Automotive Industry InsightsData-driven Development and Shifting ResponsibilitiesHow (only) a collaborative approach will enable autonomous drivingJust as software is the key to most of today’s automotive breakthroughs, data-driven development is key to establishing new automated driving...
The trustworthiness of test environments
Automotive Industry InsightsThe trustworthiness of test environmentsISO 26262 Tool QualificationAs an automation system has control over the major actuations of the vehicle – longitudinal and lateral control – its decisions are safety critical. Thus, automation systems are subject to ISO 26262. As...
Examples with special relevance for type approval
Automotive Industry InsightsExamples with special relevance for type approvalScenario-Based Approval of ALKS (Automated Lane Keeping Systems) using X-in-the-Loop Scenario-based test approaches have several features that make them interesting for assessment, release, and type approval of automated...
Possible impact of the study group and defined test strategy blueprint
Automotive Industry InsightsPossible impact of the study group and defined test strategy blueprint The blueprint of the strategy can be used to argue residual risk estimations, performed scenarios, and considered weaknesses and mitigations The aforementioned objective to achieve coverage of all...
Testing and type approval – current and future regulations
Automotive Industry InsightsTesting and type approval – current and future regulationsThe aforementioned need to relate individual test results to the remaining tests and results finds its expression in the “multi-pillar” approach put forward by GRVA (UNECE Working Party on Automated/Autonomous...
Homologation and the Transforming Role of Technical Services
Automotive Industry InsightsHomologation and the Transforming Role of Technical ServicesOut of the lab onto the road?The New Assessment/Test Method for Automated Driving (NATM) published in February 2021 provides a framework composed of a scenarios catalog and five validation methodologies to...
Automotive Industry Insights
Automotive Industry InsightsAutomotive Industry InsightsThe Status Quo of Test Strategies and Homologation DevelopmentsDue to the high complexity of the driving task in a so-called open world, requirement- and specification-driven approaches tend to have limits. Up until now, the set of methods in...
Test Specification
Terms and DefinitionsTest SpecificationTest case specifications are important documentation types in automotive testing across all different kinds of testing methodologies (from requirements-based to interface testing, fault injection, resource usage, and so on) and have a direct impact on the...
Scenario
Terms and DefinitionsScenarioA scenario describes how the world or scene changes with time, usually from a specific perspective. In the context of vehicles and driving, this will encompass the developing view of both world-fixed elements such as the road layout and static furniture, world-changing...
Test Case
Terms and DefinitionsTest CaseTest cases are one of the most important building blocks of automotive testing and are used in all different kinds of testing methodologies. A test case defines an autonomous unit that describes one particular test that can be specified, executed, and assessed. In the...
