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Multiphysics for Everyone Touchscreen MULTIPHYSICS FOR EVERYONE COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS ® The evolution of computational tools for numerical simulation of physics-based systems has reached APPLICATION BUILDER a major milestone. Custom applications are now being developed by simulation specialists using the Application Builder in APPLICATION COMSOL Multiphysics®. With a local installation of COMSOL Server™, applications can be deployed within an entire organization and accessed worldwide. Make your organization truly benefit from the power of analysis. comsol.com/application-builder © Copyright 2016–2017 COMSOL. COMSOL, the COMSOL logo, COMSOL Multiphysics, Capture the Concept, COMSOL Desktop, COMSOL Server, LiveLink, and Simulation for Everyone are either registered trademarks or trademarks of COMSOL AB. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners, and COMSOL AB and its subsidiaries and products are not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or supported by those trademark owners. For a list of such trademark owners, see www.comsol.com/trademarks. Free Info at http://info.hotims.com/65847-816 AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING® Radical! Next-gen electrical architectures in the works 48-volt Why it’s absolutely the next big thing CES 2017 Preview What’s happening at the hottest autonomy show on earth NEW: SAE Standards, supplier analyst columns January 2017 autoengineering.sae.org When you’re connected by , your car is your most powerful device. From your home to the office and everywhere between, Harman connects you to everything that matters. DISCOVER THE POSSIBILITIES AT CAR.HARMAN.COM Free Info at http://info.hotims.com/65847-810 CONTENTS FEATURES REGULARS 12 Thought leadership at WCX17 2 Editorial: Vital Transformation SAE EVENTS: WORLD CONGRESS 2017 4 Supplier Eye Magna’s CTO talks innovation and disruption at WCX17, the newly The impact of shifting to the ‘softer’ side rebranded SAE World Congress. 6 SAE Standards News 13 Patton’s new campaign PEOPLE GVS focus areas for 2017 As new SAE International President for 2017, Doug Patton will 8 Technology Report advocate STEM, “cultivation” of prospective young engineers. 8 Continental demonstrates new sensing tech for 14 New EEAs for the connected, SAE Level 4 capability | AUTONOMOUS DEVELOPMENT 9 Pour your next EV battery? | ELECTRONICS autonomous future COVER STORY OEMs and their Tier-1 partners are revamping vehicle electronic and 27 Road Ready electrical architectures with “über brain” central computers and 27 New Ford Fiesta claims B-car tech leadership real-time Ethernet to feed tomorrow’s data-hungry cars and trucks. 28 LA auto show: All-new CX-5 brings Mazda’s 18 Bridging the power gap with first-ever diesel for North America 29 Product Briefs 48 volts PROPULSION New 48-V technologies are poised to arrive in volume to help meet Spotlight: Sensors CO regulations and satisfy the “vampire” power demands of new 2 31 Reader Feedback electrical subsystems and accessories. 32 Companies Mentioned, Ad Index 22 Autonomy, connectivity headline 33 Q&A the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show Intel’s Kathy Winters details the coming future of AUTONOMOUS/CONNECTIVITY DEVELOPMENT | CES PREVIEW superfast data processing for ADAS and SAE The automotive component of CES expands as global anticipation Level 4 automated driving. for automated driving and enhanced connectivity intensifies. ON THE COVER Follow us on social media The flashy graphic representing next-generation vehicle electrical architectures is the handiwork of Rob Thorndike from the graphics department of General Motors. @SAEAutoMag @saeaei SAE Magazines Automotive Engineering®, January 2017, Volume 4, Number 1. Automotive Engineering 22 (ISSN 2331-7639) is published in January, February, March, April, May, June, August, September, October, and November by Tech Briefs Media Group, an SAE International Company ®, 261 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1901, New York, NY 10016 and printed in Mechanicsburg, PA. Copyright © 2017 SAE International. Annual print subscription for SAE members: first subscription, $15 included in dues; additional single copies, $30 each North America, $35 each overseas. Prices for nonmember subscriptions are $115 North America, $175 overseas. Periodicals postage paid at New York, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to Automotive Engineering, P. O. 