In year 1, the CAV subteam will be laying the foundation for success throughout this 4-year competition. The core activities the team will be accomplishing this year are meant to get members comfortable with CAV software development tools, identify a plan for the CAV software stack, propose multiple sensor and compute architectures, and develop sensor fusion and raw data processing algorithms.

The team will be making decisions about system requirements such as additional sensors needed for required functionality and field-of-view goals, required algorithms, computing requirements, power consumption targets, and driver monitoring system integration.

Long term goals for the team include implementing a variety of driver assistance features on the vehicle to reach SAE level 2 automation. These include Cooperative and Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC), Lane Centering (LC) with Lane Change on Demand (LCoD), and automatic navigation of connected and signalized intersections including right and left turns.

The team will also be implementing a Driver Monitoring System (DMS) to ensure that autonomous features are used safely and only available while the driver is paying attention to the road. These features will be used in both highway and city driving, which presents many interesting challenges for the team to tackle over the 4 years of the EcoCAR EV Challenge.