BMW, Honda and Yamaha announce their collaboration for connected motorcycles

Following the commitment of motorcycle manufacturers to offer intelligent transport systems (ITS) on motorized two-wheelers within 5 years, three of them are today announcing the creation of a consortium on connected motorcycles. Explanations.

In accordance with the commitment of motorcycle manufacturers aiming to offer intelligent transport systems (ITS) on motorized two-wheelers within 5 years (read), three of them are today announcing the creation of a specialized consortium on connected motorcycles (read and).

Connected Motorcycle Consortium

While the World ITS Congress is held until October 9 in Bordeaux (33), BMW Motorrad, Honda and Yamaha have thus created the "Connected Motorcycle Consortium" to promote the development of transport systems (STI) in the field of motorized two-wheelers and develop "C-STI cooperative road telematics (cooperative intelligent transport systems) applications dedicated to motorcycles and scooters", so that STI-C functions are implemented on motorized two-wheelers from 2020.

Connected motorcycles: all you need to know about ITS

These first three partners now invite "other motorcycle manufacturers to join the consortium with the aim of improving road safety for two-wheel motor vehicles".

"We want to work together to advance motorcycle safety faster and build a forward-looking implementation of C-ITS on motorcycles and scooters", said Tetsuo Suzuki, operational manager at Honda Motor Co. Ltd..

"Our companies are already active members of the Car2Car Communication Consortium within which we develop common specifications and standards in collaboration with car and truck manufacturers as well as with other players.", confirms his colleague Takaaki Kimura, executive vice president of Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd."However, we found that the specific requirements that motorized two-wheelers must meet were beyond the scope of this association. The logical continuation of this approach is therefore the launch of a cooperation dedicated exclusively to the challenges to be taken up in the motorcycle sector.".

"We invite other companies to collaborate with us"

Finally Karl Viktor Schaller, Director of Development at BMW Motorrad, underlines that the aim is to "develop early and comprehensive use of cooperative intelligent transport systems that can enhance the safety potential of motorcycles and scooters. That’s why we invite other companies to collaborate with us".

"This initiative is a continuation of ACEM’s road safety strategy and shows that the practical and very concrete developments undertaken by the motorcycle industry clearly reflect the latter’s desire to increase the safety of riders.", for his part rejoiced Antonio Perlot, Secretary General of the Association of European Motorcycle Manufacturers (ACEM), the lobby of the motorized two-wheeler industry in Brussels..

Life-size experiments

Even if they are not on the list of exhibitors at the World ITS Congress which is being held this year in Bordeaux (33) from October 5 to 9, 2015, BMW, Honda and Yamaha, the first three partner constructors of the consortium on connected motorcycles, have already carried out several experiments in the field of ITS. BMW Motorrad thus participated from 2010 to 2013 in, a large-scale ITS deployment test in the agglomeration of Frankfurt (Germany), while Honda and Yamaha participated in the project, an STI test carried out at European level between 2012 and 2014.

Ultimately, wireless communication between vehicles will allow motorists, motorcyclists and scooter riders to "make coordinated decisions on their route and move with greater safety in high traffic urban environments", continue the three manufacturers at the origin of this consortium, estimating that"If intelligently designed and used judiciously, ITS technologies have great potential to enhance the safety, reliability and efficiency of all transport systems, and in particular of powered two-wheelers".

"ITS systems already developed for automobiles cannot be used as such for motorcycles", note the three manufacturers:"given the small space available on motorized two-wheelers, these systems must be more compact but also offer certain qualities of resistance to water, dust and vibrations. In addition, as motorized two-wheelers display different dynamic characteristics, software and algorithms must also meet specific requirements.".

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