After the Standard OpenDRIVE® (description of road networks) was transferred to ASAM e.V. in September 2018, the contracts to transfer OpenCRG® (description of road surfaces) and OpenSCENARIO® (description of participant behavior) were signed end of October. With this act, the formats for both static and dynamic contents for driving Simulation applications are now under the auspices of ASAM. International Simulation experts have already discussed important requirements for the further development of the so called “OpenX Standards” during Kick-off Workshops hosted by ASAM.

The standardization organization ASAM e.V. will adopt several standards for the Validation of highly-automated driving. OpenDRIVE® is the first Standard that has now been transferred into ASAM. It constitutes the new ASAM standardization domain „Simulation” and will be continued under the name of ASAM OpenDRIVE. The standards OpenCRG® and OpenSCENARIO® will follow within the next months. The transfer of these standards into ASAM ensures their independent, long-term development and maintenance in a professional setting. At the same time, it allows ASAM to position itself in the area of highly automated driving.

The ASAM standardization work group finishes multiple cross-test events to ensure interoperability of commercial test tools based upon the ASAM XIL 2.0.1 Standard, effectively enabling engineers in the automotive industry to choose and easily integrate best-in-class ECU testing tools for their application scenarios.

The European-based standardization organization ASAM e.V. and the US-based organization SAE International have agreed to enter a Cooperative Partnership. Main goal of this partnership is to better serve the needs of their members, to avoid duplicative standardization, and to promote standardization globally.

ASAM has released a new Standard, ASAM MCD-1 POD, which standardizes the software inside automotive ECUs for Measurement & Calibration systems, making the integration of such tools from multiple vendors a much easier effort and allowing them to be quickly exchanged as needed during the ECU development process. The Standard is shipped with reference code, which can be used as a template for implementers for writing Standard-compliant code.

ASAM e.V. (Association for Standardization of Automation and Measuring Systems) has elected a new Board of Directors on March 7, 2017.

ASAM has released two new standards, ASAM MCD-2 CERP and ASAM CPX, which are the foundation of a new class of tools in the automotive industry that are commonly called "Calibration Expert Systems". The standards provide a language and exchange format to capture expert knowledge about the Calibration of ECU software. They allow to formally describe Calibration processes and parameter dependencies, automatically execute and check them, and pass them on to other experts or business partners.

The ASAM Board of Directors has confirmed that the ASAM organization is planning to expand its work scope towards an area broadly labeled "Telematics". The topic is closely aligned to the recent ASAM International Conference topic of Big Data held in Dresden, Germany. The member organization Cummins Inc. has approached ASAM with the request to further develop use cases relating to "Remote Two Way Communications” as a first step in a Standard development process.