Question: When was the company Continental Automotive Systems is a division of founded?
Context: Continental Automotive Systems (CAS), founded in 1906 by Alfred Teves, a division of the German Continental AG, is a brake and electronics supplier to the automotive industry, supplying systems, components, electronics, lithium-ion batteries and engineering services for vehicle safety, comfort and powertrain performance.  Its sales top €4.6 billion. VDO is a brand of Continental Automotive.  Products under the brand include automotive electronics and mechatronics for powertrain, engine management system, fuel injection Systems.  A full range of Tachograph and Data Management products and Telematics.  Also since 1957 VDO supply Marine solutions for pleasure boats, yachts and sailing boats, wherewith with over 60 years of experience VDO stands as one of the oldest marine suppliers in the industry Experiments have been conducted on automating cars since at least the 1920s; promising trials took place in the 1950s and work has proceeded since then.  The first self-sufficient and truly autonomous cars appeared in the 1980s, with Carnegie Mellon University's Navlab and ALV projects in 1984 and Mercedes-Benz and Bundeswehr University Munich's Eureka Prometheus Project in 1987.  Since then, numerous major companies and research organizations have developed working prototype autonomous vehicles including Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, Continental Automotive Systems, Autoliv Inc., Bosch, Nissan, Toyota, Audi, Volvo, Vislab from University of Parma, Oxford University and Google.  In July 2013, Vislab demonstrated BRAiVE, a vehicle that moved autonomously on a mixed traffic route open to public traffic. Dura Automotive Systems (or Dura) is an independent designer and manufacturer of automotive components, including control systems, exterior systems and lightweight structural systems.  Dura markets its automotive products to every North American, Asian and European Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and many leading Tier 1 automotive suppliers.  Dura is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA with more than 21,000 employees at 41 sites in 15 countries. TRW Automotive, headquartered in Livonia, Michigan was an American global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and related aftermarkets.  In 2015, TRW Automotive was acquired by ZF Friedrichshafen and subsequently has been renamed ZF TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. ACDelco is an American automotive parts brand owned by General Motors (GM).  Factory parts for vehicles manufactured by GM are consolidated under the ACDelco brand, which also offers aftermarket parts for non-GM vehicles.  Over its long history it has been known by various names such as United Motors Corporation, United Motors Service, and United Delco.  The brand "ACDelco" should not be confused with GM's former AC Delco Systems, formed in 1994 from the merger of AC Rochester Division and Delco Remy Division.  In 1995 Delphi Automotive Systems absorbed AC Delco Systems. Driver Steering Recommendation (DSR) is a feature of the Electronic Stabilisation Program (ESP) system on several recent Volkswagen Group car models, including the SEAT León Mk2 ("Typ" 1P), Volkswagen Golf Plus, and Volkswagen Scirocco.  The system is supplied by Continental Automotive Systems. Hitachi, Ltd. (株式会社日立製作所 , Kabushiki-gaisha Hitachi Seisakusho ) (] ) is a Japanese multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.  It is the parent company of the Hitachi Group ("Hitachi Gurūpu") and forms part of the DKB Group of companies.  Hitachi is a highly diversified company that operates eleven business segments: Information & Telecommunication Systems, Social Infrastructure, High Functional Materials & Components, Financial Services, Power Systems, Electronic Systems & Equipment, Automotive Systems, Railway & Urban Systems, Digital Media & Consumer Products, Construction Machinery and Other Components & Systems. Continental AG, commonly known as Continental, is a leading German automotive manufacturing company specialising in tyres, brake systems, interior electronics, automotive safety, powertrain and chassis components, tachographs, and other parts for the automotive and transportation industries.  Continental is based in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany.  Continental is the world's fourth-largest tyre manufacturer.  Continental was founded in 1871 as a rubber manufacturer, "Continental-Caoutchouc und Gutta-Percha Compagnie".  After acquiring Siemens AG's VDO automotive unit in 2007 Continental was ranked third in global OEM automotive parts sales in 2012 according to a study sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Autoneum (legal name Autoneum Holding AG) is an internationally active Swiss industrial group with registered offices in Winterthur, Switzerland.  The Autoneum Group, an automotive industry supplier, was founded in 2011 as a Rieter Holding AG spin-off.  The company is listed on the Swiss Exchange (SIX).  In 1984 the former automotive supplier Unikeller AG was taken over by Rieter Holding AG and operated under the name of Rieter Automotive Systems until May 2011, when it was renamed Autoneum as an independent company.  Autoneum employs some 9,600 people at over 45 locations in around 20 countries.  Autoneum net sales for 2013 were 2.053 billion CHF.
Answer: 1871