The main objective of the project is to develop a Smart solution for connecting process and material characteristics to achieve a new generation of digital materials in the automotive industry demonstrated by developing a new brake system with an anchor at least 12.5 % lighter and a housing with 10% improved machinability. The new developed solution will reach in next five years to the 35% of the European iron foundry market, 10% of the Worldwide level iron foundry market. A new smart data management module “DigiMAT module” will be developed by one SME specialized in ICT solutions. Its development will be supported by a sensor network and an advanced data management system already running in the iron foundry company. This smart module will consist on a specific algorithm for each digital material development combined with an automatic protocol definitions system that will conform a specific methodology. It will acquire, store, process and analyze data coming from a previously defined set of trials. . Its validation will be completed with the homologation of new digital materials by the TIER 1 company and by their introduction in the foundry company portfolio. In parallel the TIER 1 company will develop a lighter anchor based on the developed high yield material. This lighter anchor integrated into a new brake system will be functionally homologated by the TIER 1 and final user (OEM). Finally, partners will commonly develop a business plan for quick take up of the project results. Digital materials can have a wide impact in industry and society. First stage will report significant business opportunities to ICT companies and increase turnover of Tier 1 in the brake area of the automotive sector(+30%). The potential application to all type of material can render in significant global weight reduction in transport media and more sustainable development of industrial processes.

Rapidly evolving digital technologies such as the IoT, cloud and AI overrun classical industries, such as automotive, which have longer innovation and development cycles. The current trend of interconnecting cars with local infrastructure and cloud backends opens large potentials for data-driven applications, enhanced user experience, and new business models but also needs to consider privacy of the users inside the vehicle and others, just observed in the streets. This becomes especially critical with respect to GDPR. Goal of AUTOPSY is to create a better understanding of the data flows in automotive environments in the light of GDPR and create a privacy-aware system model for an automotive use-case to address various aspects of GDPR in specific technical designs. The technology of tainting will be applied to separate communication streams between the sensor and multiple parties accessing and processing the data with different privileges. AUTOPSY aims to design a dynamic and scalable end to end infrastructure that protects the data with lightweight privacy preserving techniques onboard the vehicle. Across the expertise of the different partners, the practical feasibility is demonstrated by modifying a resource constrained TCU with an implementation of the privacy-preserving techniques and evaluating its communication on the one hand, and the interaction with a cloud backend on the other. Bringing together one applied research partner and one automotive supplier from each country combines domain know-how and technological competencies to address the problem, develop new technologies and later enable new transnational services for customers. Transnational dissemination activities and the exchange of young researchers complement the research. To have privacy preserving techniques by design close to deployment in new cars in 2030 requires to start now and bring project results in the specification of the new automotive architectures in 2023-2024, which coincides with the earliest end of the project.

The aim of ACHILES is to develop a more efficient E/E control system architecture optimized for the 3rd generation of EVs by integrating four new technological concepts. Firstly, a new wheel concept design will be equipped with full by-wire braking, including a new friction brake concept. Secondly, a centralized computer platform will host the e-drive functionalities and reduce the number of ECUs and networks while fulfilling safety & security requirements. It will support centralized domain controllers required to implement high automation and autonomy concepts, a key requirement for smart mobility. Thirdly, an out of phase control that will allow to intentionally operate the electric motor inefficiently to dissipate the excess of braking energy in case of fully charged batteries. As a fourth concept, a new torque vectoring algorithm will significantly improve the vehicle dynamics. The advances proposed will reduce the total cost of ownership by 10% and increase the driving range by at least 11% while increasing autonomy. ACHILES will be tested and verified in a real demo vehicle and in a brand-independent testing platform. The project consortium is another major asset. Audi, one of the technologically most advanced OEMs, will integrate these technologies to a next generation of EVs prototype. As a leading supplier, Continental will contribute by the innovative brake system. Elaphe, a leading technology company for e-motor design, will develop the suitable motor technology. TTTech, known for its future oriented network technologies for AI and autonomy-based systems, will be responsible for the networking technology. The academia team consists of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Coordinator), Tecnalia, Ikerlan and the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft. It will provide the technological basis, the modelling and the algorithms for this challenging endeavour. Finally, Idiada will conduct the testing and evaluations verifying and proving the achievement of the promised innovation.