Standardisation Liaison

Next to the identification of existing standards related with CAD we need to identify ongoing standardisation activities for which voluntary collaborative groups provide support to further standardisation initiatives. In general activities which bring together automotive technologists, policy makers and other stakeholders.

Name	Description	Link
ANEC	European consumer voice in standardisation	view details
ECOS	Environmental organisation specialised in standardisation	view details
ETSC	European Transport Safety Council	view details
EURAS	European Academy for Standardisation e.V	view details
EOS/ESD Association, Inc	EOS/ESD Association, Inc.ANSI accredited organization. Write and produce standards on electrostatics.	view details
FMI	Functional Mock-up Interface	view details
IEEE P2864	A formal model for safety considerations in AV decision making	view details
ITE	Institute of Transportation Engineers	view details
OpenDRIVE	Open file format for the logical description of road networks.	view details
OpenCRG	Complementary to OpenDRIVE	view details
OpenSCENARIO	Open file format for the description of dynamic contents in driving simulation applications	view details
PSIS	Putting Science Into standards	view details
SBS	Small Business Standards	view details
SES	The Society for standards professionals	view details
UNECE Working Party 29	The UNECE World Forum for harmonization of vehicle regulations	view details

Industry alliances

There is also a wider concept of standardisation, such as various classes of standard types administered by a range of different organisations from formal government-backed groups, professional bodies, and principally supplier led organisations.

In June 2018, the Volkswagen Group announced that it teamed up with a group of suppliers to form the Networking for Autonomous Vehicles (NAV) alliance to standardize systems that drive automated vehicles. The group besides VW Group includes Bosch, Continental, NVIDIA and Aquantia. Their main objective is to develop an ecosystem that is required for next generation Multi-Gig automotive ethernet network in the vehicle.

In October 2018, the Ford Motor Company put out a call for OEMs to come together to develop a standardised language for automated vehicles to communicate intent. Ford’s point of view is that the surrounding world should not have to change their behaviour to accommodate automated vehicles. That will happen only if the industry can agree on a standard for communication.

In March 2019, leading automotive manufactures such as BMW and Daimler have joined forces to define rules for standardising the AD technology. The collaboration is designed to set standards to shape future regulation for automated vehicles. The alliance will include suppliers from advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous driving technology.

Further activities that go beyond standardisation also include industry cooperation such as AUTOSAR, which is planning to include mechanisms for AD and establish a standardized automotive software architecture. Mechanisms that may be expected in future releases will address enabling technologies such as online updates of vehicle software and specific technological aspects such as support for system redundancy in their standard architectures.

The Car2Car consortium focuses on wireless vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication applications based on ITS-G5 and concentrates all efforts on creating standards ensuring the interoperability of cooperative systems spanning all vehicle classes, across borders and brands.

The GENIVI alliance develops standards approaches for integrating operating systems and middleware present in the centralized and connected vehicle cockpit. The alliance has built a strong community including organisations such as BMW group, Daimler, PSA, Renault, Honda, Nissan, Aptiv, Bosch and Visteon.

Name	Description	Link
Amsterdam Group	Facilitate joint deployment of C-ITS in Europe	view details
ARTEMIS	Industry association for actors in Embedded Intelligent Systems within Europe	view details
AUTOSAR	Automotive open system architecture	view details
AVSC	Automated vehicle safety consortium	view details
CCC	Car connectivity consortium	view details
Car 2 Car	Communication consortium	view details
GENIVI	Automotive industry alliance	view details
JasPar	Japan Automotive Software Platform and Architecture	view details
NAV	Networking for autonomous vehicle	view details
Open AutoDrive Forum	Driving standardisation in the area of AD	view details
3GPP	3rd generation partnership project	view details
5GAA	5G automotive association	view details

EC research projects

The EC requires all vehicles to communicate with each other and with the infrastructure, therefore communications systems will have to be interoperable. For this reason the EC has supported several projects in order to influence the formation of new standardisation working groups to facilitate technological impacts that arise. It is important to share information and knowledge on technologies, standards, laws and infrastructure of automated vehicles, and discuss the necessity of European and international standardisation of technologies. Standards themselves can serve as framework conditions for the next generation of research. This was especially the case for the projects in the table below. Still, a more coherent funding strategy is recommended to ensure that funding is allocated to priority areas and projects, which can support the EU’s position in the global automated driving market.

Name	Description	Duration	Link
ACOSAR	Advanced Co-Simulation Open System Architecture	09/2015 – 08/2018	view details
AutoMat	Automotive Big Data Marketplace for Innovative Cross-sectorial Vehicle Data Services	04/2015 – 03/2018	view details
AutoNet2030	Co-operative Systems in Support of Networked Automated Driving by 2030	11/2013 – 10/2016	view details
BE OPEN	Promote Open Science in transport research and assist in regulating and standardising it.	01/2019 – 06/2022	view details
BRIDGIT 2	An initiative by European standards organisations (Standards plus Innovation)	12/2017 – 12/2019	view details
ENABLE-S3	European Initiative to Enable Validation for Highly Automated Safe and Secure Systems	05/2016 – 05/2019	view details
PROSPECT	Proactive Safety for Pedestrians and Cyclists	05/2015 – 10/2018	view details
SESEC	The Seconded European Standardisation Expert in China (3rd phase)	2014 – 2017	view details
SESEI	The Seconded European Standardisation Expert for India	03/2013	view details
StandICT	Supporting European Experts Presence in International Standardisation Activities in ICT	01/2018 – 02/2020	view details