Challenges for the European Automotive Software Industry

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1 Challenges for the European Automotive Software Industry Viewpoint of a safety supplier 28 th April 2010 Franck Lesbroussart

2 What Trends do we see? Integration of functions Functionalities are expanding Multiple ECU are installed in the vehicles driving up issues : How to connect all these ECU? How to coordinate their actions? How to reduce weight? How to master complexity? Who has system responsibility? Our vision : Domain Controlers Centralize intelligence and complexity Is an integration platform that will accept 3rd party software Open architecture based on AUTOSAR S/W will differenciate OEMs New challenges Integration in domain controlers ALV-FL/ EC - 2

3 What Trends do we see? Integration of functions Development of Driver Assistance Why? Creates value for the end customer Improves safety through significant not intrusive help Technology is available We just start to see the possibilities Future will bring new functions based on fusion of sensors (radars, cameras, GPS, etc..) and will take control of the vehicle for further safety improvements Drives Complexity & power need (CPU) Software predominence Creates issues of Functional safety, validation, certification of functionalities New challenges Regulation of functions, Recognition of benefits Collision Mitigation High & Low-Beam, Automatic Light Speed Sign Recognition Lane Departure/Keeping Mono Vision Stereo Vision Pedestrian Detection Collision Warning ALV-FL/ EC - 3

4 What are the key challenges for the industry? AUTOSAR Advantages European companies initiative Standard that drives Clear architecture Reusability Easier system partionning Solving of most common industry problems Allow to focus on new functions A clear benefit for the OEMs long term Difficulties Technology gap Limited knowledge across the industry Change in development processes Need to migrate existing legacy products Deployement occurs now Difficulty to find trained knowledgeable people in Europe. Immature technology MCALs not available for key H/W components Changes on-going in the OEM operating systems Tools not all at the required level Not yet interoperability of tools Licensing model Tier1 more dependant on 3rd party S/W Drives cost-up for the suppliers Engineering H/W ALV-FL/ EC - 4

5 What are the key challenges for the industry? Regulations Safety is a major concern for the end customer, for our governments, for our industry How are these features regulated, evaluated? They re not. This is a market driven approach For safety, EuroNCAP is the most significant regulation body But, each supplier, each OEM is defining their own way based on their view & interpretation of accident data. We end up with multiple different interpretations making it more difficult to come to a standard How are the ADAS features assessed, certified? Sometimes regulations are also show stoppers ecall regulation delayed, delayed, delayed RADAR UWB frequency allocation in Europe, different from the rest of the world and promoting technologies that are still expensive. Lead-free 24 GHz UWB 60 countries approved regulation Europe until 2013 Japan in GHz UWB US, Canada approved Japan in GHz UWB Europe Singapore ALV-FL/ EC - 5

6 Summary S/W in automotive electronics Importance and complexity making a big step forward with integration, Autosar, development of more and more advanced safety functions taking more and more automatic control of the vehicle Huge increase in workload and complexity Industry model is changing Opportunity to create new jobs, with skilled resources to develop and certify these systems Threat to put these jobs outside of EC with a doom loop effect of loss of knowledge and ownership long term How can EC help? Make decisions (example : e-call ) Consult industry on feasibility and timing for regulations (ex: lead-free, radar) Support to the universities to create European automotive industry S/W engineers Support innovations and creative technologies aimed at improving safety and solving environmental issues, as well as the infrastructure that goes around these technologies ALV-FL/ EC - 6