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January 2013
In this Issue:
Interview with Jacob Bangsgaard
Director General, FIA Region I
The USA goes cooperative
Looking at the current development of cooperative systems in the USA
An intelligent journey through 2012
As 2013 begins we take a look at the ERTICO successes and achievements of the past year
ERTICO eMagazineWelcome to the
Editorial
Welcome to our first edition of 2013!
Dear Readers,
Happy New Year! We hope that you
had a white Christmas and a sparkly
New Year Eve.
As 2013 has just started, this month
we decided to walk you through our
achievements in 2012 and to give you
a preview of where 2013 will take
us. In 2012, the ERTICO team had
quite a few trips abroad as several
important projects ended; euroFOT
and FREILOT had their final events in
Brussels and Helmond, while Viajeo
organised conferences in all the test
sites, Athens, Beijing, Sao Paulo,
and Shanghai. But in 2012, Vienna
was the ITS capital of the globe with
10,000 people participating in the
19th ITS World Congress. Vienna was
also the occasion to bid farewell to
iCar Support; during the Congress,
Commissioner Neelie Kroes gave
the iMobility Awards for 2012 to
outstanding professionals.
This month we also conclude our
series of international cooperation
articles focusing on the United States
of America. The article tells you
more about cooperative systems,
very much in vogue these days, and
how the EU is cooperating with the
USA in harmonising standards that
grant a minimum of communication
between devices built in the two
different regions. In the article we
also look at the research done on
cooperative systems for safety and
energy efficiency.
Finally, this month we interviewed
Jacob Bangsgaard, Director General
of the Fédération Internationale de
l’Automobile (FIA) Region I (Europe,
Middle East and Africa). We asked
Mr Bangsgaard to tell us more
about FIA current activities and to
explain what the iMobility Challenge
initiative is. Mr Bangsgaard also
gave us some personal views on the
work of the European Institutions on
sustainability and safety.
We hope you will enjoy this first
edition of the year and wish you a
pleasant read and a very successful,
if icy start to 2013!
The Editorial Team
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ERTICO or its Partners.
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Editorial
An intelligent journey through
2012
The USA goes cooperative
Interview with Jacob Bangsgaard
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Here at ERTICO, we will be working
on a number of new and exciting
projects and we also expect to see
many new ITS systems make the
transition from R&D to become real-
life products. In fact, this is such
an important trend that it is the
main focus of the 2013 European ITS
Congress and we hope that many of
you will be able to attend in June in
Dublin.
However, before we explore the year
ahead we thought it would be a good
time to review the successes we have
had over the past twelve months.
What projects were completed in
2012? And how has ERTICO achieved
its vision of bringing intelligence into
mobility for people and goods?
Here are just a few of the highlights:
In June, the euroFOT consortium
held its final event and presented
the findings of a four-year study
focused on the impact of driver
assistance systems in Europe.
The EUR 22 million European
Field Operational Test (euroFOT)
project began in June 2008 and
involved 28 organisations including
car manufacturers, automotive
suppliers, research institues and
other European stakeholders. The
study looked at existing driver-
assistance technologies in cars
and trucks and their potential to
both enhance safety and reduce
environmental impact on European
roads. The euroFOT project revealed
a link between these systems and
improvements in driver behaviour,
fuel efficiency and traffic safety, as
well as overall cost savings.
In September the FREILOT
project came to an end having
evaluated the benefits of five
urban freight ITS solutions. The
project was a huge success and
made significant contributions to
the commercialisation of the first
‘cooperative road-side unit’ in
Europe. Working with pilot sites in
four EU countries, FREILOT assessed
energy efficient intersection controls,
adaptive speed and acceleration
controls, eco-driving support and
real-time loading/delivery space
booking.
The first International HeERO
Conference on eCall took place in
Zagreb on 15 November presenting
the intermediate results of the
HeERO (Harmonised eCall European
Pilot) project. The eCall system is an
extremely high-profile development
as it will be mandatory for all new
cars sold in the EU from 2015 and
the meeting in Croatia allowed
participants to focus on the
outcomes of interoperability testing
projects in nine countries (Croatia,
Czech Republic, Finland,Germany,
An intelligent journey through 2012As 2013 begins we take a look at our successes and achievements of the past year
by Ian Bearder
2013 is finally here!
After weeks of festive fun, holidays and New Year celebrations, Europe returned to work this month, and despite the fresh snow that has fallen across the continent, 2013 looks set to be a bright year for the ITS community.
The eCall pilot went from strength to strength in 2012
The USA goes cooperativeLooking at the current development of cooperative systems in the USA
With a population of 309 million, 841 vehicles for every 1000 inhabitants and 18,690,000 barrels of oil per day, the USA confirms its status as second most polluting country in the world, after having been the leader until China overtook it in 2007.
Interview with: Jacob Bangsgaard, Director GeneralFIA Region I
What are the current key focus
areas of FIA?
As the governing body of
motorsport, the FIA is now
preparing for the 2013 racing season
which has already got underway with
the Rallye Monte-Carlo taking place
in mid-January. On the mobility side,
the FIA is working hard to promote
its Action for Road Safety campaign
which has been set up to assist the
UN in reaching the goal of saving 5
million lives on the world’s roads in
10 years.
