SAE-A News

Remi Bastien keynote speaker at APAC

Former Renault autonomous vehicle engineering chief Remi Bastien will be the first keynote speaker at APAC21, the 21st biennial Asia Pacific Automotive Engineering Conference

Mr Bastien will explore the true usefulness of automated driving in his keynote address to APAC21 in Melbourne in October. Recently retired as Vice President, Automobile Prospective for Groupe Renault, Mr Bastien was Global Director for Autonomous Driving Prospective at the Renault/Nissan Alliance in 2015-16. SAE-A Chairman and CEO Adrian Feeney said Mr Bastien would bring forward a unique perspective as an engineer who had mapped out the autonomous plans of a global car company. “We are delighted to have Remi as our keynote as only a handful of people have played such a pivotal role in defining the future of autonomous vehicles,” Mr Feeney said. “Remi delivers a truly international perspective to our theme of Harmonising the Future of Mobility, and he promises to explore the true real-world usefulness of automated driving. “Not only has he spent 39 years with Groupe Renault, but he is Delegate General and Treasurer of FISITA, the international federation of mobility engineering associations. “He is also chairman of Next Move, a French cluster dedicated to mobility, and a member of the Shift Project, a French think tank for the sustainable economy.” Mr Bastien’s keynote will address the proposition that automated driving must be more than just a technical challenge to achieve its essential value to sustainable mobility. Drawing on examples in the US and Europe, he says its potential will be achieved when combined with ride sharing and multimodal applications to take advantage of infrastructure. He says this will require complementary initiatives by car makers, telecom, infrastructure and tech companies, as the challenge is bigger than any single actor can handle. APAC21 will run from 3-5 October 2022 at Hyatt Place Essendon Fields. Online registration and full details are at www.autonomous2022.com

Zero Emissions Vehicle Project report

The Zero Emissions Vehicle Project or ZEV (formerly known as the Police Car Project) is a project run by the Society of Automotive Engineers, Australasia.

The purpose of the report is to summarise the research done by research interns Noi Kotev and Evan Favos, who conducted a feasibility study to understand the market in Australia for ZEVs and the current procurement habits of government agencies across Australia. Research was conducted in two main states, with Noi Kotev located in Victoria, and Evan Favos in New South Wales. This report includes findings from the research conducted by the research interns, along with analysis of reports and data given to help paint a picture of government fleet purchasing across the country. Using the information collected, trends are analysed and from these certain predictions can be made as to the feasibility of producing electric utilitarian vehicles here in Australia for Australian government fleets. A range of government services are considered, the police, ambulance, fire rescue and local councils. Through discussions with government figures in their respective states, analysis into certain state’s electric vehicle policies and the drive to zero emission vehicles is also included as context for the report. The full report is included in this issue of VTE starting on page 27.

Noi Kotev

New Members

The SAE-A would like to welcome the following new members: Student Members

Mohammed Al Nasseri Adam Bowler Thomas Curkowskyj Neshas Khandagale Rados Nikacevic Jonty Pretorius Joseph Zanzoul

Individual Members

Malcolm Dix Graham Keidge Manfred Lottig Justin Perret

Corporate Members

Segula Technologies LEAP Australia

More information at www.saea.com.au/membership

Garry Rogers Motorsport workshop tour rescheduled to August

This plant tour has been rescheduled to run on 17 August from 6.30pm to 8.00pm at Dandenong in Melbourne.

Garry Rogers Motosport is an Australian motor racing team competing in the S5000 and Australian TCR championships. The team is owned by retired racing driver Garry Rogers who began the team to further his own racing efforts. Based in Melbourne, originally out of a Nissan dealership owned by Rogers, the team has competed in a variety of touring car series in Australia ranging from relatively modest Nissan production cars to Chevrolet NASCARs to building the GT specification Holden Monaro 427C. The team won the Bathurst 1000 in 2000 and also won both the Bathurst 24 Hour races, which were held in 2002 and 2003. In 2013 the team celebrated its 50th year in racing since Rogers made his debut. Rogers has been famed as a talent spotter with a number of drivers finding their feet within GRM including Steven Richards, Jason Bargwanna, Garth Tander, Jamie Whincup, Lee Holdsworth and Scott McLaughlin. Many of these drivers became future champions and Bathurst 1000 winners. The event is free to SAE-A members, non members $50 or students $30. Contact events@sae-a.com.au or visit www.saea.com.au

Vipac Tour

On 19 May a group of 16 members of SAE-A attended the tour of Vipac’s facilities in Port Melbourne Luke Callaway and Adrian Feeney represented the SAE-A board.

James Payne, senior engineer at Vipac hosted the event which proved to be very successful. Vipac was founded in 1973 and is a familyowned Australian company employing around 150 staff members many of whom are PhD-qualified. The company is a multi-disciplinary consultancy specialising in mechancial and systems engineering, dynamics, modelling, instrumentation, data acquistion, analysis and testing. A range of different industries in Australia as well as overseas use their services including defence, transport, construction, automotive and environmental for data acquisition and testing of acoustics, vibration, wind, fluid mechanics, stress-strain, thermodynamics and aerodynamics testing. Overseas the company has assisted with projects such as the Burj Khalifa in Dubai which is a landmark skyscraper for the United Arab Emirates. It has a total height of 829.8m – just over half a mile, and a roof height of 828m. The Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure and building in the world since supplanting Taipei 101, the previous holder of that status.

Vipac has a presence in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide visit www.vipac.com.au for more detailed information.