1 CAR 1 st Dec. 2003

2 Core-group on Automotive R&D (CAR) Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. Constituted by Dr.R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to Govt. of India in April 2003 Comprises of senior people from Indian automobile and auto-component makers, academia. Goal: –prepare roadmap for cooperative R&D programme to support the Indian Automobile Industry –identify areas where intellectual property protection will enhance the position of industry.

3 Six Expert-Panels Embedded (Control) Systems Telematics Hydrogen & Alternate Energy Technologies Advanced Materials Low-cost Safety Recyclability of auto systems & components

4 Tasks Leading to articulation of “roadmap” for cooperative R&D in the Indian Automotive Sector. CAR will: –Create and update list of technologies critical to development of world class automotive industry. –Create and update list of experts for "Technology Board" –Develop "position paper" describing critical technology –Draw up prioritized list of R&D programs.

5 Embedded Systems Panel Vehicle Software Architecture: –sensors and actuators, black-boxes and sub-systems & communication –Modeling/architecture of these elements –Interface characteristics, protocols, etc. –Re-use, modular design, flexibility –Safety and predictability Automobile sub-systems –Sub-systems like X-by-wire, navigation, automatic suspension, etc. Vehicle Software and Tools: –Simulators/ test-beds to test/ evaluate systems –Tools for rapid prototyping, verifying, exploring hardware/software co- design.

6 Embedded Systems Real-time Systems –Real-time mechanisms for distributed control and communication network –Bus design and provisioning and protocol issues. Power Electronics & Drives Group –Software interface specifications for electric propulsion and energy systems –Specification/design of electric propulsion systems –Software interface to the vehicle software system. Dependability/Safety/Graceful degradation –Dependability and related functional requirements –Graceful degradation –Tools for verification of software and testing.

7 Embedded Systems Communication Network –Design and build network hardware/software + messaging system for prototype vehicle. Automobile Curriculum Group: –Develop curricula for CSE/EE courses promoting automobile sector as user of embedded systems –Prepares students for career in the automobile sector.

8 Pre-competitive medium/long term projects > three years in duration Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV) systems –Motor control (control and power) –System control in conjunction with ECU –Battery charge control and health monitor –Vehicle body electronics –Data flow protocols Multidisciplinary activity –Needs modeling/ simulation tools, embedded controllers, power- electronics systems, work on IC engine mapping and control, vehicle systems modeling and optimization. Need algorithm-based virtual model that is processor-neutral and we need to work towards an open source component library. Industry partners will be free to use these components to shorten their product development cycles by 50-70% of current estimates