Comments on: Will Toyota’s Issues Shine Spotlight on All In-Car Electronics? http://intelematicstoday.com/2010/02/24/will-toyotas-issues-shine-spotlight-on-all-in-car-electronics/ Automotive Telematics - Business and Technology Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:14:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steve Montalto http://intelematicstoday.com/2010/02/24/will-toyotas-issues-shine-spotlight-on-all-in-car-electronics/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Steve Montalto Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:37:54 +0000 http://intelematicstoday.com/?p=336#comment-191 The aerospace industry addressed this years ago with a very conservative approach to how and what technology was incorporated into "flight critical" systems. Systems that were not flight critical could and did typically push the technology envelope faster. The flight critical systems, for autos the analog would be "drive critical" I guess, had to be very robust, often incorporating various levels of system redundancy to preclude a single computational or hardware failure from dropping the plane out of the sky. Some architectures employed back-up systems of dissimilar design to further preclude single point failures. These systems also went through exhaustive analysis and failure mode assessment and testing to ensure the systems were robust. This all costs money and the systems were were dealing with cost many millions of dollars but some level of this thinking s/b flowed down into the automotive world. There's obviously one hell of a difference between your radio or heater system inadvertently cranking at full blast and the engine control system. The aerospace industry addressed this years ago with a very conservative approach to how and what technology was incorporated into “flight critical” systems. Systems that were not flight critical could and did typically push the technology envelope faster. The flight critical systems, for autos the analog would be “drive critical” I guess, had to be very robust, often incorporating various levels of system redundancy to preclude a single computational or hardware failure from dropping the plane out of the sky. Some architectures employed back-up systems of dissimilar design to further preclude single point failures. These systems also went through exhaustive analysis and failure mode assessment and testing to ensure the systems were robust. This all costs money and the systems were were dealing with cost many millions of dollars but some level of this thinking s/b flowed down into the automotive world. There’s obviously one hell of a difference between your radio or heater system inadvertently cranking at full blast and the engine control system.

]]> By: John Thornton http://intelematicstoday.com/2010/02/24/will-toyotas-issues-shine-spotlight-on-all-in-car-electronics/comment-page-1/#comment-189 John Thornton Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:30:28 +0000 http://intelematicstoday.com/?p=336#comment-189 The auto industry is already heavily regulated ... but perhaps the technology has leap frogged the legislation. We can no doubt expect more government oversight on these types of issues. In my mind Ford has put together some outstanding "work truck" type of commercials that recognize many people who own the F-Series trucks treat them as a mobile office and Ford wants to help you be more efficient in your mobile office. The telematics technology needs to continue to extend to "asset management" capabilities for on-highway and off-highway equipment. The auto industry is already heavily regulated … but perhaps the technology has leap frogged the legislation. We can no doubt expect more government oversight on these types of issues.

In my mind Ford has put together some outstanding “work truck” type of commercials that recognize many people who own the F-Series trucks treat them as a mobile office and Ford wants to help you be more efficient in your mobile office. The telematics technology needs to continue to extend to “asset management” capabilities for on-highway and off-highway equipment.

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