Elmar Frickenstein has been an industry expert for many years and is considered a thought leader for innovative technologies and digitalization in the automotive industry. At ELIV 2024, he will be moderating a panel discussion on the topic of digital homologation.
Digital Homologation: the Key to Faster Vehicle Development and Higher Quality
Vehicle development is no longer conceivable without digital homologation. Elmar Frickenstein, an industry expert for many years, is convinced of this. He will be moderating a panel discussion on this topic at the International VDI Congress ELIV 2024. His expectation: “Digital homologation can be expected to result in shorter development times, higher quality and reduced hardware costs.”
Shorter Development Times, Higher Quality, Lower Costs
Today, the development results of ADAS/AD are still tested and proven over several million kilometers. This conventional approach to driver testing will no longer work in the future, Elmar Frickenstein makes clear: “The (partially) autonomous driving functions from level 2+ to 5 and the associated future EE architecture with its high degree of integration require new approaches. Digital homologation, with the support of artificial intelligence among other things, makes it possible to start validation as early as the development phase.” This is expected to result in shorter development times, higher quality and reduced hardware costs.
Enabler for Further Steps in Digitalization
OEMs, Tier 1, Tier 2, chip manufacturers and start-ups have developed promising, new and future-oriented solutions, the automotive expert continues: “These sometimes different approaches require much closer forms of cooperation and mean that standardized, industry-wide protocols are needed for security. This creates the basis for faster development in areas that do not have a differentiating character. In this context, digital homologation is a key pre-enabler for the future and for further steps in digitalization.”
Keyword standardization: Open source software is indispensable as a pioneer for decentralized, collaborative working models. It does not seem expedient for OEMs to maintain their operating system middleware themselves, thereby tying up investments and resources that are urgently needed for differentiating and customer-oriented development, Elmar Frickenstein continues: “The use of open source is therefore a central building block for the future. Collaboration is the guiding principle here, and brand differentiation can be achieved through specific features at the human-machine interface. The joint study by TU Munich, Capgemini and ASIMI (Automotive Software Interfaces and Middleware Initiative), among others, makes this clear.”
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