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Research and Markets: Specialist Insight from Leading Automotive Experts Examine the Automotive Technology Roadmap in This New, Extensive Report

DUBLIN, Ireland--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0a8c3c/the_automotive_tec) has announced the addition of the "The Automotive Technology Roadmap 2009" report to their offering.

The report sets out the key drivers of change within the auto industry and analyses the current framework of competition for customers in terms of parameters including product performance, safety, OEM corporate structure, cost base and ownership, and supply chain issues and economies of scale.

The report goes on to examine each aspect of the vehicle in turn, including body structure, electrical and electronic control systems, passive and active safety systems, climate control, brakes, steering, suspension, wheels, chassis, driveline and transmission systems, advanced engine technologies, alternative fuels, hybrid systems, energy management and fuel cell vehicle systems. In each case, a comprehensive analysis of current state-of-the-art products is provided, together with the vision of the authors for the deployment of new technologies - including major potential disruptors - over a time horizon of approximately twenty years.

For each section, specialists have contributed their own insights and reviewed and validated the information gathered from external sources. As such, while there is naturally much detailed level information which must remain confidential, the report provides a rigorous and well-researched vision of the future development of automotive technology which will be of significant value

Ian Kershaw, managing director of Ricardo Strategic Consulting in Northern Europe, said: "We are pleased to have partnered in the preparation of the Automotive Technology Roadmap report. Running to well in excess of three hundred pages, this report provides perhaps the most thoroughgoing examination currently available in published form of the likely technological development of the automobile over the next twenty years. Within the limits of what Ricardo can publicly disclose while protecting our clients' confidentiality, the comprehensive nature of the analysis provided is likely to be extremely useful those engaged at all levels within the global automotive industry, including investors.

Key Topics Covered:

INTRODUCTION

BODY AND SYSTEMS

  • The body structure

ADVANCED LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY

  • Summary timeline
  • Front lights
  • Intelligent lighting systems
  • Rear lights
  • Interior lighting

SAFETY

  • Summary timeline
  • Passive Safety systems
  • Active safety systems

INTERIOR SYSTEMS

  • Climate control systems (HVAC)

ELECTRONICS

  • Microprocessors
  • Demands of the automotive industry
  • Challenges for the industry
  • Automotive bus systems
  • Technology development
  • Software

AUTOSAR

  • Software potential

CHASSIS SYSTEMS

  • Summary timeline
  • Steering
  • Suspension
  • Brakes
  • Wheels and tires
  • The future for chassis design
  • Vehicle fitment to 2018 and future trends

POWERTRAIN

  • Industry Drivers
  • The Daimler DiesOtto concept
  • Turbocharging
  • Exhaust aftertreatment
  • Alternative fuels
  • Fuel cell vehicles

ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY

TRANSMISSIONS

Companies Mentioned:

  • Audi
  • Autoliv
  • Ballard
  • BMW
  • Bosch
  • Bose
  • Continental
  • Delphi
  • Ford
  • Getrag
  • GM
  • Hella
  • Holset VGT
  • Jaguar
  • Jatco
  • Lotus
  • LuK
  • Mercedes-Benz
  • NASA
  • Nissan
  • Ragone
  • Ravigneaux
  • Renault
  • Scania
  • SunLine
  • Toyota
  • TRW
  • Valeo
  • Visteon
  • ZF

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0a8c3c/the_automotive_tec