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Automotive R&D at Hitachi Overseas Laboratories |
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December 2006 |
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AUTHORS |
| George Saikalis, Ph.D. |
Automotive Products Research Laboratory, Hitachi America, Ltd. |
| Shigeru Oho, Ph.D. |
System LSI Research Department, Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. |
| Takuya Shiraishi |
Automotive Products Research Laboratory, Hitachi America, Ltd. |
| Masahiko Amano, Ph.D. |
Automotive R & D Laboratory, Hitachi Europe GmbH. |
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OVERVIEW |
The overseas Hitachi automotive research laboratories located in the USA (Automotive Products Research Laboratory: APL), and Europe
(Automotive Research and Development Laboratory: ADL), are locally supporting Hitachi automotive business. The type of regional support takes on many different facets: contributing to product development by providing simulation models to carmaker' advancing mechatronics simulation technologies to better serve customers' future needs and customizing navigation technology for the local market applications. Collaboration with automotive customers is essential to promote mutual relationships. To this end, local R&D is needed to advance technology and adapt Hitachi devices to USA or European engines and platforms. Research vehicles have been developed using new products from Hitachi ITS and successfully tested on US highways. Furthermore, support of local Hitachi group companies is vital for technical synergy, along with joint work with industry consortiums such as AUTOMOTIVE OPEN SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE (AUTOSAR) and leading academic institutions. For Hitachi group companies' support, APL is operating a materials laboratory to further assist and enhance local Hitachi group engineering.
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KEYWORDS |
Automotive R&D, Model-Based Development, Multi-physics simulation, ITS, AUTOSAR
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