AVL Status and Research Activities Josef Affenzeller, Director Research Coordination

September 2012

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AVL – POWERTRAIN ENGINEERING AVL – SIMULATION AND TESTSYSTEMS

Passenger Cars Racing 2-Wheelers

Construction Commercial Vehicle

Agriculture

Locomotive Power Plants Marine

Powertrain Engineering

Simulation Testing Development Platform

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India

Ann Arbor,MI

Plymouth, MI

Headquarters Graz UK

China

France

Lake Forest, CA

Korea

Germany

AVL – TECHNICAL CENTERS POWERTRAIN

Turkey

Sweden Haninge

Södertalje

Remscheid Munich Stuttgart Regensburg Ingolstadt

Nagoya Tokio

Moscow

Sao Paulo

Australia

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AVL – OUTGROWING THE AUTOMOTIVE MARKET

Turnover 1989: 74 Mio € 2011: 830 Mio €

Average R&D Spending: 10% of turnover

Employees 1989: 940 2011: 5.250

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

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ITMES FOR FUTURE RTD IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR

Battery

IC Engine IC Engine

Control Strategy

Transmission

Electric Drive

Complexity of methods, processes and tools are increasing and need further research

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EXAMPLE: PASSENGER CARS WITH ELECTRIFIED POWERTRAINS

Micro Hybrid Mild Hybrid Full Hybrid PlugIn Hybrid RangeExt EV

Start stop

Boosting

Regenerative braking

Electric driving

1...5 km 10...45 km 25...50 km > 75 km Electric range

Increased degree of electrification

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EXAMPLE: POWERTRAIN ELECTRIFICATION AUDI A1 E-TRON WITH RANGE EXTENDER

Source: AUDI

AUDI A1 E-TRON with AVL RANGE EXTENDER

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System HIL

Component/ Sub-system

HIL

Battery Cell/Module/

Component Simulation

Vehicle Integration

Validation Production Signoff

AVL-CRUISE

AVL-BOOST

AVL Instrumentation for System Development & Optimization

BATTERY TESTBED

HIL DEVELOPMENT

POWERTAIN TESTBED

AVL has an integrated toolchain for systems development

AVL-FIRE

AVL-CAMEO

AVL-DRIVE

EXAMPLE: AVL INTEGRATED TOOL-CHAIN FOR ELECTRIFIED POWERTRAINS

AVL-LYNX

System Simulation

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Christian- Doppler

Labs

National Programmes

Universities Technology Platforms: ERTRAC, ARTEMIS, Fuel Cell

European Networks: EARPA, ERTICO,

etc.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS

National Networks: ACStyria,

A3PS, FVV, SAE, ASME,

etc

EU-Projects

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CONCLUSIONS – TOPICS FOR R&D

•  AVL is a privately owned company with high RTD activities with interdisciplinary approach for systems

•  Today the electrification of vehicles including ICT is a key research element for today and in the future

•  Battery RTD, energy control,combustion, transmission are key issues

•  Integrated testing systems, supported by simulation

•  New sensors for measuring parameters as well as algorithms for methods are also needed.

•  Today we are searching for 30-40 new colleagues with expertise in the field of electronics and ICT

Thank You for Your attention

Josef Affenzeller, Director Research Coordination AVL List GmbH