Applied EV’s ASIL-D Central Control Unit Roadmap
to Mass Production and TÜV SÜD Certification

Melbourne, 26 September 2023 – Applied EV’s core product, a Central Control Unit (CCU) for Software Defined Machines, Digital Backbone™, has been evaluated by TÜV SÜD.

The results show the intended safety concept of the CCU, as specified, represents a suitable foundation for fulfilling the requirements of ASIL-D per standard ISO 26262. Subsequent design and implementation phases continue towards certification and mass production.

The Applied EV inhouse engineering processes, including software toolchains to produce safety rated control technologies, have also been preliminarily audited by TÜV SÜD according to the requirements of ISO 26262 with respect to functional safety management, safety lifecycle and supporting processes.

Applied EV has established a suitable basis in terms of safety culture, safety organisation and functional safety processes, which can be adapted and completed as needed as the certification project proceeds.

The resulting control system architecture and product design for vehicles, is equipped with redundant sub-systems to fulfil the requirements for safety integrity levels, up to ASIL-D, with fail-operational safe states.

Applied EV’s proprietary technology, Digital Backbone, has been purposefully designed to centralise all software features into a singular control unit. It represents a safe platform solution for electric vehicles supporting autonomous and drive-by-wire applications that is dynamic enough to power all motion and peripheral devices in both on-road and off-road vehicles.

Julian Broadbent, CEO of Applied EV, said: “From the very beginning, we set out with the mission to revolutionise transport by fulfilling a market need for a vehicle that runs on software. Aligned with this goal, we have carefully created the Digital Backbone to comply with the highest safety standards, making it an ideal solution for Level 4 and ultimately Level 5 autonomous applications.”

As a part of Applied EV's plans to improve global transport solutions and deploy commercially viable Mobility as a Service (MaaS) solutions across the globe, the Digital Backbone became commercially available for OEMs to physically evaluate in January 2023.