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Berlin doesn’t run on its own.

Together with ABB Formula E driver Maximilian Günther, we follow the systems that work behind the scenes. From urban transport and industrial infrastructure to smart buildings.

Because performance is not only measured on the racetrack.

It is built into every process, every connection and every system that keeps a city running. ABB's electrification and automation technologies help make it possible.

ABB. Engineered to Outrun.

From Berlin's subway to the Berlin E-Prix.

Every day, ABB technology keeps Berlin running like a clockwork, and most riders never notice.

🚇 The BVG U-Bahn runs on ABB's BORDLINE® CC750 DC traction converters: 400/800 kW of power, just 470 kg, mounted under the floor – one tiny cabinet drives an entire bogie.

🚆 The S-Bahn BR480 got a second life thanks to ABB's IGBT retrofit – 140 motor cars upgraded, the old thyristor tech replaced by CC400 converters delivering 500 kW per power head. Less energy, more reliability.

🏎‍ On race weekend, that same engineering DNA – power electronics, efficiency, reliability under pressure – brings the Berlin E-Prix to millions of fans worldwide.

Same city. Same engineering. Same heartbeat. ⚡

Berlin doesn't run on its own.

Jacob sat down with Maximilian Günther DS PENSKE Formula E Team and with the CTO of Formula E Dan Cherowbrier to talk tech: UPS stands for Uninterruptible Power Supply system designed to keep critical operations running, even when the power supply becomes unstable. It converts incoming power, stabilizes it, and delivers clean, continuous energy to systems that cannot afford downtime. ABB UPS solutions help protect the operations that need to keep running reliably, efficiently, and without interruption.
Because sometimes, the most important technology is the one you only notice when it's missing.

Who actually controls the race when 20 Formula E cars are racing across Tempelhof?
joined us for a tour through Race Control and the Broadcast Compound of . ABB UPS technology ensures that Race Control and the Broadcast Center are reliably supplied with power at all times. ABB. Engineered to Outrun.