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The combustion engine will be the dominant drive for motor vehicles despite all the advances in the electrification of the drive train, for many years. The greater are the challenges for the automotive industry, especially in fuel consumption (CO2) and the environmental impacts of other emissions. From the fuel supply to the engine, up to the exhaust after treatment, new or improved functions are needed, which are integrated into increasingly powerful control electronics. This modern electronic engine management and powertrain controller will remain key components in the vehicle. As most of the micro controllers for future applications will be MultiCores, this paper gives an overview on how PowerSAR® supports this kind of architectures. It shows the concepts applied in the basic software area as well as for the applicative software. Further it will show the impact on the development process as well as the integration support for software delivered by the OEM.

For the world's challenge of sustainability in individual mass mobility a wide range of solutions has been proposed to the community. But besides all progress in the electrification of the drive train, the combustion engine will continue to play a dominant role for individual travel and privately owned cars for the next 10 to 20 years. The challenges for car makers and engine designers become even higher, since future demands concerning emissions and fuel consumption have to be met. Consequently, with the proposed innovations and the combinations of several individual improvements the Engine Management System will become more and more complex in terms of technical solution and players involved during the development. Hence, support of improved or even alternative system architectures, including alternative function deployment between the electrical units needs to be supported.