iCar Support Newsletter - issue 2

The iCar Support Newsletter Issue 2, August – December 2010

In this issue...

New eSafety Recommendations Two Workshops took place in 2010 for reviewing the old 28 eSafety Recommendations

eSafety Forum activities and results Five eSafety Forum Working Groups delivered their final reports in 2010

eSafety Forum ELSA Task Force final report The report has been delivered to the EC and eSafety Forum members in September 2010

eSafety Observers Network 1st meeting The meeting took place on 4th October in Timisoara, Romania and focused on the approval of the Terms of References and next steps

13th eSafety Forum Plenary meeting 12th-13th October in Brussels, Belgium The meeting gathered 70 eSafety Forum members and focused on discussions regarding research, innovation and deployment issues, as well as on the future of the eSafety Forum in the changing political environment

eSafety Awards 2010 The ceremony took place in the context of the 13th eSafety Forum Plenary meeting on 13th October and was led by Deputy Director General of Directorate General of Information, Society and Media, Mr Zoran Stančič

Dissemination activities This item gives an overview of iCar Support and eCall presence in events during the fall of 2010

New eSafety Recommendations The November 2002 eSafety Working Group report listed 28 Recommendations for further actions to accelerate the development, large-scale deployment and use of active

safety

systems

(Intelligent

Integrated

Safety

Systems).

These

Recommendations guided the work of the eSafety Forum over the past years and were monitored twice a year by previous projects the eScope and eSafety Support.

As the latest update of the 28 Recommendations list under eSafety Support project was dated end-2008, the new iCar Support project undertook the task of reviewing this list. For this, the iCar Support Team organised two workshops, which took place on 17th June and 13th September 2010, to which all the eSafety Forum chairs, WG’s and Task Forces co-chairs from the active and concluded Groups were invited to participate. iCar Support prepared the original document, which was based on the latest Recommendations Note at end-2008 and also included the recommendations of the WGs who concluded their activities in the meantime. This document was revised and agreed on during the two workshops. The resulting list was presented at the eSafety Forum Plenary meeting on 12th-13th October 2010 to the Forum members and was approved unamended. The eSafety Recommendations list was also presented to the eSafety Observers Network at the first meeting of the Group meeting on 4th October 2010 in Timisoara and was also approved by this Group.

The document is not yet final and the members of the eSafety Forum are invited to send their feedback on the eSafety Recommendations. A third workshop will be organised in January 2011 to finalise the list of recommendations and to establish “Champions” – leaders responsible for monitoring the progress of the implementation of each Recommendation. The current state of work on the eSafety Recommendations list can be consulted here.

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eSafety Forum activities and results The eSafety Working Groups and Task Forces are focusing on domain-specific priority areas that are important for the implementation of the eSafety Working Group recommendations, and in line with the actions brought forward in the Commission Communication.

2010 was a very successful year for the eSafety Forum Working Groups and Task Forces. Five Working Groups (WGs) and the eSafety Forum ELSA Task Force concluded their activities and delivered their final reports: NDF WG, eSecurity WG, SOA WG, Intelligent Infrastructure WG and IRM WG. A short debriefing about their activities is given below.

1. NDF WG Final Report Summary: The use of “Nomadic Devices” (or NDs) or portable and aftermarket devices used in the vehicle by a driver for support, assistance, communication or entertainment, is increasingly common. The Term Nomadic Device covers all types of portable information, communication and entertainment equipment, as well as accessories that can be brought inside the vehicle by the customer to be used while driving.

These include Personal Navigation Assistants or devices (PNDs); Internet Appliances (iTouch); Portable CD/DVD Players; Music Players (iPod, Sony, etc.); Mobile Computing (PDSs, UMPCs, Laptops); Mobile Phones/Smart Phones (iPhone, Nokia, HTC, Samsung, Blackberry, LG, Sony- Ericsson); Gaming Devices (Nintendo, PlayStations Portable, Sega); Portable TVs. As in-car use of such devices grows rapidly, there are concerns that this should not lead to driver distraction and increased safety risk. The lack of standards for device “docking” in the vehicle, and for safe installation and use, imply added costs, inconvenience and perhaps risks for the user. The need for a safe HMI goes back to 1995/96 as a request of a high level expert group from Member States directly appointed by the Commission.

