Swiss automobile manufacturer Rinspeed is presenting its
new “metroSNAP” concept vehicle at the Consumer Electronics
Show (CES) this January 7-10, 2020 in Las Vegas. Rinspeed AG
is once again using innovative HARTING technology. This time,
the technology group is providing a specially designed
interface that supplies the vehicle with power, data and
signals.
HARTING is taking the next step in the direction of the
mobility concepts of tomorrow with the Rinspeed "metroSNAP".
Whether passenger transport or freight logistics, the
metroSNAP can be used in highly versatile manner. The
HARTING module helps the driver use the vehicle for a wide
range of tasks in a fast, flexible manner. Like its
predecessors - the "SNAP" and "microSNAP" - the vehicle is
divided into two elements. On the one hand, there is the
Skateboard that serves as an optimised electric vehicle, and
on the other there is the “Pod”, which can be switched out
in flexible manner to accommodate different tasks.
Communication, signal transmission and the power supply must
all work smoothly between these two elements. Connectivity
between them is automatically established as soon as the Pod
and the skateboard are securely connected. With
considerations to the special requirements for mechanical
plugging, the power, signals and data begin to flow.
Rinspeed has relied on HARTING's reliable solutions in
recent years. Both of the past two years have seen Rinspeed
go with a Fast-Charging solution from subsidiary HARTING
Automotive. HARTING Automotive has long been at home in the
automotive supplier industry and recently saw a sharp
increase in demand for e-mobility solutions. The company
leverages its decades of experience in the field of
connection and transmission technology to develop and
produce charging equipment for electric and plug-in hybrid
vehicles.
Rinspeed and HARTING have been working together successfully
since 2016. The MICA, which garnered HARTING the prestigious
HERMES AWARD at the HANNOVER MESSE in April 2016, was
integrated into the "Etos" vehicle for autonomous emission
and condition monitoring. In 2017, HARTING used its miniMICA
– another component from the evolutionary MICA® ecosystem –
to support Rinspeed's "Oasis" car. In 2018, HARTING provided
the fast-charging technology for the "SNAP". Last year, the
"microSNAP" was charged using the fast-charging push, with
HARTING thereby living up to its ambition to be an
innovative driver of technological development.
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The HARTING Technology Group is one of the world's leading
providers of industrial connection technology for the three
lifelines of Data, Signal and Power and has 15 production
plants and 44 sales companies. Moreover, the company also
produces retail checkout systems, electromagnetic actuators
for automotive and industrial series use, charging equipment
for electric vehicles, as well as hardware and software for
customers and applications in automation technology,
mechanical and plant engineering, robotics and
transportation engineering. In the 2018/19 business year,
some 5,300 employees generated sales of EUR 750 million.
