Company presentation. ESS - 'Exterior Sound System' for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

Company presentation. ESS - 'Exterior Sound System' for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

INTRODUCTION ELECTRIC VEHICLES, THE SILLENT KILLERS Electric and hybrids vehicles are two times more likely to be involved in a pedestrian crash at low speeds than conventional vehicles* USA, Japan, China and Europe are introducing legislation to set minimum levels of noise for quiet vehicles and requiring use of external warning sound systems In Denmark an American tourist recently was killed by a silent electric driven garbage truck * http://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/rulemaking/pdf/quietcar-noi-draft.pdf

Solution Increases traffic safety and reduce the number of accidents in traffic and in workspaces by delivering intelligent exterior warning sound systems for electric and hybrid vehicles

What is? The only company with an off the shelf multi channel system for External Safety Sound for electric and hybrid vehicle

INTRODUCTION TO ECTUNES Founded by experts in acoustics, sound engineering and electric vehicle technology, ECTunes focuses on making the next generation of electric and hybrid vehicles safer whilst respecting environmental sound constraints ECTunes designs Intelligent Pedestrian Warning Sound Systems as a solution to the growing traffic safety concern that quietrunning vehicles pose to pedestrians, children and cyclists Manufacturing is outsourced to TS certified partners ECTunes sell complete solutions directly to OEM or through partners via license agreements More than 3 years of ESS product experience and 1½ years test in different EVs

CORE COMPETENCES AND SERVICES CORE COMPETENCES: 100% focus on external sound systems Advanced Sound & Acoustic Engineering. World Class Loudspeaker Development Electronics Design Software Development Certified Automotive Production Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Integration Insights to the market (working closely with OEMs on sound solutions) Extensive market research, field tests, white paper (published march 2011). SERVICES: Customization of Loudspeakers, Electronics and Sound Engine Integration Design Consultancy Sound Design Consultancy Sound Test (Panel and Field) Speaker Performance Simulation (in the specific vehicle)

RESEARCH Report on sound design for EVs What are the optimal sound design? Report about use of EVs in urban logistics and environmental impacked Write Paper on External Sound for EVs Recommendations and Guidelines Find the reports and more research on ectunes.com

PRODUCT PRESENTATION

ECTUNES PRODUCT SOLUTIONS ECTUNES HAS LUNCHED THE INTELLIGENT EXTERNAL WARNING SOUND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES Special designed waterproof loudspeakers Special designed waterproof control box incl. 4 channel amplification Unique sound core software Sound dependent of vehicle speed, acceleration, direction and state Produced to the Automotive Std.: ISO/TS 16949:2009 Available as off-the-shelf and customized solution (OEM)

ECTUNES 3IN LOUDSPEAKER Automotive Grade. IP Rating 68K Neodymium Magnet Engine Pressure Equalization Technology No SPL loss at high temperatures Depth (incl. grille) 90 mm Front Face 96 x 96 mm Rear Face 72 x 72 mm 3 Point Fixing Bracket Volume: 0,45 L 10

ECTUNES ECU Automotive Grade ECU developed specific for exterior sound generation CAN + Analogue interface 4 x 25W Class D Amplification Proven Processor Compliant with UNECE R-10 rev. 4 and ISO 16750 2-5 Connects up to 4 loudspeakers Detection of non-functional loudspeakers and ECU High voltage, load dump and jump start protection Depth 114 mm Rear Face 89 x 17 mm Front Face 89 x 52 mm

ECTUNES SOUND GENERATION Sound Generation Software Based on the ECTunes sound core CAN version Proven sound technology and tested on electric vehicles since 2010 Flexible achitecture allowing for rapid customization Sound core can handle single or multiple wave files Pitch and volume correlation to vehicle speed and torque fully adjustable OEM development and tuning tools for transfer of software, upload of sound files and calibration 12

ECTUNES CONTACT INFORMATION ECTUNES Chr. M. Østergaardsvej 4A 8700 Horsens Denmark info@ectunes.com Jesper Boie Rasmussen Mobile: +45 40193024 Email: jbr@ectunes.com Thomas Gadegaard Mobile: +45 21218662 Email: tga@ectunes.com