We tell in detail about the development and testing of the new electric architecture of the Atom electric car: what it consists of, what are its features, and why the system of our own development has a number of advantages over ready-made solutions. The architecture is already being tested - not only in special laboratories, but also on prototype cars.
It should be noted that all the functionality of an electric car is distributed across domains: body, chassis, power plant, driver assistance systems, multimedia, etc.
The point is that
uses a decentralized architecture of the low-voltage system. That is, the functionality is distributed between several electronic modules - instead of a domain or central controller. They say that this approach provides a number of advantages over centralized solutions, namely: increased reliability, scalability due to solutions available on the market, plus there are no dependencies on one electronic unit, and there is the ability to distribute functionality and load development teams.
In addition, the low-voltage architecture of the Atom makes it possible, if necessary, to implement local "awakening" of individual electronic units without starting the entire system. This, in turn, allows for the optimization of energy consumption, which directly affects the increase in the power reserve.
