Press release

Intelligent vehicles systems to be tested across Europe

Supported by the European Commission 7th Framework Programme of Information Society Technologies, the euroFOT integrated project has officially been launched in May. Led by Ford, the project involves 28 partners, including major European vehicle manufacturers as well as leading automotive technology suppliers and research institutes, which will work together over a period of 40 months. The partners will conduct European-wide vehicle field tests, to assess the impact of eight advanced driver assistance and preventive safety functions in real traffic conditions.

Road safety, energy efficiency, and traffic congestion are the main challenges currently faced by the European transport system. The use of new in-vehicle technologies has the potential to contribute to safer, cleaner and more efficient transport solutions throughout Europe.

Many state-of-the-art systems are currently waiting to be deployed on the market. However, in order to create a proper business case and comply with political decisions, various factors would need to be better assessed and understood. These include the different products markets, user acceptance, and the real-world driving conditions. Then, Public Authorities and Manufacturers will be able to better control the risk factor of bringing these products to the market and identify which aspects of Intelligent Vehicle Systems would benefit best from further development.

euroFOT will identify and coordinate an in-the-field testing of new Intelligent Vehicle Systems with the potential for improving the quality of European road traffic. This permits assessing their effectiveness on actual roads, while determining how they perform towards the intended objectives. The field testing will also offer an early publicity of the technologies, and enable the analysis of the user acceptance and its subsequent potential for market penetration.

A selection of 8 functionalities will be tested in over 1500 vehicles from 11 European OEM brands.

Longitudinal control functions

FCW            Forward Collision Warning
ACC            Adaptive Cruise Control
SL               Speed Limiter

Lateral control functions

BLIS             Blind Spot Information System
LDW and IW  Lane Departure Warning and Impairment Warning

Advanced applications 

CSW       Curve Speed Warning
FEA         Fuel Efficiency Advisor
SafeHMI  Safe Human Machine Interaction

For more information, please contact:
Ariane Brusselmans
Communication officer
ERTICO-ITS Europe
0032 02 400 07 33
0032 479 330714

 

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Notes to the Editor

The euroFOT project is supported by the European Commission 7th Framework Programme of Information Society Technologies

Coordinator: Ford Research Center

Partners: BMW Group, Fiat Group- CRF, Daimler, Man, Volvo, Volvo technological Development Corporation, Volkswagen, Bosch, Continental, Delphi, Chalmers, ICCS, Ika, IZVW, University of Torino, University of Leeds, Bast, Ceesar, CTAG, INRETS, TNO, ADAS Management Consulting, Alcor, Allianz, EICT, ERTICO, IMC- Irion Management Consulting