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• Implement the four passive safety related recommendations of chapter 4 in the ESoP update.

• Until more sophisticated future fixation solutions are available nomadic device manufacturers should recommend to their customers to fix a nomadic device on the left lower corner of the windscreen or for cars with fixed side windows (MPV, etc.) on this side windscreen.

• Start campaigns to create customer awareness on safe mounting of Nomadic Devices. This is a joint effort of NDMs, user organisations, insurances and public authorities.

The Group decided to continue their activities. More information about this Group and the final report can be found on the iCar Support website here.

2. eSecurity WG Final Report Summary: Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) bring the promise of more safety, comfort, security, environment preservation and energy consumption reduction. However, the resulting increase in electronics and communications is raising security and privacy issues that could jeopardise deployment. The eSecurity Working Group was set up within the eSafety Forum as a discussion platform involving all stakeholders with two objectives: to discuss vulnerability aspects of electronics and communications in road transport while taking into account existing practice and emerging Research and Technology Development (RTD) initiatives, and to agree on recommendations to improve or eliminate the vulnerabilities.

Recommendations: • To insure separation between independent vehicle-based systems and interactive systems. Vehicle based systems should remain under the responsibility of the OEMs and should not be affected by interactive systems.

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• Investigate liability issues of applications beyond informing systems (systems that have an immediate impact on driving). Further research work is needed to understand and monitor these effects.

• Harmonise legal measures in place within Member States concerning improvement of electronic security (e.g. regulations on manipulation of mileage). Today inconsistencies among legal framework within the Member States exist.

• Address security issues raised by specific applications. In particular define evaluation criteria and methods which stakeholders can use in their decision process.

• Undertake further work to identify further recommendations for privacy by design approach.

More information about this Group and the final report can be found on the iCar Support website here.

3. SOA WG Final Report Summary: In order to deal with tomorrow’s transportation challenges, systems allowing vehicles to communicate with other vehicles and with the infrastructure, also known as cooperative systems, are needed. A precondition for the successful introduction of such co-operative systems is that existing services can be extended and future services can easily be introduced on the same in-vehicle and roadside infrastructure.

This calls for a common view on Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA). SOA concepts and related technologies are expected to play an important role in facilitating service interoperability and cooperation among stakeholders and specialised parties. eSafety services require involvement of different partners providing parts of an eSafety service. Public safety organisations and health systems need to co-operate with OEMs and 3rd party service providers. The combination of Page 5 of 13

partners may vary from country to country – the service provided however has to be available with a consistent quality.

Recommendations: • SOA should be strongly considered as a better alternative for implementing safety /ITS solutions compared to a centralised closed platform approach • Initiate a study which focuses on governance of the relationships among stakeholders (with respect to trust, quality, SLAs, commercial aspects, DRM, privacy) • Define a common ontology and semantic for describing eSafety services.

More information about this Group and the final report can be found on the iCar Support website here.

4. Intelligent Infrastructure WG Final Report Summary: The report focused on a common definition of Intelligent Infrastructure that states: The Intelligent road Infrastructure is the organisation and technology of the roadside and back office for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based (cooperative) traffic and transport services beneficial for road users and/or road network operators. When Infrastructure is Intelligent and provides ICT based technology, it results in responsive, interactive and if needed pro-active services and systems. A survey was conducted to understand the Intelligent Infrastructure (II) related Services that should be taken into account when dealing with the II and also identifying the main stakeholders involved in them.

Recommendations:

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• Support stakeholders to achieve their objectives to improve mobility, contribute to energy efficiency and increase road safety by deploying beneficial and cost-efficient Intelligent Infrastructure (II) services.