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(ISSN 2331-7639 print) (ISSN 2331-7647 digital) Audited by AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING January 2017 1 NY, NJ, OH: EDITORIAL Ryan Beckman +1.973.409.4687 Bill Visnic [email protected] Editorial Director [email protected] PA/DE: Desiree Stygar Lindsay Brooke +1.908.300.2539 Editor-in-Chief [email protected] [email protected] Midwest/Great Lakes: EDITORIAL Ryan Gehm IN, MI, WI, IA, IL, MN Associate Editor [email protected] Chris Kennedy +1.847.498.4520, x3008 Jennifer Shuttleworth [email protected] Associate Editor [email protected] Midwest/Central Canada: KS, KY, MO, NE, ND, SD, ON, MB Vital Transformation Lisa Arrigo Bob Casey Custom Electronic +1.847.223.5225 Almost lost in discussions about auton- or other road users. Products Editor [email protected] [email protected] omous-driving technology are the “oth- If such situations occur, a collision Rocky Mountain States/NM: CO, ID, MT, UT, WY, NM er” road users and how they fit into the warning is triggered both in the vehicle Contributors Tim Powers +1.973.409.4762 driverless, robotic-vehicle future. and on the smartphone, watch, etc., of Kami Buchholz [email protected] Detroit Editor If you’re like me, you have personal the other road user before they have Southern CA, AZ, NV: Stuart Birch Tom Boris mobility options depending on weather, seen each other—or before the car’s European Editor +1.949.715.7779 termperature, length of destination and ADAS sensor array and processor have Jack Yamaguchi [email protected] Asia Editor Northern CA, WA, OR, the cargo requirements of any given recognized the danger. Western Canada: journey. The car is my primary mode. But The power of X2Safe lies in its ability Steven Ashley, Dan Carney, Craig Pitcher Terry Costlow, Richard Gardner, +1.408.778.0300 I can also roll out my motorcycle or my to individually analyze the behavior of John Kendall, Bruce Morey, [email protected] Linda Trego, Paul Weissler bicycle. And I can walk—also known as all road users in terms of possible dan- International “pedestrian mode” when viewed from ger and react accordingly. If a pedes- DESIGN the seats of the other mobility devices. trian does not wait at a red light or Europe – Central & Eastern: Lois Erlacher Sven Anacker Unfortunately, only one crosses the road at a place Creative Director Britta Steinberg +49.202.27169.11 of those mobility modes invisible to drivers, the Ray Carlson [email protected] With X2Safe, Associate Art Director [email protected] offers me, the driver/oc- algorithm deems this be- Europe – Western: cupant, the safety that ZF TRW havior particularly “un- Chris Shaw SALES & +44.1270.522130 safe” and assigns a higher comes with advanced proves it is MARKETING [email protected] driver-assistance systems. individual risk. China: an innovative Joe Pramberger Alan Ao If I’m biking or walking There’s power, too, in Publisher +86.21.6140.8920 across a street, I’m often a software player. the system’s ability to [email protected] [email protected] vulnerable target for dis- apply context to evaluate Debbie Rothwell Japan: Marketing Director Shigenori Nagatomo tracted drivers. In fact, motorcyclists, the situation. ZF TRW’s algorithm pro- [email protected] +81.3.3661.6138 cyclists and pedestrians comprise about cesses not only road-user information Martha Tress [email protected] Recruitment Sales Manager South Korea: 50% of the annual 1.25 million deaths but also that of danger zones, such as +1.724.772.7155 Eun-Tae Kim [email protected] +82-2-564-3971/2 caused by traffic accidents worldwide, tricky roads or hidden bus stops. [email protected] according to the World Health Perhaps more remarkable than REGIONAL Organization. X2Safe’s capability to reduce car-to- SALES Integrated Media If I’m lucky, my optical or radar signa- bike and car-to-pedestrian collisions is Consultants ture will be picked up by the vehicle’s that it was invented and developed by North America Angelo Danza New England/Eastern Canada: +1.973.874.0271 ADAS. It will alert the driver, or engage ZF—famous for transmission engineer- ME, VT, NH, MA, RI, QC [email protected] automatic braking/steering action to ing and manufacturing. The 101-year-old Ed Marecki Patrick Harvey +1.401.351.0274 +1.973.409.4686 prevent me from getting squashed. But maker of Zeppelin gearboxes and mas- [email protected] [email protected] my safety improves significantly if we ter of milling, broaching and hobbing CT: Todd Holtz Stan Greenfield +1.973.545.2566 both “see” each other in enough time for now, with TRW in the fold, is increas- +1.203.938.2418 [email protected] [email protected] both of us to take action and avoid any ingly focused on game-changing algo- Rick Rosenberg Mid-Atlantic/Southeast/TX: +1.973.545.2565 impact.
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