Highly-integrated fail operational e-powertrain for autonomous driving application

A vehicle, comprising:

• a plurality of different powertrain systems;
• and
• a plurality of controllers comprising a vehicle controller and a controller for each of the plurality of different powertrain systems, wherein none of the controllers for the plurality of different powertrain systems are redundant, and wherein each of the plurality of controllers of the vehicle comprises a processor and a memory coupled with and readable by the processor and stores therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor of each controller, causes the processor to:
• execute a plurality of functions, the plurality of functions comprising one or more functions for each of the plurality of powertrain systems, and wherein each of the plurality of functions executes on a plurality of the plurality of controllers;
• detect a failure of a first controller of the plurality of controllers;
• and
• in response to detecting the failure of the first controller of the plurality of controllers, transition the plurality of functions executing on the first controller to one or more second controllers of the plurality of controllers based on prior execution of the plurality of functions executing on the first controller by the one or more second controllers.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions stored therein which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to provide a fail operational power train in an electric vehicle by:

• executing, by each of a plurality of controllers of the vehicle, a plurality of functions, the plurality of controllers comprising a vehicle controller and a controller for each of a plurality of different powertrain systems, the plurality of functions comprising one or more functions for each of the plurality of powertrain systems, wherein none of the controllers for the plurality of different powertrain systems are redundant, and wherein each of the plurality of functions executes on a plurality of the plurality of controllers;
• detecting, by at least one of the plurality of controllers, a failure of a first controller of the plurality of controllers;
• and
• in response to detecting the failure of the first controller of the plurality of controllers, transitioning the plurality of functions executing on the first controller to one or more second controllers of the plurality of controllers based on prior execution of the plurality of functions executing on the first controller by the one or more second controllers.