eSafety Compendium Addendum 1 - iCar Support

used e.g. for deciding potential incentive schemes that could speed up the
deployment,
- a permanent group of emergency authorities and other relevant stakeholders be
established to review each year (at least until 2015) the deployment status
amongst the various stakeholders,
- the private service providers currently operating a proprietary vehicle emergency
call alike systems be consulted for providing experiences when Member States
discuss how to deploy eCall and
- the European Commission, the Member States and other stakeholders carry out
adequate awareness and education campaign to the citizens on eCall.
Discussion
Mr. Daniel Augello (Renault) commented not to have any business model based on
various kinds of incentives. He added that the Member States which were big automotive
markets, that is to say Germany, France, the UK and Spain were still missing in the list of
the MoU signatures.
As long as the automotive industry does not have a clear vision of the future action plan
of the Member States that have not signed the MoU, it will not invest in hardware. Mr.
Augello concluded by stating that the plan for the introduction of eCall as standard
equipment was unrealistic.
Mr. Nielsen suggested that the Forum urged more concretely some of the larger
Member States to sign the MoU. Concerning the business model, he considers the
European Parliament call for incentives as a step in the right direction.
Mr. Jean-Marie Swaelus (Ministry of Transport, Belgium), asked for the price of the
installation of such a device in a vehicle, especially in two-wheel vehicles.
Mr. Nielsen answered that there was a target figure of 100-150 euros, which concerned
the purchase of the hardware. The general price depends on the business case.
Concerning the installation of eCall in two-wheel vehicles, Mr. Nielsen stated that it was
something that would be interesting to look at, but only after the first issue which
concerns about 15 million vehicles that are put on the market every year in Europe.
There might be other considerations to make because of the specificity of two wheel
vehicle accidents.
Mr. André Vits (European Commission) commented that the time frame for the
pilots supposed that the equipment was available. He asked whether some kind of testing
simulation existed, that could enable Member States to start to build up experience at
national or regional level, before final equipment was available.
Mr. Nielsen recalled the existence of eCall alike systems that had already collected a lot
of experience. Data has been received from the system owners. He stated that a study
was going on, that addressed issues like the number of calls that can be expected,etc.
Mr. Augello stressed the importance of knowing in advance what kind of information
the Member States were expecting from those tests.
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