Journal Article
Mitigating Unintended Acceleration and Deceleration Hazards by Defining Drive Torque Command Tolerance Criteria for Commercial Truck Electric Motor Propulsion Control Systems
2023-04-11
2023-01-0548
A commercial truck electric motor propulsion control system may require hundreds of inputs to optimize the drive torque command. As a safety-related signal, the drive torque command requires protections ensuring its integrity. Similarly, the inputs used by the control system to determine the drive torque command also require protections. To define these protections, the ISO 26262:2018 series of standards prescribe the development of safety requirements and associated Automotive Safety Integrity Levels (ASILs). Safety requirements ensure safe system output, in part, by protecting system inputs. Satisfying these safety requirements to their ASILs adds complexity and cost to commercial truck electric motor propulsion control systems. The greater the safety-related signal count, the greater the complexity and cost added.