Delphi Technologies

Core business

Delphi Technologies is one of the world’s leading providers of vehicle propulsion systems for traditional, hybrid and electric light and commercial vehicles. The company’s innovations optimize engine performance, increase vehicle efficiency, reduce emissions and improve driving performance. Delphi Technologies operates technical centers, manufacturing sites and customer support services in 24 countries and has over 21000 employees. Since its spin-off in December 2017,  the company delivered record bookings (nearly $10 billion in 2018) in new, gross lifetime business awards, focused in our growth areas of commercial vehicles, gasoline direct injection and power electronics.
The customer technology centre located in Bascharage, Luxembourg, is a state-of-the art centre for the development, design and testing of pioneering propulsion technologies for conventional and electrified vehicles. It is also the headquarters of the Fuel Injection Systems business unit.

Products & services

Products being developed at Delphi Technologies technology centre in Luxembourg include components, subsystems and systems for internal combustion engine management such as fuel injection equipment and electronic control modules. The centre is also active in the development of technologies for hybrid and electric vehicles.

Main components/systems are:

• Fuel injection (port fuel or direct injection for gasoline engines or common rail injection for diesel engines, direct injection for compressed natural gas)
• Ignition coils for gasoline engines
• Fuel supply systems (low pressure fuel pumps, fuel modules, filters, active carbon canisters for evaporative emissions control)
• Engine management controllers with software
• Sensors (speed, pressure, knock…)
• Engine tuning in order to meet the respective EURO regulations or other emission standards.
• On board chargers and battery control modules for electrified vehicles
• Inverters and DC/DC converters for electrified vehicles

Technical / technological capabilities

Key competences at the Technical centre in Bascharage are focused on lowering emissions for modern internal combustion engines. Newly developed competences are in the custom application of vehicle electrification components and systems. All relevant component development laboratories are in place. In addition, the technical facilities include noise & vibration testing, electromagnetic compatibility test facilities, vehicle wind- and climate tunnel, engine calibration, performance and emissions benches and vehicle emissions laboratories.

Main customers / collaborations

Its customer base includes 23 of the largest light vehicle OEMs, several of the largest commercial vehicle OEMs, and members of all of the global automotive aftermarket trading groups, which include most of the leading aftermarket retailers and wholesale distributors around the world. In addition, in 2018 its solutions were found in the majority of the top twenty platforms in each of the regions in which the group operates.

Research collaborations are in place with several universities or public and private research institutions worldwide. In Luxembourg, the company has collaborations with LIST, SnT and the University of Luxembourg.

Public research projects

• gason.eu

https://www.delphi.com/direct-injection-compressed-natural-gas