Continental and its Conti Urban tyre family have placed first in the Tyres and Tyre Management category of the “International busplaner Sustainability Award” organised by the Huss-Verlag publishing house.
Focusing on Sustainability
The award was presented on April 23 at the BUS2BUS trade show in Berlin. In the eyes of the expert jury, the tyres from Continental performed best of all the contenders in the Tyres and Tyre Management category. This once again demonstrates how the technology company is focusing on the future with its product portfolio, which it is tailoring to customer requirements. After all, a study recently carried out by Boston Consulting on behalf of the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA) revealed that, although total cost of ownership is still the top priority, sustainability factors are becoming increasingly important purchasing criteria – both for OE and on the aftermarket.
“Sustainability and cost efficiency have long gone hand in hand at Continental,” said Continental’s Head of Marketing Replacement Tyres, Timo Röbbel, at the presentation, pointing out that this is attracting growing interest in the market. “The busplaner sustainability award is proof that we are moving in the right direction with our strategy.”
Groundbreaking: Intelligent Conti Urban Bus Tyres
This year is the sixth time that the trade magazine “busplaner” from publisher Huss-Verlag has presented the “International busplaner Sustainability Award” for outstanding sustainability-related achievements. The awards go to companies from the bus industry that play a pioneering role in combining economic success with social responsibility and protection of the environment. The Conti Urban bus tyres are a prime example of this. With these smart tyres, Continental is helping its customers to successfully meet the increasing demands they face with the help of digital solutions. The Conti Urban Tyre family is a proven specialist in meeting the demands of downtown traffic. Since 2023, the entire range has been factory-fitted with the latest-generation sensors. This enables customers to retrieve tyre data easily and conveniently via Bluetooth using the ContiConnect On-Site smartphone app.
Less CO2, More Sustainability
Continental is making a significant contribution to efficient fleet management with its intelligent Conti Urban bus tyres and its range of ContiConnect digital solutions. “We make sure that our tyres offer energy-efficient operation and a long life, as well as allowing predictive maintenance,” says Röbbel. Smart tyres like the Conti Urban make tyre monitoring simple, convenient and effective. Operational reliability, longer tyre life and good utilisation of vehicle capacity are also a great help for lowering carbon emissions and increasing fleet sustainability.
Minimised Real-World Fleet Costs
At the same time, digital tyre management makes it possible to minimise real-world fleet costs. Tyre sensors additionally provide the basis for capitalising on other benefits such as remote fleet monitoring and predictive service planning in future. National and international Continental fleet customers have been using intelligent Conti Urban tyres for many years now and benefit greatly from their built-in sensor technology. Röbbel lays out the statistics: “Experience has shown that ContiConnect can reduce punctures by around 30% for customers, achieve a fuel saving of 2% and increase usable mileage by some 10%.”
The Conti Urban tyre family therefore helps to reduce vehicle breakdowns and downtime, lower carbon emissions and cut costs. “These are all good reasons why we won the ‘International busplaner Sustainability Award’,” concludes Röbbel. “We are delighted with this success.”
