Software-Defined Car, IoT and Virtual Car Keys: The top ten stories in 2014
Once again, some of the most-read articles were published in earlier years and for this reason are mentioned here outside the competition. You’ll find them at the end or the list. But now let’s start. The winner is…
1. Audi TT – a step towards the software-defined car
With the latest version of its TT sports car, Audi sets standards for future vehicle electronics designs. Though the propulsion is not generated by an electrical, not even hybrid electrical system but by a conventional internal combustion engine, the TT sketches out some of the paths future designers will go on their way towards the software-defined car.
2. "IoT and the car is like a gift for Freescale"
In automotive semiconductor rankings, Freescale continues to fall back from its former pole position. eeNews Europe asked Steve Wainwright, General Manager, Freescale EMEA, and Juergen Weyer, Vice President Automotive EMEA, about the chipmaker’s recipe to regain market share and their perspective on Internet of Things and the automobile.
3. Bosch, Conti dominate automotive electronics market
Two 500 pound gorillas dominate the market for automotive electronics. On the bottom of the pile, a remarkable scramble of more or less known companies (at least from the European perspective): This describes the situation in the market for automotive electronics hardware.
4. Powering image sensors in automotive camera applications
Steve Brown and Mathew Jacob considers how to power image sensors in automotive camera applications.
5. What EV charging technologies to watch for in 2014
In this the second part of the series we consider the key trends in power management that will drive the market forward in 2014. This time we focus on electronic vehicles (EV) market.
6. Continental sees new challenges for automotive HMIs
In the design of future-proof HMI concepts, automotive supplier Continental aspires to a holistic, integrated approach. "Car drivers should be able to intuitively comprehend what they need to know. It is about a dialog without words", said Continental board member Helmut Matschi at the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit.
7. Virtual car key, Lidar sensors and more: Valeo flexes its muscles
The French automotive supplier Valeo S.A. does not make it to the headlines very frequently. Typically, the company prefers to strengthen its customer relationships work far from the glare of the media spotlight and directly with the carmakers. And actually, more or less all European and American as well as many Asian OEMs are among Valeo’s customers. In a departure from its traditional stance the company recently staged a media day at the Hockenheim race track and introduced some of its pre-series developments and technology studies to journalists. And voilá, the tier one from Paris proved to be at eye level with the premier league of automotive electrics and electronics, and to be a serious contender to the likes of Bosch, ZF and Continental.
8. Daimler introduces robot truck concept
A large truck at full speed on the highway, and the driver is reading newspaper? What looks like a certain recipe for a horror accident could be an entirely safe reality in the future. Carmaker Daimler has introduced a concept called "Future Truck 2025" that calls for autonomous freight traffic on the road within ten years. A test vehicle, the Mercedes Future Truck 2025, already operates on a section of German Autobahn A14 at full speed of 80 kmph.
9. Auto Infotainment — Driving the Course for Connectivity
In the connected car, the head unit – formerly called infotainment system – will be the pivotal point. While this system has evolved a long way from our father’s car radio, next-generation head units will be rather different. The article sketches a few basic development lines of future infotainment systems.
10. Continental goes Silicon Valley, grabs Google guru
In the search for the individual mobility of the future, automotive supplier Continental AG has planted an offshoot in the Silicon Valley. The company’s new Intelligent Transportation Systems business unit will be headed by Seval Oz – the expert for vehicle networking was instrumental in Google’s Self Driving Car project.
And here, out of competition, the most widely read article of those published before 2014. It is a professional article that certainly was somewhat visionary when it was published first in 2011. Now, three years later, we still see rising page views for this extremely interesting contribution.
Model-based software development – its real benefit
Model-based development becomes more and more popular in the development of embedded software systems in the car industry. But what is the real benefit of this approach? This article provides a detailed discussion of benefits and caveats, based on a recent global study.
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