NEWS Audi, BMW and Daimler purchase Here from Nokia Audi, BMW and Daimler “Our environment is limits or critical driving duces precise static maps, have agreed with Nokia constantly changing,” situations are already they can be verified more The monthly magazine for automotive electronics engineers that they will acquire its said Rupert Stadler, chair - recognised today. exactly and continually mapping and location man of the Audi board. “Here will play a key updated with a constant Issue 21 services business, called “That’s why the informa - role in the digital revolu - flow of data from vehi - Europe drivers warm to September 2015 Here. The acquisition is tion in digital maps has to tion of mobility, combin - cles’ surroundings. intended to secure the be continually updated so ing high definition maps Here provides mapping semi-autonomous tech IN THIS long-term availability of that maximum utility can and data from vehicles to and location intelligence ISSUE Here’s products and serv - be offered.” make travel safer and eas - for nearly 200 countries Drivers across Europe are “We are seeing increas - lowed by the Netherlands ices as an open, inde - He said the high-preci - ier for everyone,” said in more than 50 lan - showing an increasing ing demand for features (62 per cent), and Spain Page 2: Audi, BMW pendent and value sion cameras and sensors Harald Krüger, BMW guages and is one of the appetite for the semi- that relieve the stresses of (61 per cent). and Daimler buy creating platform for installed in modern cars chairman. “This knowl - main providers of map - autonomous technologies driving, and make it more Active city stop auto - Nokia’s Here cloud-based maps and were the digital eyes for edge will be to the benefit ping and location serv - that are building blocks enjoyable,” said Roelant matically applies braking other mobility services updating mobility data of all car makers and their ices. The management of towards the cars of the fu - de Waard, vice president if a driver does not react Page 3: Intelligent accessible to all cus - and maps; in this way, in - customers.” Here will continue to be ture, according to a Ford of Ford of Europe. “For to slowing traffic. In the mobility hackathon tomers from the automo - formation such as speed While Here already pro - independent. Motor study on buying example, people have past year 13 per cent of tive industry and other trends in Europe. very quickly become ac - cars produced were Pag 4: Kia pushes sectors. Reverse engineering for historic race cars The three partners will The study of new car customed to systems that equipped with the tech - wireless charging Motorsport and engineering consul - buying habits in 22 coun - help them to find a suit - nology, up from seven per each hold an equal stake in Here; none of them tancy KW Special Projects (KWSP) tries across Europe shows able parking space and re - cent the previous year. Page 8: Steering has launched a reverse engineering significant increases in verse into it.” seeks to acquire a major - The technology was most wheel in Frankfurt service for the historic motorsport the number of cars with Active park assist was ity interest. Subject to the popular in Sweden (59 market. The service, which enables technologies that help fitted to 34 per cent of approval of the relevant per cent), then Norway Page 9: Vents the complete digital scanning of any drivers to park, avoid col - Ford cars in Europe, up antitrust authorities, the (58 per cent) and Switzer - protect electronics historic race car, complements the lisions and maintain set from 28 per cent the pre - transaction is expected to land (41 per cent). company’s existing offerings to the speeds and distances from vious year. In Switzerland close in the first quarter New Ford cars in Eu - Page 13: Trends in contemporary sports car and single- vehicles ahead. this was 72 per cent, fol - of 2016. rope equipped with some driver assistance seater marketplaces. kind of cruise control The car makers see this as part of the path to - It covers scanning, reverse engi - technology rose from 48 Page 21: Listening neering, remanufacturing, digital to 52 per cent. Turkey led choices in vehicles wards fully autonomous driving. Extremely pre - archiving, inspection and composites with 86 per cent, ahead of expertise. Finland at 84 per cent. cise digital maps will be Page 24: Cockpit “We’ve been looking at the viabil - In the past year, 51 per used with real-time vehi - electronics market ity of an historic motorsport pro - cent of cars sold in Swe - cle data to increase road gramme for a while,” said Kieron den had lane keeping as - safety and to facilitate in - Page 26: Fuel station Salter (pictured), managing director sist, ahead of Norway (28 novative products and of the