Supported by the European Commission 7th Framework Programme of Information Society Technologies, the euroFOT integrated project launched in May and led by Ford involves 28 partners including major European vehicle manufacturers as well as leading automotive technology suppliers and research institutes and will be conducted over a period of 40 months.
The partners will conduct European-wide vehicle field tests, to assess the impact of eight advanced driver assistance and preventive safety functions in real traffic conditions.
8 functionalities will be tested in over 1500 vehicles from 11 European OEM brands:
Longitudinal control functions
FCW Forward Collision Warning
ACC Adaptive Cruise Control
SL Speed Limiter
Lateral control functions
BLIS Blind Spot Information System
LDW and IWLane Departure Warning and Impairment Warning
Advanced applications
CSWCurve Speed Warning
FEAFuel Efficiency Advisor
SafeHMI Safe Human Machine Interaction
It is hoped that the use of new in-vehicle technologies has the potential to contribute to safer, cleaner and more efficient transport solutions throughout Europe.
euroFOT will identify and coordinate an in-the-field testing of the new Intelligent Vehicle Systems, including permitting assessing their effectiveness on actual roads.
The field testing will also enable the analysis of the user acceptance and its subsequent potential for market penetration.
