Safety in Electromobility - Technical Cleanliness Between the Poles of Design Requirements and Efficient Production

Reliability and trust in the new technologies are essential if the autonomous, connected and electrified automobile is to become established in society. The more the performance of an electrical/ electronic (E/E) system increases, the more sensitive it becomes to particulate contamination. The risk of a short circuit increases exponentially rather than linearly. Integrating technical cleanliness into product design and production is essential to reduce the risk of a short circuit. But what is the right level of cleanliness? This question can soon be answered with the newly introduced fault injection test procedure. The method can contribute to increasing road safety in areas where normative or legislative requirements have been lacking up to now.