Continental Smart NOx Sensor Named 2010 Automotive News PACE Award Finalist

Sensor enables adjustment of key engine parameters to reduce nitric oxide
(NOx) emissions.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Continental's Smart NOx Sensor
was named a finalist for a 2010 Automotive News PACE Award, further
demonstrating the company's commitment to the development of advanced
technology that reduces emissions, improves fuel economy and helps automakers
manage increasing environmental regulations.

The Smart NOx Sensor is an electromechanical sensor with a custom-integrated
circuit and microprocessor controls. It communicates with the vehicle control
bus to enable optimum adjustment of key engine parameters, such as exhaust gas
recirculation, air/fuel ratio and after-treatment injection to reduce nitric
oxide emissions.

"Continental's Smart NOx Sensor is proving to be an ideal technology for the
times," said Kregg Wiggins, senior vice president, Powertrain Division, NAFTA.
"Manufacturers around the world are looking for every possible method to
balance increasingly stringent fuel economy and emissions regulations. The
Smart NOx Sensor helps optimize a variety of powertrain applications."

Continental is the only automotive supplier with this technology and more than
two-dozen automotive, commercial and off-highway original equipment
manufacturers have embraced it. There now are more than 1.5 million units in
the field. With increased adoption in the commercial truck and off-highway
markets, this number is expected to reach more than seven million by 2013.

"Configuring an engine for optimal fuel economy inherently increases the
amount of emissions produced," said Wiggins. "The Smart NOx Sensor is a
market-proven solution that enables powertrain engineers to find the optimal
calibration that balances performance and driveability, fuel economy and low
emissions. It provides a baseline for the development of future products of
this nature."

In gasoline vehicles, the sensor is used in combination with lean-burn
technology to control the regeneration cycle of the NOx storage catalyst.

In diesel passenger cars and light trucks, it is used in conjunction with the
exhaust after-treatment systems for Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) and
NOx Storage Catalyst (NSC). It also has applications in SCR systems commonly
used in heavy-duty trucks.

About Continental:
With sales exceeding EUR24 billion in 2008, the Continental Corporation is one
of the top automotive suppliers worldwide. As a supplier of brake systems,
systems and components for the powertrain and chassis, instrumentation,
infotainment solutions, vehicle electronics, tires and technical elastomers,
the corporation contributes towards enhanced driving safety and protection of
the global climate. Continental is also a competent partner in networked
automobile communication. The corporation currently employs approximately
134,000 at nearly 190 locations in 37 countries.

Online media databases: www.mediacenter.continental-corporation.com

SOURCE Continental

Sue Frederick, Communications Manager, Continental NAFTA Region,
+1-248-393-5273, sue.frederick@continental-corporation.com