Title :
Embedded systems and software challenges in electric vehicles
Author :
Chakraborty, Samarjit ; Lukasiewycz, Martin ; Buckl, Christian ; Fahmy, Suhaib ; Chang, Naehyuck ; Park, Sangyoung ; Kim, Younghyun ; Leteinturier, Patrick ; Adlkofer, Hans
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. Munich, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
The design of electric vehicles require a complete paradigm shift in terms of embedded systems architectures and software design techniques that are followed within the conventional automotive systems domain. It is increasingly being realized that the evolutionary approach of replacing the engine of a car by an electric engine will not be able to address issues like acceptable vehicle range, battery lifetime performance, battery management techniques, costs and weight, which are the core issues for the success of electric vehicles. While battery technology has crucial importance in the domain of electric vehicles, how these batteries are used and managed pose new problems in the area of embedded systems architecture and software for electric vehicles. At the same time, the communication and computation design challenges in electric vehicles also have to be addressed appropriately. This paper discusses some of these research challenges.
Keywords :
automobiles; automotive electrics; automotive electronics; electric vehicles; embedded systems; engines; software architecture; automotive system domain; battery lifetime performance; battery management technique; communication design challenge; computation design challenge; electric car engine; electric vehicle; embedded system architecture; evolutionary approach; software challenge; software design technique; Automotive engineering; Batteries; Computer architecture; Electric vehicles; Software; Supercapacitors;
Conference_Titel :
Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE), 2012
Conference_Location :
Dresden
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2145-8
DOI :
10.1109/DATE.2012.6176508