Automotive Engineering Exposition 2023 Yokohama and Online

Vehicles are heavily changing - and so is the market for vehicle electronics. As your partner, Bosch is shaping this market together with you to realize future E/E architectures.
The automotive market is shifting to vehicle centralized and zonal E/E architectures. Computing and data processing will be centralized into a few powerful integration platforms on microcontroller and -processor basis. Zone ECUs act as hardware link between compute layer and smart ECUs, mechatronics, sensors and actuators. Especially the front zone can also be realized as a motion integration platform. These changes result in elimination of ECUs and fuse boxes as well in reduced wiring.
With increasing electrification of vehicle functions, the complexity and susceptibility to faults in the vehicle electrical system is continuously increasing.
The powernet guardian from Bosch is a holistic concept for the vehicle electrical system.

Bosch is gradually paving the way to automated driving and parking with two approaches. The vehicle-based approach with the automated car and all its senses as well as the infrastructure-supported approach where Bosch’s smart infrastructure guides the car. Bosch already offers technologies and solutions for volume production up to and including Level 4 by SAE International.

Interior monitoring enhances safety, comfort, and convenience for all vehicle occupants.
The system is able to detect driver distraction, signs of drowsiness, and even whether a child has been left behind in the vehicle, and it alerts the driver to critical situations.
The portfolio consists of a camera-based driver and occupant monitoring system and is complemented by a cabin sensing radar. In combination with the camera-based solution the cabin sensing radar enhances the robustness of existing functions such as occupant presence detection, while enabling new functions such as sensing the driver's state of health.

Fleet management xtended access (formerly perfectly keyless) is a digital vehicle access system that uses a digital key on a smartphone to access and start the vehicle, depending on the variant. Manufacturers can integrate the system components directly into their commercial vehicles to match their use cases, while fleet operators have the opportunity to retrofit their vehicle fleet with the fleet management xtended access kit.

Bosch RideCare insight provides connected, AI-powered, hardware-enabled end-to-end services. A RideCare device installed into a fleet vehicle can detect damages to the vehicle, smoking inside the vehicle, and harsh driving maneuvers. This provides not only high transparency and real-time information for the mobility service provider, but also a safe ride and superior experience for the user.

With automated valet parking, Bosch offers the world's first highly automated driverless parking system (SAE Level 4^*) which was officially approved for commercial use in Germany. The system takes the hassle out of searching for a parking spot and handles the actual task of driving and parking the car in the parking garage. In addition, automated valet parking opens up a range of potential service offerings going far beyond parking alone like automated charging as well as automated vehicle maneuvering - the driverless maneuvering service increases efficiency in automotive production.
_{*SAE Level 4: The vehicle can autonomously handle all traffic situations under certain conditions. No driver is required.}

With its prime goal of zero-accident, convenient mobility in mind, Bosch is continually working toward developing the products and technologies needed to make this vision a reality. One of these technologies is connected map services. These use swarm data (crowdsourcing) in combination with other data sources from the infrastructure to provide a virtual sensor for use in driver assistance systems. This map sensor aggregates real-time data on four different map layers, which deliver additional information to connected vehicles, thus improving the availability of driver assistance systems, enabling new functions, and increasing driving safety.

The fuel cell electric drive system is an economical and attractive technology for mobility with zero local emissions.
A fuel cell electric vehicle is an electrically driven vehicle in which electricity is generated by a fuel cell using hydrogen as an energy source. The electric drive converts the energy into motion. Alternatively, this energy can be temporarily stored by the traction battery.

As a global innovation driver in electromobility and connectivity, Bosch has developed a connected solution with a comprehensive modular portfolio of cloud-based services that help to enhance the performance and lifetime of batteries significantly.

Welcome to Bosch Engineering, your development partner and system integrator to make your very own software-defined vehicle a reality. With the help of our end-to-end solutions, you'll be able to create a user experience that will remain true to your brand.