Truck & Off-Highway Engineering - August 2024 - 15

CONNECTIVITY FEATURE
Georg Fässler, Continental's head of commercial and special
vehicles, is executive chair of SAE's 2024 COMVEC event.
" Integrating digital solutions
and connectivity technologies
is key to making commercial
vehicles future-proof. "
Fässler pointed to the development of softwaredefined
and autonomous commercial vehicles as the
industry's most exciting innovation today. How to effectively
achieve a " software-defined future " will be
core to the SAE COMVEC agenda.
" Just as passenger cars, commercial vehicles will
increasingly rely on software-enabled functions, with
software being decoupled from hardware for rapid
development and over-the-air (OTA) updates - particularly
with the emergence of modern driver-assistance
systems and the eventual transition to automated
and fully autonomous driving, " he said.
Continental and other industry players already have
made significant strides toward realizing softwaredefined
commercial vehicles. " We've succeeded in
decoupling hardware from software while offering reliable
middleware, " Fässler asserted. As these vehicles
increasingly become part of the Internet of Things
(IoT), software will be tasked with processing, managing
and distributing the influx of real-time data to and
from the cloud.
These advances also will reshape the vehicle's internal
structure. " Automated driving, in particular, will require
an exponential increase in a vehicle's computing power,
TRUCK & OFF-HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
Automated driving will require an exponential increase in a vehicle's computing power.
Lessons learned and technologies developed with Aurora for an upcoming
SAE L4 automated driving system will benefit Continental's passenger vehicle
customers as well.
demanding to process the data flood securely, reliably and quickly, "
Fässler said. " This results in a shift towards a centralized vehicle architecture
(E/E and software) with more powerful computing units and
consequently ever-growing significance of cybersecurity. "
Cybersecurity strategies
Cybersecurity becomes a greater concern as software and connectivity
increase. Data transfer between the vehicle and its environment
August 2024 15
ALL IMAGES: CONTINENTAL
Truck & Off-Highway Engineering - August 2024

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Truck & Off-Highway Engineering - August 2024
