
The duration of the project is 48 months.
Within this period the three overlapping project phases will build upon each other.
Period |
Project phase 1 |
09.2008 - 06.2010 |
Definition and planning of the overall system and setup of system components Duration: 21 months up to project month 21 The first project phase defines the overall architecture and the system design, implementation, integration and test of the individual sub-systems as well as the design of experiments. |
Period |
Project phase 2 |
06.2010 - 06.2011 |
Equipment of test fleet and test region Duration: 12 months up to project month 33 The second project phase focuses on testing the overall system with regard to implementing and equipping the test fleet and the test region as well as rolling out the road-experiment fleet. |
Period |
Project phase 3 |
06.2011 - 09.2012 |
Customer-oriented large-scale field operational trial and evaluation Duration: 15 months up to project month 48 The third project phase focuses on the large-scale field operational trial, its documentation, analysis and evaluation. For this purpose the technical and economic criteria will also be evaluated. |