Automotive

LDRA has welcomed the news that ISO/SAE 21434 automotive cyber security standard has reached the Draft International Standard (DIS) stage. LDRA is committed to fully supporting the standard with enhancements to the LDRA tool suite for Automotive as dictated by formal release of the standard.

A record number of electric and autonomous vehicles are set to do battle in this year’s Formula Student competition which will see thousands of engineering students from over 30 countries travelling to Silverstone in July to take part in the event.

Common mode choke inductors from Coilcraft designed for noise suppression in a CAN (Controller Area Network) or a CAN FD (Controller Area Network Flexible Data rate) communication bus in automotive or general industrial automation applications are available at Mouser Electronics.

Trustonic has announced that it has joined the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) to contribute to the development of technical specifications for secure connected car technologies. The CCC is a cross-industry organisation advancing global technologies for smartphone-to-car connectivity solutions.

High power resistors with the AEC-Q200 automotive qualification are the first on the market according to Vishay Sfernice, the manufacturers.

HRH The Prince of Wales has officially opened one of Europe’s largest automotive research and development facilities, the National Automotive Innovation Centre (NAIC), at the University of Warwick, in Coventry. Advanced researchers, engineers and designers based at the Centre are tackling society’s largest mobility challenges and collectively shaping the future of the global automotive industry from the heart of the United Kingdom.

AIWAYS, the Shanghai-based personal mobility provider, will reveal the European version of its U5 all-electric SUV and new business model at the 2020 Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) in March. In addition to the U5, AIWAYS will showcase its all-new electric concept car U6ion for the first time – further details of this global premiere will be released ahead of the Show. 

It has been announced that Qatar is in the final stages of developing the strategy and legislation relating to Electric Bus Project in Qatar. Currently the country is positioned to be the first country to introduce an integrated electric bus system.

A large portfolio of TVS Flat devices, manufactured by STMicroelectronics, is in stock at distributor RS Components (RS).

C2A Security has announced that it has successfully integrated its endpoint cyber security protection technology with Vector’s AUTOSAR Classic basic software. This integration will enable AUTOSAR developers to add an additional security control to automotive ECU projects without impacting time to market or harming safety compliance, and with negligible run time performance impact.