Advanced driver assistance systems and automated driving are a megatrend in the automotive industry. The following questions arise: will vehicle manufacturers still be able to differentiate themselves brand-specifically in the future or will all vehicles be perceived as the same, when being driven? How can a brand DNA be implemented and how to achieve the transfer from funto-drive to fun-to-be-driven? In order to provide solutions, clear driving characteristic goals – in front of the customer – must be defined and the requirements for vehicle systems and components shall be derived from this. But what are driving characteristics in the context of assisted and automated driving and how can those specifically be realised in development? Porsche has addressed this challenge together with the University of Applied Sciences Kempten and MdynamiX.
MOTIVATION
Previous studies of the University of Applied Sciences Kempten and MdynamiX with over 120 test persons and current benchmark vehicles with regard to automated lateral control have shown the following: the functional characteristics and driving characteristics, which are currently achieved, still offer a great upward potential, and customer acceptance is still relatively poor [1-3].
The challenge for vehicle manufacturers in the development of ADAS and Highly Automated Driving (HAD) lies in the additional difficulty of differentiating themselves (brand typically). The brand-specific characteristics and the brand position of the vehicle brands have hardly been taken into account in the ADAS/HAD development. For Porsche, it is very important to design both the product and the brand in the age of ADAS/ HAD so that they can be experienced according to the brand. Customers shall experience special emotions, differentiable from other brands and products.
Using the example of assisted lateral guidance, a generic procedure model should be developed to translate subjective customer experiences into subjective expert evaluations and finally into objective Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) with defined driving manoeuvers [4]. This should make it possible to define objective attribute targets for a Porsche typical characteristic and to validate them at any time in all phases of development – from simulation up to road tests. The procedure model should then be transferable to the assisted longitudinal guidance and to driving functions of higher automation levels.
EVOLUTION OF ADAS
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