Gasoline engines – production milestone for injectors and high-pressure pumps: Gasoline direct injection as a key technology for economical yet high-performance engines; production of injectors and 10 million high-pressure pumps by the end of 2012; doubling of manufacturing volume within just one year Fuel consumption and CO2 emissions reduced by 15 percent by using Bosch gasoline direct injection, turbocharging, and electronic engine management; market volume for eco-friendly engine components expected to triple by 2015 Alternative drives – electromobility: Founding member of the national electromobility platform with the objective of making Germany a leading supplier and leading market for electromobility by 2020 Launch of Alpha-Laion joint project to develop high-performance and cost-efficient lithium-ion cells; the project is being managed by Robert Bosch GmbH, supported by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology for three years with funding totaling 13 million euros.