future of KWSP. “Indeed, we’ve recently per cent) and Switzerland services. On the basis of taken on a number of projects working with historic vehicles, particularly (21 per cent). Throughout the shared raw data, all Page 27: Product in terms of reverse engineering and 3D printing capabilities and we felt it Europe, the number of automobile manufactur - news was time to now augment that with our international motorsport expert - vehicles with lane keep - ers can offer their cus - Switzerland tops the park assist list ise and knowledge.” ing aids rose 20 per cent. Page 32: Contact tomers differentiated and details brand-specific services. vehicle-electronics.biz Vehicle Electronics September 2015, Page 2 NEWS NEWS Can RFID Kia pushes wireless charging UK to run intelligent track fast Wireless charging sys - dent. “Innovative tech - mobility hackathon vehicles? tems, capable of transfer - nologies such as this align ring high power without well with one of our core precise alignment be - goals, which is to create a The UK’s Transport Sys - cess to data, hardware and technologists of the Harting has joined forces tween the charger and the vehicle experience that is tems Catapult (TSC) will and software. Teams will future. IMCreate is the with the University of Os - vehicle, are under devel - intuitive and easy for the run what it claims is the develop their ideas while embodiment of this and nabrück in Germany, in opment for electric vehi - consumer.” world’s first intelligent travelling around on we aim to develop the an experiment to verify cles, with the Kia Soul Having already gone mobility hackathon in many forms of transport, ideas which will revolu - the ability of the com - EV being the tester car through several stages of November, as part of its ending with the train from tionise how we move pany’s RFID systems to for this research. development, this final mission to accelerate in - Euston to Milton Keynes. people and goods around detect objects moving at Wireless charging tech - phase will use five Soul novation in transport. The event will conclude the country, using data high speeds. nology has the potential Testing wireless charging with Kia Soul EVs EVs to test how wireless The event will use the at the Catapult’s Imova - and information the TSC The object of the exer - to enhance the conven - technology works in real- hackathon along with the tion Centre facility, home has gathered from all cise is to determine how ience of EVs – and so in - The system is being de - awarded a funding grant world performance, in - TSC’s transport data of the Lutz pathfinder dri - modes of transport as in - fast a vehicle can go and crease the appeal and veloped by the Hyundai- from the US Department cluding durability, safety index to address critical verless car project. spiration.” still be detected reliably acceptance among con - Kia America Technical of Energy (DoE). and performance. problems within the UKs “The fusion of creativ - A panel made up of using RFID. sumers – while possibly Center (Hatci) and Mojo “Hatci is honoured to be Kia and Mojo Mobility transport network. ity and technical prowess leaders from industry and As a warm-up, an elec - enabling smaller battery Motabilit – a wireless selected as a partner with have not announced when The event, over the is critical to solving the academia will choose the tric racing car drove past pack sizes and reduced power technology com - the DoE,” said Sung the system will be avail - weekend of 14th and 15th transport challenges of first, second and third the RFID antennas at vehicle weight. pany – after being Hwan Cho, Hatci presi - able for purchase. November 2015, will today and tomorrow,” best systems developed at 80km/h. All systems bring together more than said IMCreate organiser the event. functioned and the car 100 data scientists, soft - Charles Carter from “We are confident that was detected. The second ware engineers, business TSC’s information ex - fresh thinking developed race, involving an electric thinkers, marketers, inno - ploitation team. “It is time at IMCreate will lead to racing car at 120km/h, vators, and public and to explore a new ap - new transport projects or also resulted in the vehi - private transport sector proach, one that gives start-up companies that cle being detected. end-users and suppliers. equal weighting to both will become transport in - However, the electric Called IMCreate, it will artistry and methodology, dustry leaders in the fu - cars only have a maxi - start in London with ac - to shape the engineers ture,” said Carter. mum speed of 120km/h since the Formula Student Wind River hits CMMI level three project only uses a nar - row track or involves a Intel subsidiary Wind three. This appraisal “Our CMMI level three 75m sprint.