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NAME OF THE PROJECT<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Connected and Shared X-in-the-loop Environment for Electric Vehicles Development <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SUMMARY<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The project proposes the development\nof a new experimental methodology for the design of complex systems for\nelectric vehicles. This methodology is based on the connection in real time\nof test beds and platforms located in different geographic locations\nthat will constitute a unique X-in-the-loop (XIL) experimental environment.\nThe execution of tests will use digital twins that are updated in real time\nthrough the use of dynamic data driven systems concepts\n(or DDDAS for its acronym in English). This new test methodology\nwill allow to explore interdependencies between different subsystems that\ncould hardly be addressed until full vehicle testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GENERAL DATA<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Description: Horizon 2020 Call: H2020-LC-GV-2018-2019-2020 (Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: Green Vehicles)<\/strong> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Topic LC-GV-02-2018 “Virtual product development and production of all\ntypes of electrified vehicles and components”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Proposal number: 824333<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Date of grant: 03\/07\/2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Execution date: 01\/01\/2019 TO 31\/12\/2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      OBJECTIVES<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      The vehicle electrification is one of the key\nfactors determining trends, challenges and progress in automotive industry for\nthe next decades. Now the growth of new car sales for full electric\nvehicles (EV) is being forecasted from 2 Mio. in 2020 to 44 Mio. in 2030 (in\nthe aggregate for EU, US and China). Electric vehicles should be cheaper than\ncombustion models already in 2025 . Further increase of the EV role is related\nto automated driving because an electric powertrain is well-matched with the\nsystem architecture of self-driving vehicles by making their control functions\nmore flexible and redundant. These and other factors make the EV segment very attractive\nfor industry. As a result, now not only traditional car manufacturers but also\nmany newborn rivals from the IT sector put a strong focus on the EV\ndevelopment. However, recent observations \nshow that sustainable production of electric vehicles, independently\nfrom the model of manufacturing, requires new designing procedures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Overall development process of\nelectric vehicles consists of many stages, elements and components, which are\nalso being characterized nowadays by unequal levels of technological maturity.\nIn this regard, after analysis of current EV designing technologies, the\nXILforEV consortium has identified the following specific question, which is\ninsufficiently addressed neither at industrial level nor in research: how to\nefficiently realize integrated development and testing of EV systems from\ndifferent domains? The problem is that here not only proper electric powertrain\ndesign but also revisiting the automotive chassis design is demanded. The EV\nmotion control requires a blended operation of powertrain and chassis actuators\n(e.g. brake blending) that motivates at least the following design challenges:\n(i) harmonization of actuation dynamics of EV powertrain and chassis; (ii)\ndelivering required user acceptance of new EV functionalities; and (iii)\naddressing more complex requirements to the fault-tolerance and robustness.\nUnder consideration of these factors, the use of well-established processes in\nthe design of EV systems can have some sensible limitations, for instance,\nco-simulation issues for software-in-the-loop (SIL) \/ model-in-the-loop (MIL)\nprocedures, availability hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test setups for different\nsystems at the same host, tangible extension of road trial programs with\nadded time \/ cost resources to check new functionalities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      To address this scope of\nproblems, the consortium proposes a new approach aimed at developing a\nconnected and shared X-in-the-loop (XIL) experimental environment uniting test\nplatforms and setups from different physical domains and situated in different\nlocations. The domains under discussion can cover (but are not limited to)\nhardware-in-the-loop test rigs, dynamometers, software simulators, driving\nsimulators and other variants of experimental infrastructures. Real-time\nrunning of specific test scenarios simultaneously on (i) all connected\nplatforms\/devices with (ii) the same real-time models of objects and operating\nenvironments allows exploring interdependencies between various physical\nprocesses that can be hardly identified or even expected on the design\ndevelopment stage. In the long-term perspective, the plug-in concept of\nincluding various test platforms\/devices and easy on-demand access to the test\nprogrammes for developers, engineers and researchers will bring a vast impact\nto the EV design community through connecting experimental environments around\nthe world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      However, the realization of\nconnected and shared XIL experimental environment