Monday OBD Symposium Presentations
Monday OBD Symposium Presentations
Monday, September 10
Monday OBD Symposium Presentations
Session Code: OBDMO
Room TBD Session Time: 1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. ORAL ONLY Introduction to OBD, Part 1: Historical Legal & Logical Background
of OBD
TBD, California Air Resources Board
2:00 p.m. ORAL ONLY Introduction to OBD, Part 2: History of OBD and Implementation
World Wide
An introduction and overview of On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) requirements from a
vehicle manufacturer’s perspective is discussed. This includes a high-level
overview of the history of California Air Resources Board (CARB) OBD regulatory
requirements and the history of OBD implementation around the world. The
presentation focuses on the two major OBD requirement systems (CARB and
European OBD) which are typically the foundation for other countries OBD
requirements. The first implementation of OBD for various countries around the
world is reviewed.
Janean Potter, General Motors
3:00 p.m. BREAK
Tuesday, September 11
Tuesday OBD Symposium Presentations
Session Code: OBDTU
Room Marriott 5 Session Time: ALL DAY
1:00 p.m. ORAL ONLY An OBD Calibration Experience: Solar Load and Temperature Sensor
Rationality Diagnostics
OBD monitors can be impacted by a variety of environmental conditions and
customer usages. This presentation will review a calibration team’s
response to a high failure rate for EGR temperature sensor rationality diagnostics
in the 2016 Chevrolet Volt EREV (Extended Range Electric Vehicle.) An analysis
of the root cause investigation will explain how the team concluded that solar load
was causing the diagnostic failures, and how this information was used to
develop a more robust threshold calibration.
Erika L. Pruski, General Motors
1:30 p.m. ORAL ONLY OBD Experiences: Toyota
Morton M. Smith, Toyota Motor North America Inc.
2:15 p.m. BREAK
2:45 p.m. ORAL ONLY OBD II Monitoring of Motor and Battery in an Electrified Powertrain
Electrification of conventional powertrain is growing at a rapid pace to avail full
benefits in vehicle propulsion to gain precedence over target fuel economy with
reduced emissions. The transportation industry is embracing this electrification
ranging from Mild-Hybrid to Full- Electric systems with unique operational
strategies tailored to application-specific needs. This opportunity brings
challenges for diagnostic implementation for electric components. Adherence to
OBD II in all aspects of powertrain electrification is a necessity for compliance
and to offer robust systems to the end consumers.
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The presentation will provide a technical insight into electric motors and battery
pack design and use case scenarios specific to electric mobility, followed by a
deep-dive review of OBD strategies for electric motors and battery systems such
as regenerative braking and cell balancing. Further, an assessment of how a
malfunction in electric drive and energy storage component could impact the
system level performance and methods to detect such malfunctions including
benefits of component level monitoring will be explained. The listeners will be
able to understand working principles, diagnostic methods and new opportunities
associated with electric propulsion systems.
Wednesday, September 12
Wednesday OBD Symposium Presentations
Session Code: OBDWE
Room Marriott 5 Session Time: ALL DAY
11:00 a.m. ORAL ONLY From Human Driver to Artificial Driver: Impact on OBD and
Homologation
Autonomous vehicles introduce new challenges for existing diagnostics systems
and will lead to a number of new diagnostics. Some of the diagnostics needed are
related to emissions OBD, some of them to convenience and others to safety
concerns. <br>
After detection illuminating a warning light is meaningless to an artificial driver.
Instead, a decision must be made by the vehicle on what the next best action is.
This action will be driven by convenience and safety reasons but to not defy the
purpose of emissions OBD the legislation must be accounted for in the decision.
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This presentation will serve to create awareness of the issue and will highlight
some examples of where existing (OBD) Diagnostics struggle when faced with an
artificial driver and where new Diagnostics solutions are needed to take over the
hidden diagnostics work that a human driver is performing.
Thursday, September 13
Thursday OBD Symposium Presentations
Session Code: OBDTH
Room Marriott 5 Session Time: ALL DAY
11:00 a.m. ORAL ONLY EPA’s Theory of Criminal Liability for OBD Issues: Best
Practices for Managing New Risks
In a recent series of cases, the U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of EPA, has
aggressively pursued an interpretation of Section 113(c)(2)(C) the Clean Air Act
that creates the risk of criminal liability for OBD issues. This presentation will
review the legislative history of the Act, the thinking behind EPA’s
interpretation, potential areas of exposure in dealing with EPA and CARB, and
best practices for managing risk.
Justin A. Savage, Richard Alonso, Sidley Austin LLP
11:30 a.m. ORAL ONLY Challenges in Developing a Conversion Efficiency Monitor for US
LD/MD Diesel Applications with Two NOx Catalysts in Series
The demand to meet ever more stringent targets for emissions and CO2 leads to
the introduction in Diesel applications of additional NOx aftertreatment catalysts in
series.
This presentation will provide an update on GM experience about NOx catalyst
conversion efficiency monitor on US Light/Medium duty applications with two NOx
catalysts in series.
Current LD OBDII regulation allows OEMs to choose to monitor NOx catalysts
individually, or in combination with each other. Depending on the selected
approach, BPU definitions and corresponding catalysts aging approach can be
determined accordingly. GM/CARB interpretations of regulatory language will be
discussed.
Additionally, an update of CARB discussions related to this topic will be provided.