities

• Chassis Dyno

• Engine DynoPassenger Car

• Engine DynoHeavy Duty

• Fuel Lab


R&D Projects

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DENSO’s Partners in NRW within Hy-Nets Projects

Source: https://www.duesseldorf.de/fileadmin/Amt40-601/lps/grafik/771_767_karte_nrw.jpg


Hy-Nets – Project Overview

Global traffic andnetwork simulation with traffic flow Paderborn

City

Vehicle, sensor andenvironment simulation including vehicular communication

Test bench (E-Machine, Inverter, Engine)

Real-time exchange

VehicleCar2X

Influence between all layers

Partners:

Hy-Nets focussed on development of new holistic approach


Key project facts:

- Project partner mix: Academia, Tool vendor & Automotive supplier

- Paderborn City representing typical German City with vehicle traffic

- Final traffic simulation with DENSO component testing in real-time:

- DENSO high power density E-Machine and Inverter

- Performance: 160 Nm / 80 kW / 15.000 rpm

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DENSO Electrification hardware in traffic simulation environment

Hy-Nets – Project Details

Source: https://www.hy-nets.de/de/hynets/press/#2019-05-08

Partners:

Project meeting with all partners at AEC in Wegberg, NRW


DENSO’s Partners in NRW within SeLv Project

Source: https://www.duesseldorf.de/fileadmin/Amt40-601/lps/grafik/771_767_karte_nrw.jpg


Key project facts

- Leader: PEM of RWTH Aachen University

- 3 Fuel Cell Demo Trucks will be built up in 2022 by RWTH Aachen University and later used by several companies (including Henkel, based in Duesseldorf)

- DENSO E-Machines will be integrated into axle by BPW (German commercial vehicle axle maker based in NRW) to drive the Fuel Cell Trucks

- Energy stored in battery and hydrogen tanks → Future Mobility Concepts: Electrification and Hydrogen Society

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DENSO E-Machines will drive Fuel Cell Truck “Made in Germany”

SeLv – Fuel Cell Demo Trucks

Sources: https://www.pem.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/mfigp?#aaaaaaaaaamfimi;BPW

Partners:


Summary

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▪ DENSO is well represented in Germany with a major

R&D center in NRW

▪ Local partners appreciate collaboration and rely on

DENSO’s electrification expertise

▪ DENSO profits from vast experience of local partners

to create innovative technology

▪ DENSO’s E-Machines “Made in Germany” will drive

future mobility concept Fuel Cell Demo Trucks in

2022 (→ Electrification and Hydrogen Society)

Summary

Japanese innovation made in Germany

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