is characterized by a number\nof steps to be solved, e.g. communication concepts ensuring real-time\ncapability of connected experiments, reliable methods for real-time handling of\nbig experimental data et al. With this\nin mind, a strong consortium has been built, encompassing a wide spectrum of\ncompetences, provided by: i) the automotive OEM (AUDI, part of large automotive\ngroup) as end-user of the connected and shared XIL technologies on the whole EV\nlevel; ii) the manufacturers of vehicle chassis systems (TENNECO) and electric\npowertrain components (ELAPHE) as end-users of the connected and shared XIL\ntechnologies on the EV systems level; iii) the developer of industrial and\nmulti-domain simulation software (SISW); iv) two research institutions with\nexpertise in reduced order modelling, industrial electronics and manufacturing\n(ITAINNOVA) as well as in automotive engineering and testing technologies\n(TUIL). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      In summary, the XILforEV project\nbrings together seven complementary participants from industry and academia, to\naddress the new design and testing tool for electric vehicles and their systems,\nbased on a sound and objective analysis of the distributed XIL technologies, at\na level of depth never attempted by any previous research on the subject. To\nthis purpose the XILforEV activity will include novel techniques for connecting\nexperimental labs and dedicated case studies for designing EV motion control\nand EV fail-safe control. In addition, considering the importance of virtual\nmodels in XIL procedures and the availability of different test benches\ninterconnected, the proposal also addresses the development of high-confidence,\nreal-time capable models with automatic validation using experimental data. In\nthis regard, the project consortium formulated a set of objectives in light of\nthe XILforEV vision and targeted technological challenges. All the objectives\nlisted below address development, design and test procedures as applied to\nelectric vehicles and their systems:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1.Developing the methodology for connected and shared XIL experiments and specifying the architecture of corresponding experimental environment;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      2.Designing hardware and software components required for the realization of shared XIL experiments;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      3. Introduction of a machine learning layer in XIL subsystem models for automatic improvement of real-time (RT) model accuracy and confidence based on test setup results;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Development and validation of high-confidence models suitable for the accelerated time virtual simulation, which will merge the different technologies involved and allow seamless integration and scalability keeping compatibility with Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) approach to co-simulation;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      5. Performing case studies, which will demonstrate practical implementation of the XILforEV concept and the benefits in references cases, incl. validation of fail-safe and robustness functionality of developed systems;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      6. Developing procedures for inclusion of users into the shared experiments with consideration of Open Access and Open Science frameworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n PARTICIPATING ENTITIES:<\/strong>\n <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Coordinator:\nTECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET ILMENAU<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Participants: AUDI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, ELAPHE POGONSKE TEHNOLOGIJE DOO, ITAINNOVA, SIEMENS INDUSTRY SOFTWARE NV, SIEMENS INDUSTRY SOFTWARE SAS, TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE EUROPE BVBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n BUDGET:<\/strong>\n <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      • Total bankable budget of the project: 3,575,078.75\neuros<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Fundable budget of ITAINNOVA: 497.500\neuros<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        \n FINANCING:<\/strong>\n <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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        • Total grant approved for the project: 3,575,078.75\neuros<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Grant approved for ITAINNOVA: 497.500\neuros<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Horizon 2020 Call: H2020-LC-GV-2018-2019-2020 (Building\na low-carbon, climate resilient future: Green Vehicles)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Topic: LC-GV-02-2018 “Virtual product\ndevelopment and production of all types of electrified vehicles and components”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Type of action: RIA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          MOTTO<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

          This project has received funding from the [ Horizon 2020 Call: H2020-LC-GV-2018-2019-2020 (Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: Green Vehicles)<\/strong> [Euratom research and training programme 2014-2018] under grant agreement No 824333 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          LOGOS<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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