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Continental’s Future Setup Will Unlock New Strengths

Continental’s 2025 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting

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Advancing Mobility from Road to Cloud

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Continental Makes a Solid Start to the Year

May 06, 2025 Continental made a solid start to the year. As expected, its first quarter of 2025 was significantly better than its first quarter of 2024. Despite declining automotive production in Europe and North America, the Automotive group sector achieved significantly higher earnings year-on-year. Tires also recorded a strong improvement in earnings in the first quarter. ContiTech posted an adjusted operating result roughly on a par with the previous year despite weak industrial demand. Geopolitical tensions and the potential impact of trade restrictions are causing a high degree of uncertainty about global economic development in the current fiscal year.

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Continental’s Future Setup Will Unlock New Strengths

April 25, 2025 Continental is set to undergo its most far-reaching transformation in over 150 years. Continental CEO Nikolai Setzer reiterated this sentiment in his speech at today’s Annual Shareholders’ Meeting in Hanover. “This is what we are laying the groundwork for.” He highlighted Continental’s courage to embrace change and its ability to tackle challenges head-on, as demonstrated time and again in the company’s history. “Change is part of our identity,” he said.

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Roland Welzbacher to Become New CFO

April 25, 2025 At its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of Continental AG appointed Roland Welzbacher (55) to the Executive Board effective August 1, 2025. Welzbacher will succeed Olaf Schick, who requested the early termination of his contract in December 2024.

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Continental Group Sector Automotive will be Named Aumovio in the Future

April 23, 2025 Aumovio combines tradition and a strong market position in the automotive industry with the ambition to shape the mobility of the future

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Annual Shareholders' Meeting 2025

The Annual Shareholders' Meeting will be held on Friday, April 25, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in the form of a presence meeting.

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Auto Shanghai 2025

Continental is shaping mobility through software-defined vehicle technologies, making it safe, exciting, autonomous and sustainable. As the world’s most dynamic car market, China plays a key role for us as an innovation spot, and Auto Shanghai is the perfect place to present our latest solutions.

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TOC Europe 2025

From June 17-19, Continental will present its latest developments and digital solutions at the TOC Europe in Rotterdam.

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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a key technology in the automotive sector. The market for artificial intelligence in the automotive industry is estimated at $2.3 billion and, according to research institute Mordor Intelligence, is expected to reach $16.2 billion by 2026. Continental recognized artificial intelligence early on as a driving force for its future business – and is responsibly harnessing the power of the technology in its products and processes.

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Safe Driving in Old Age

The number of elderly road users is increasing in many countries, including Germany. According to a representative survey by Continental, safety and independence are particularly important to them – which also explains why advanced driver assistance systems are growing in significance. Continental supplies key components for intelligent vehicle assistance systems.

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Cars remain the main pillar of mobility. They are equally important to people of all ages and are seen as a prestige item, especially by younger people. These are just some of the findings of the representative mobility study conducted by market research institute infas on behalf of Continental. In August 2024, around 5,000 people over the age of 18 in Germany, China, France, Japan and the USA were asked about their mobility habits.

Among other topics, the study focused on people’s general mobility needs. It also shed light on the importance of cars for everyday mobility, respondents’ attitudes to automated driving and sustainable tires as well as their views on in-car technologies and artificial intelligence. The aim of the study is to provide an internationally comparable overview of people’s attitudes toward current and future mobility trends and their personal usage habits.

Here you will find more in-depth insights into selected key findings of the Continental Mobility Study 2024.