@inproceedings{Buechel2015, author = {Buechel, Martin and Frtunikj, Jelena and Becker, Klaus and Sommer, Stephan and Buckl, Christian and Armbruster, Michael and Klein, Cornel and Marek, Andre and Zirkler, Andreas and Knoll, Alois}, title = {An Automated Electric Vehicle Prototype Showing New Trends in Automotive Architectures}, booktitle = {IEEE 18th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)}, year = {2015}, location = {Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain}, abstract = {The automotive domain is challenged by the increasing importance of Information Technology (IT) based functions. To show the possibilities of modern IT systems, a demonstrator car was developed in RACE (Robust and Reliant Automotive Computing Environment for Future eCars) based on a completely redesigned E/E architecture, which supports the integration of mixed-criticality components and offers features like Plug&Play. This paper presents the architecture and components of this vehicle prototype, which is equipped with modern systems such as Steer-by-Wire without mechanical fallback. It was designed to support future driver assistance systems, e.g. to carry out autonomous parking maneuvers onto an inductive charging station, a task, which is hard to achieve accurately enough for a human driver. Therefore, a special emphasis lies on the description of the sensor set for automated operation.}, doi = {10.1109/ITSC.2015.209}, keywords = {Automated Vehicles, automotive architecture, autonomous driving, electric vehicle, Vehicle Prototype, Model-based Systems Engineering, MbSE}, }