Possibilities of Using of Online Vehicle Diagnostics in the Future

Abstract

In the premium vehicle category, real-time online internet connection has become a standard in recent years. This trend is likely to spread completely in the automotive industry in the coming years.

This fact offers a lot of new options in the field of vehicle maintenance (and predictive maintenance).

Another possible use case may be remote diagnostics of in-use vehicles on the market, analysis of their online data and thereby an extension of the product development process after SOP.

An additional new option may be to automatically collect, evaluate and generate of onboard diagnostics data to report to different authorities. E.g. OBFCM (onboard fuel consumption) or IUMPR j3 (in use monitoring performance ratio) field reports.

In vehicle production, during the test drive, it could be possible to read and log of measurement data of the finished vehicle’s control units online

Another application may be to test vehicles online during the production process e.g. to read of DTC’s (diagnostics trouble codes) during technical tests or to monitor of SoC (state of charge) of battery online while moving vehicles within the factory.

J. Nagy—Head of Corporate Quality Vehicle Technology Functions/Geometry.

I. Lakatos—Head of Department of Road and Rail Vehicles.