• Stakeholders should always keep an eye on the user; in the end these II services are being developed for the user.

• To achieve a large-scale deployment of the II services via the deployment of the II laying the foundation for the services. Without II, the services could not be provided.

• Efforts need to be complemented by the development and parallel introduction of intelligent vehicles, meaning intelligent in-vehicle and nomadic systems.

More information about this Group and the final report can be found on the iCar Support website here.

5. Implementation Road Maps WG Report 2010 Summary: The Implementation Road Maps Working Group of the eSafety Forum commenced its activities in July 2003. The objectives were: 1) to identify the technical and economical potential of the industry as well as the topics and a time table for infrastructure improvements by the public sector with regard to eSafety systems capable of affecting road fatalities in Europe by 2010, and 2) to develop a regularly reviewed road map which focuses on technological steps and economic implication models for the introduction of intelligent integrated road safety systems as well as the required improvements in road and information infrastructure. The priority vehicle based systems now include: blind spot monitoring; Adaptive headlights; Obstacle & collision warning; Lane departure warning; Emergency

Braking (added in 2008).

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The priority infrastructure-related systems are: eCall; Extended environmental information (Extended FCD); RTTI (Real-time Travel and Traffic Information); Dynamic traffic management; Local danger warning; Speed Alert; Dynamic navigation (added in 2010).

One key question is how to promote the deployment of these systems in future.

There are also differences in feasibility between vehicle-based systems and more infrastructure / or mixed systems because their business cases vary.

Recommendations: • The automobile industry, European Commission, the Member States and other stakeholders should enhance the customer awareness of the safety benefits of such systems in vehicles through joint well structured and harmonized European campaigns, driver training & education programs, and media (consumer magazines).

• The Member States and insurance companies should give financial/fiscal incentives to customers to buy vehicles equipped with effective systems fulfilling the detailed specifications and standards drawn up for such specific systems.

• The EC and the Member States should support frequency allocations for radiobased systems.

The European Commission should initiate actions to make information on the availability and actual integration of eSafety systems in vehicles available for accident research, deployment monitoring and other relevant purposes across Europe.

More information about this Group and the final report can be found on the iCar Support website here.

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eSafety Forum ELSA Task Force final report The European Commission (DG INFSO) requested an eSafety Forum Task Force to elaborate a proposal on a European Large Scale bridging Action (ELSA) on ICT in Transport. The objective of organising an ELSA was to speed up innovation of the Road Transport sector by applying ICT through large scale implementation, testing and demonstration of the latest developments and to bring them to the market. The objective of innovation in transport is to address the societal challenges of environmental impact, safety and efficiency of road transport, which means reducing CO2 output, fatalities and congestion. New developments in ICT, like Future Internet and Pv6, offer further the possibility of new services to transport users through European wide Service Platforms. Other important societal goals with respect to road transport are within the area of road safety and the efficient use of the available infrastructure. One of the big opportunities to be exploited is also the optimal use of all modes of transport (road, rail, water and air): the development of co-modality. The key for this development is not only the lay-out of the various transport modes but the use by citizens and businesses. A number of basic principles of how to organise an ELSA emerged: • Current developments in cooperative systems (V2V, V2I and I2V communication) offer a good starting point to develop connected vehicles and connected travellers.

• Developing the maturity of solutions by stepwise scaling up in a follow-up of activities is an important prerequisite for authorities • Innovative technologies should be brought to the market in a number of test-beds which are more or less permanent for the duration of the ELSA. • In every test-bed a number of consecutive and parallel actions could take place to bring new developments to the market starting on a small scale, to demonstrate them, to test and evaluate them and to take decisions on next steps.

• Evaluations and go/no-go decisions should be performed in a time-efficient way to have maximum throughput in a given timeframe.

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• An ELSA should run for 6 or 8 years with activities of 2 year duration.

