Continental

continental.comAutomotive and mobility

DAX 40

Level: 1; Basic web presence
Agent readiness score: 24
AEO score: 33
AI mention rate: 13%

AI engines name the brand in 13.3% of answers, Continental achieves 2nd of 5 in the industry AEO score. The agent readiness score is 24 (level 1), matching the industry median. Link header, markdown negotiation, llms.txt, content signals, and API catalogue are not yet in place.

The next three steps

1Content Signals
Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.
A step toward level 2
2Markdown negotiation
Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.
3llms.txt
Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

Compared with Automotive and mobility

Agent readiness24
Industry median 24 · rank 2 of 5
AEO score33
Industry median 32 · rank 2 of 5
Mentions in AI answers13
Industry median 27 · rank 4 of 5
Visibility33
Industry median 35 · rank 4 of 5
Citations1
Industry median 0 · rank 1 of 5
Sentiment75
Industry median 73 · rank 2 of 5

Agent readiness level

0Not yet agent-ready
1Basic web presence
2Bot-aware
3Agent-readable
4Agent-integrated
5Agent-native

To reach level 2:

Content Signals

Areas

Discoverability77
Content accessibility0
Bot access control32
APIs, auth and MCP0

Every check

Discoverability

robots.txtPassed
A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.
Top sites: 98%
SitemapPassed
An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.
Top sites: 88%
Link headersNot met
Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.
Top sites: 0%
DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present
Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.
Top sites: 5%

Content accessibility

Markdown negotiationNot met
Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.
Top sites: 2%
llms.txtNot met
Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.
Top sites: 15%

Bot access control

AI bot rulesPartly met
Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.
Top sites: 99%
Content SignalsNot met
Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.
Top sites: 2%
Web Bot AuthNot present
Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.
Top sites: 0%

APIs, auth and MCP

API CatalogNot met
List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.
Top sites: 0%
OAuth discoveryNot met
Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.
Top sites: 1%
OAuth Protected ResourceNot met
Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.
Top sites: 1%
auth.mdNot met
Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.
Top sites: 0%
MCP Server CardNot met
Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.
Top sites: 0%
A2A Agent CardNot met
Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.
Top sites: 0%
Agent SkillsNot met
Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.
Top sites: 0%
WebMCPNot met
Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.
Top sites: 1%
ARD manifestNot met
Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.
Top sites: 0%

AI crawler rules (robots.txt)

Training

GPTBotallowed
ClaudeBotallowed
Anthropic-AIallowed
Google-Extendedallowed
GoogleOtherallowed
Applebot-Extendedallowed
Meta-ExternalAgentallowed
FacebookBotallowed
Bytespiderallowed
CCBotallowed
AI2Botallowed
Cohere-AIallowed
Claude-Weballowed
Omgilibotallowed
Diffbotallowed

OAI-SearchBotallowed
Claude-SearchBotallowed
PerplexityBotallowed
Applebotallowed
Amazonbotallowed
YouBotallowed
Timpibotallowed

Assistant

ChatGPT-Userallowed
Claude-Userallowed
Perplexity-Userallowed
DuckAssistBotallowed
MistralAI-Userallowed

Agentic commerce

x402Not present
MPPNot present
UCPNot present
ACPNot present
AP2Not present

Protocols that let AI agents shop and pay by themselves. They don't count toward the level.

Agent readiness score 24 · coverage 100% · checked on 19/09/2026 · www.continental.com

Mentions per AI engine

AIOpenAI2/15 · 13%
Sentiment: 33% positive, 67% neutral, 0% critical
CClaude2/15 · 13%
Sentiment: 100% positive, 0% neutral, 0% critical
PPerplexity2/15 · 13%
Sentiment: 0% positive, 100% neutral, 0% critical
GGemini2/15 · 13%
Sentiment: 100% positive, 0% neutral, 0% critical

Spotlight: Gemini

13%2 of 15 answers name Continental

„Welche Anbieter bieten nachhaltige Reifenlösungen für die Transportbranche an?“

In der Transport- und Nutzfahrzeugbranche setzen die führenden Reifenhersteller auf einen ganzheitlichen Ansatz aus geringem Rollwiderstand (Energie-/Kraftstoffeffizienz) , hoher Laufleistung , Runderneuerungsfähigkeit sowie alternativen/recycelten Materialien . Die wichtigsten Anbieter und ihre Lösungsansätze: 1. Continental Fokus / Ansätze: Starker Treiber bei recycelten und erneuerbaren Materialien (Ziel: bis …

AI answer as returned, unverified and shortened.

Gemini names instead

Knorr-Bremse
Mann+Hummel
Bosch
Spurhalteassistent
Notbremsassistent
Tempomat
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)
TÜV

Sources: mobile.de, atp-autoteile.de, autodoc.de, autoreparaturen.de, bikeandcarparts.de, free-now.com

Share of voice

Continental AG4.8%
ZF Friedrichshafen AG4.8%
Schaeffler Gruppe0%
Valeo Deutschland0%
Bosch Mobility (Robert Bosch GmbH)0%
HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA (FORVIA HELLA)0%

Most cited sources

1.adac.de10
2.motor-talk.de9
3.free-now.com8
4.kfw.de6
5.wlw.de6
6.auto-motor-und-sport.de6
7.continental.com6
8.continental-reifen.de6

Own domain's share of all citations: 1.4%

Every question and answer

Question (original German)	AIOpenAI	CClaude	PPerplexity	GGemini
Sind Premium-Automobilzulieferteile für Nutzfahrzeuge in Sachen Lebensdauer ihr Geld wert?
Worauf sollte man achten, wenn Fahrerassistenzsysteme plötzlich ausfallen?
Welche Anbieter bieten nachhaltige Reifenlösungen für die Transportbranche an?
Mit welchen Kosten muss man bei Nachrüstungen von Advanced Driver Assistance Systems in Deutschland rechnen?
Wie unterscheiden sich intelligente Sensorlösungen von herkömmlichen Fahrassistenzsystemen?
Wie können Verkehrsunternehmen ihre Nachhaltigkeitsziele mit modernen Mobilitätslösungen erreichen?
Was sind die wichtigsten Trends bei nachhaltigen Mobilitätslösungen für Unternehmen in Deutschland?
Warum kann ein digitales Reifendruckkontrollsystem Fehlermeldungen anzeigen?
Welche Anbieter von Automobilzulieferteilen sind in Deutschland für vernetzte Mobilität bekannt?
Telematik-Systeme versus klassische Flottenmanagement-Lösungen – was sind die Vorteile beider Ansätze?
Lohnt sich die Investition in Digitalisierungslösungen für Fahrzeugflotten im Mittelstand?
Was sind mögliche Ersatzoptionen zu klassischen Getriebelösungen für den urbanen Lieferverkehr?
Welche Alternativen gibt es zu klassischen Bremssystemen für Elektrofahrzeuge?
Gibt es staatliche Förderungen für klimafreundliche Mobilitätslösungen von Automobilzulieferern?
Welche Vorteile bringen smart vernetzte Komponenten für Elektrofahrzeuge im urbanen Einsatz?

Brand named, positive
Brand named, neutral
Brand named, critical
Only competitors named
Brand not named
No answer

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Audit completed on 19 September 2026. Methodology

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