Bosch Reaches Sensor Milestone

Bosch invented and started production of automotive oxygen sensors in 1976. Ten years after its launch in the US, Bosch celebrated delivery of the 10 millionth oxygen sensor. By 1993, production hit 50 million, and reached 250 million in 2001, said Bosch. Currently, Borsch said it produces some 5,000 oxygen sensors per hour worldwide.

“The importance of oxygen sensors will further increase in the future. Continued intensification of emission limits, tight installation space conditions, ever-increasing fuel prices and stricter requirements for metering accuracy and durability continuously drive further developments at Bosch,” said Wolf-Henning Scheider, president of the gasoline systems division at Robert Bosch GmbH. (Tire Review/Akron)