Livonia, Michigan-based TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. will be highlighting how its most advanced active, passive and integrated safety technologies are laying the foundation to enable semi-automated driving at this year’s Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (International Motor Show) in Frankfurt, Germany, September 10-22.
TRW will be displaying a whole host of driver assist systems including its next generation S-CAM 3 video camera and AC1000 radar; intelligent controllers such as TRW’s safety domain ECU (which can integrate multiple chassis and driver assist functions); actuators including integrated brake control and electrically powered steering; and adaptive occupant safety technologies and improved rear seat safety solutions.
Peter Lake, executive vice-president, Sales and Business Development for TRW Automotive, explained: “The automotive industry is entering a period of immense change as the market aims to significantly reduce the number of road-related fatalities this decade and beyond. While advanced safety technologies have been offered on luxury vehicles for several years, their fitment is now being spurred across multiple vehicle segments by a combination of regulatory mandates, New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) ratings, insurance incentives and consumer demand.
“Technologies in production today are becoming increasingly sophisticated — in addition to warning drivers, they are now actively intervening in critical situations and helping to prevent or mitigate accidents. We have a technology roadmap to support the move towards semi-automated driving: from warning, through assist and up to auto-pilot style driving, with the driver in the loop and the systems able to take control of the vehicle in certain conditions.”
Lake added that: “TRW has been developing the relevant technologies for many years in anticipation of this changing landscape and is well poised for the mass-market adoption of advanced safety systems over the next several years. Work continues to ensure that our systems are affordable for all vehicle segments and in all markets — so that everyone may benefit.”