More information about ELSA Task Force and the final report can be found on the iCar Support website here.

eSafety Observers Network 1st meeting The eSafety Observers Network consists of a panel of representatives selected from the EU Member States and ITS National Associations who report to the EC about their national eSafety activities. The Observers are actively involved in national activities

industry, and

policy,

are

or

R&D

acknowledged

experts in their domain or sector. The liaison and coordination between the eSafety Observers community and National ITS Associations is meant to ensure

better

synchronisation

between the Intelligent Car and eSafety Forum priorities at European and national levels, to support the work of the national eSafety initiatives within Member States and to support EU eSafety initiatives.

The first meeting of the eSafety Observers Network took place in Timisoara, Romania on 4 October 2010. The Observers agreed on Terms of References which will guide their work in the following years of activity.

Agenda and meeting’s documents are available here.

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13th eSafety Forum Plenary meeting The 13th eSafety Forum Plenary meeting took place in Brussels, at Diamant Business Center and gathered about 80 members of the eSafety Forum. The meeting agenda covered in the first day reporting of the eSafety Forum Activities Working Groups and Task Forces activities and three main thematic sessions the second day (research and innovation, deployment and the future challenges for eSafety Forum in the currently changing political environment). The new list of eSafety Recommendations was also presented for approval to the eSafety Forum members during the event. Agenda and meeting’s documents are available here .

eSafety Awards 2010 The eSafety Forum organises annual eSafety Awards - “Rewarding excellence in deployment of eSafety systems” - to highlight the successes of the most outstanding, ambitious

and

innovative

eSafety

deployments and to reward those people and

organisations

most

worthy

of

recognition and praise. This year’s ceremony took place in the context of the eSafety Forum Plenary meeting, on 13th October, and the Awards were handed out by the Deputy Director General of the Directorate General of Information Society and Media, Mr Zoran Stančič.

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2010 winners are: • Industry/Technology Award - Theo Kamalski, TomTom • Policy Award – Harri Pursiainen, Finish Ministry of Transport and Communication • Lifetime achievement Award – Wolfgang Reinhardt, ACEA Read more about the Awards, ceremony and the winners here.

Dissemination activities 1. iCar Support supports eCall at eSafety Berlin event iCar Support attended the eSafety Berlin event organised under the patronage of Peter Ramsauer, German Minister for Transport,

and

featuring

an

eSafety

exhibition with stands of eSafetyAware partners Bosch, Conti, Valeo, and DVR. Supporting eCall through outreach and dissemination, iCar Support distributed eCall materials and fielded queries at its dedicated stand. Also attending were experts such as André Seeck, President of Euro NCAP; Ulrich Klaus Becker, VicePresident of ADAC; Dr Gwehenberger, Head of Accident Research of the Allianz Center for Technology, as well as Formula 1-star Nico Rosberg.

For more information, please click here

2. iCar Support supports eCall in Strasburg, Rally of France From 30 September to 2 October 2010, the eCall stand took part in the "Village de la Mobilité responsable" in Strasbourg, organised by the French Automobile Club AFACA in the scope of the French round of the World Rally Championship. The

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event took place at the Zénith building, which was also the WRC Service Park, attracting thousands of spectators.

The iCar Support team and the European Commission explained to the audience how eCall works, provided information materials and give-aways.

For more information about this event please click here.

iCar Support supports eCall at CLEPA Technology Day 2010 eSafety Challenge in cooperation with the Belgian Touring Club organised the launch of the Belgian eSafety On Board campaign. The event took place together with the CLEPA Technology Day on "Green Technologies for tomorrow’s mobility”.

Four separate areas were covered:    

The Forum for the Automobile and Society: “Electrically chargeable vehicles: good bet or risk?”

The Forum Anticipation of Change in the Automotive Industry partnership: “The impact of the regulatory framework in the automotive industry” The eSafety Challenge consortium will demonstrate life saving eSafety applications Warranty experts will present a review of European warranty trends and Warranty Process Guidelines iCar Support took part with an eCall stand to this event on 27 October at the Autoworld in Brussels.

For more information on the event, click here.

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