PSA_GROUP_REGISTRATION_DOCUMENT_2017
ANALYSIS OF THE BUSINESS AND GROUP OPERATING RESULTS IN 2017 AND OUTLOOK Automotive Expertise to deliver useful technologies
Electric vehicles The Groupe PSA electric powertrain is developed on the new common modular platform (CMP) to be launched in 2018. This platform use will allow the offer of a new generation of multi-purpose electric vehicles with long range (up to 450 km [274 miles] (1) , ranging from city cars to compact sedans and SUVs, to cater for every type of use. The first vehicles will be simultaneously launched in Europe and China from 2019. For end-to-end control of the value chain from design to production in the area of electrification, and to offer the best-performing technologies in order to maintain its technological leadership already established in internal-combustion engines, Groupe PSA has teamed up with the world leader in electrical machinery, Nidec Leroy Somer, in a joint venture to develop a range of electric and hybrid engines embodying state-of-the-art technology. “SMART” CARS: AUTONOMOUS 4.5.2.2. AND CONNECTED Customers want their cars to provide them with independence but also to contribute to a collective well-being. The autonomous and connected cars of tomorrow will focus on this social change, encouraging the emergence of new transport and mobility models, while saving customers time and energy. Groupe PSA is actively involved in this transition. The communicating connected car 4.5.2.2.1. The communicating connected car marks the transition from a closed-off vehicle to a more open vehicle, with mobile devices connected to the cloud. It broadens the range of mobility opportunities. Thus, the motor vehicle is becoming part of the Internet of Things (IoT), in order to provide new experiences. This digital revolution
requires organising and managing car data security. TO this end, Groupe PSA is developing an automotive IoT software platform with world coverage, the connected vehicle modular platform (CVMP). The CVMP will ensure that all digital interactions between the car and the cloud are managed securely while at the same time guaranteeing data integrity, authenticity and confidentiality. CVMP will make it possible to introduce new services such as remote on-demand car diagnostics and remote control solutions such as battery charging and pre-heating; over-the-air car software updates, traffic information and navigation; car sharing and corporate fleet management; and customised onboard services such as personal assistant solutions. In November 2017, Groupe PSA announced that it was partnering with Huawei to develop this platform. Huawei is one of the world leaders in Information and Communication Technology, and its world-renowned expertise guarantees implementation of the highest standards of data security and regulations. The first applications of the new platform will be launched for customers in Europe and China in 2018 and subsequently in the rest of the world. New services adjusted to customer needs will be rolled out gradually. Self-driving: towards 4.5.2.2.2. the autonomous car In order to offer increasingly safer cars to its customers, cars that take the pressure off the driver during tedious driving conditions, and thereby make daily life easier, Groupe PSA is launching a wide range of assistance functions that will gradually lead to the option to partially, and then totally, hand over responsibility to the car, with total peace of mind, should the driver choose to do so. As such, the autonomous car is becoming a reality, with increasing elements of automation and regulated autonomy, as shown in the timeline below.
Starting now
After 2020
After 2025
2018
2030
1
2
3
4
5
Assisted driving
Automatic driving
Autonomous car
The Groupe PSA cars are equipped with the first technology building blocks, which are the precursors of tomorrow’s autonomous car: new-generation driver assistance functions deployed in the Group’s models since 2016; driver-supervised automatic driving functions launched on the DS 7 Crossback: DS CONNECTED PILOT, which controls the vehicle’s speed in relation to the vehicle ahead of it, and positions it precisely in its lane, DS PARK PILOT: the vehicle parks by itself in line with adjacent vehicles or in side-by-side parking slots without steering-wheel or pedal action by the driver. The vehicle also detects a parking space that will accommodate its size,
DS NIGHT VISION, which detects the presence of pedestrians or animals on the road up to 100 metres ahead using an infra-red camera located in the radiator cowling, to alert the driver to hazards detected, DS DRIVER ATTENTION MONITORING, which detects any fall in driver vigilance via a camera with infra-red LEDS located above the steering wheel, and backed up by a camera at the top of the windscreen. It alerts the driver whenever an anomaly is detected. The Group will deploy the Autonomous Driving functions after 2020. These Hands Off then Eyes Off functions will allow care-free delegation of driving to the vehicle, first partially, then totally, to free the driver for other activities, and make journeying time more congenial.
151
GROUPE PSA - 2017 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
Made with FlippingBook - Online catalogs