Here in Brussels, the FIA Region I
office is a consumer body bringing
together 106 Motoring and Touring
Clubs and their 36 million members
from across Europe, the Middle East
and Africa. We represent the interests
of these members as motorists, public
transport users, pedestrians and
tourists. Our primary goal is to secure
a mobility that is safe, affordable,
sustainable and efficient. Of course,
priorities in the Middle East and Africa
can be different to those in Europe,
but the reason the FIA has set up a
regional structure is to encourage the
exchange of best practices between
our Clubs.
At the European level, these goals
require political and financial support
for the development of appropriate
infrastructure, technologies and legal
frameworks. FIA Clubs boast a wealth
of experience and knowledge in the
mobility area, and as such, are well
placed to offer the political, technical
and practical expertise required from
a consumer perspective. The winners of this year’s GT1, WEC, WRC, and WTCC competitions took part in the iMobility Challenge event in Turkey
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charging, as this would only make
everyone’s life more complicated in
the city when commuting. We need
to focus on developing intelligent
solutions, taking into account
individual mobility needs in a
sustainable way.
Can you tell us more about the
iMobility Challenge initiative
and what you are trying to
demonstrate with it?
iMobility Challenge is the
successor to the eSafety
Challenge project which focused on
the promotion of new eSafety ITS
systems. The iMobility Challenge on
the other hand will be primarily focus
on ITS for efficient mobility. But the
overall goal will be to demonstrate
to the public the benefits of clean,
efficient and safe mobility solutions
made possible by ITS.
Intelligent vehicle systems for
energy efficiency such as gear shift
indicators, tire pressure monitoring
systems or start-stop systems
are increasingly available, but
cooperative systems and connected
cars are also just around the corner.
Such systems will completely
transform the way vehicles interact
with their surroundings, so we want
consumers to understand the potential
benefits to them and embrace such
innovations. By utilising the FIA’s
network of celebrity motorsport
drivers, and by hosting large-scale
demonstration events which also give
the public the opportunity to test
drive new systems, we hope to bring
innovations closer to the consumer.
The FIA is leading the coordination
of the project, which has a budget of
€1.5m running over two years, working
with partners ACEA, CLEPA, ERTICO
and VTT. Studies documenting the
socioeconomic impact and benefits
of ITS systems are also included in
the project’s remit. Our first event
took place before the annual FIA
prize giving ceremony in December
of last year in Istanbul where the
winners of this year’s GT1, WEC,
WRC, and WTCC competitions took
part in an informal ecodriving race
in which GT champions Marc Basseng
and Marcus Winkelhock proved to
be the most efficient drivers. It
was great fun to get the fastest FIA
champions competing for a whole
new way of driving compared to how
they usually drive during races. We
have a number of events planned for
2013 across Europe. We plan to be at
the International Transport Forum in
Leipzig and the European ITS Congress
in Dublin.
FIA Region I represents
the interests of European
automotive member clubs with
the European Union institutions.
What policy or political issues
do you think should be addressed
or supported in terms of road
safety, consumer protection,
environmental protection and the
promotion of sustainable motoring?
At the European level, we are
generally supportive of the
direction the European Commission
is taking to promote mobility in a
sustainable manner for all. One of
the big discussions at the moment
in Parliament and Council is on
proposed tighter limits for CO2
emissions for cars and vans. Although
we have expressed our concern about
the accuracy of the current testing
procedure, we are supportive of
the new targets as a means of both
saving money for consumers in terms
of fuel costs, and also of improving
the environment. We are therefore
closely monitoring the decision
making process to ensure that the 95
g target is not excessively weakened
with flexibilities and brings about the
expected benefits to the majority of
consumers.
On Tuesday 24 July, the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, received a delegation from the FIA which included Jean Todt, President of the FIA, Carlos Barbosa, Vice-President of the FIA and President of the Automovel Club de Portugal (ACP), and the Director General of the FIA Region I office in Brussels, Jacob Bangsgaard.
One of our key issues of concern is
ensuring the mandatory introduction
of the eCall system by 2015 on the
basis of an open platform and open
competition between different
service providers. The European
Parliament adopted a report last
year supporting the implementation
of eCall in such terms, and it’s now
the European Commission’s turn
to introduce legislation which will
ensure that the emergency service
infrastructure of Member States is
ready for 2015. An eCall in-vehicle
system which is accessible free of
charge and without discrimination
to all stakeholders - providers of car
aftermarket products and services,
equipment suppliers, repair shops
and independent service providers,
Founded in 1904, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) brings together leading national motoring organisations from 132 countries worldwide and is the governing body for world motor sport.
The FIA Region I office, based in Brussels, is a consumer body representing 106 Motoring and Touring Clubs and their 36 million members from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The office aims to provide strong representation of European Member Club interests towards the European Union institutions; to build up links and support the exchange of best practices across the region; and to engage in new campaign activities such as the FIA Action for Road Safety campaign.
Key priorities for FIA Region I:
• Mobility: Supporting efficient and affordable mobility for all.
• Safety: Promoting 5-star drivers, in 5-star cars on 5-star roads.
• Environment: Offering intelligent mobility solutions for sustainable transport.