• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Dirk Remde

Continental

Vice President & Head of Innovation Center Silicon Valley

Dirk Remde is the Executive Director for the Research & Development Center in Silicon Valley at Continental. In this role, Mr. Remde is responsible for leading a cross-divisional R&D center focused on building and developing business opportunities in Silicon Valley and the Western United States. He has more than 20 years of experience in the automotive industry and has lived and worked abroad for the major part of his career, including assignments in the United States, Japan, and China. Mr. Remde started his career as a Test Engineer for Electronic Brake Systems (EBS) with ITT Automotive in 1993. In 1999, he joined Continental with the acquisition of the EBS segment from ITT Automotive. Since then, Mr. Remde has held a number of leadership positions in Engineering, Testing, and Sales. He most recently served as Head of Segment for Chassis Electronics within the Vehicle Dynamics business unit of Continental’s Chassis & Safety division. He holds a Master in Automotive Engineering from RWTH Aachen, Germany.

Sessions With Dirk Remde

Tuesday, 10 March

  • 01:30pm - 02:20pm (CST) / -

    Autonomous Trucking: Beating cars to market?
    Mobility/Transportation

    Autonomous trucks are seeing significant activities, but primarily in the United States and China. Several startups are testing driverless operation on interstate roads in Arizona and surrounding states with a safety driver that takes over for first and last mile driving. These truck companies earn revenue for cargo delivery as part of their AV testing. Some companies are exploring teleoperation instead of a driver for last-first mile operation. Last mile autonomous goods delivery is also getting a lot of attention and investments from startups and established logistics companies. Three segments—grocery, fast food, and e-commerce delivery are seeing increasing testing and trial operation.