While the FlexRay automotive data bus system has yet to find mass acceptance in volume vehicles, some OEMs already consider connectivity options beyond FlexRay. At a congress, BMW detailed plans to ...

The bandwagon may be starting to roll behind the FlexRay in-car comms bus standard and Freescale Semiconductor has seen BMW be the first car maker to design the technology into its latest X5 vehicles.

The first FlexRay application to enter production was an option called AdaptiveDrive on BMW's X5 sport activity vehicle (SAV). Based on 32-bit FlexRay microcontrollers from Freescale Semiconductor, ...

Car makers are inching closer to a standard high bandwidth data network called FlexRay that should spark renewed interest in the development of brake-by-wire and other by-wire technology, according to ...

Expanding on its pioneering application of FlexRay in the X5, the BMW X6 xDrive35i and X6 xDrive50i models also include FlexRay, as well as CAN, LIN and MOST. BMW was the first carmaker to offer the ...

FlexRay comes onto the road with single-channel high-speed power-train, driver-assistance, and comfort automotive electronics applications. On the new BMW X5, FlexRay is used in suspension control, ...

MUNICH, Germany --Automakers are close to adopting a faster in-car data network standard that could revive brake-by-wire and other by-wire technologies. Analysts say BMW AG will introduce the FlexRay ...

FlexRay is an upcoming networking standard being established to raise the data rate, reliability, and safety of the automotive applications of today and tomorrow. Synthesizable FlexRay intellectual ...

Several European automakers and electronics suppliers have introduced a major initiative to set standards for in-car control systems. In simple terms, they want to make it easier to let the growing ...