autoevolution
 

Single Vehicle Architecture Showcased in Police-spec Vauxhall Insignia

Developed by Vauxhall’s Special Vehicles Operation team together with the Association of Chief Police Officers Intelligent Transportations Systems Working Group (ACPO ITS), the Single Vehicle Architecture (SVA) has recently been presented on a police specification Vauxhall Insignia. The demonstration vehicle has been showcased at the Home Office Scientific Development Branch (HOSDB) exhibition.

The SVA allows manufacturers to produce common wiring for equipment and connection points in emergency vehicles. This will enable plug and play of electronics, reducing the time needed for equipping and decommissioning police vehicles.

This major development has earned Vauxhall the coveted honour of being invited onto the ACPO stand for a second year in a row. Last year at HOSDB, Vauxhall announced its ongoing work with the Metropolitan Police Services Team in the development of the One Box Single Vehicle Architecture.

Since then, Vauxhall’s Special Vehicles Operation team  has been working with a number of partners on behalf of ACPO, to study the future of equipment installation in police vehicles. This year it has delivered the first police vehicle to be fully equipped with SVA.

“For police vehicles, Single Vehicle Architecture will be hugely significant,” said Dick Ellam, Manager Vehicle Conversions for Vauxhall. “The UK has some of the most advanced police vehicles in the world; with features such as automatic number plate recognition and detailed data recording instruments. This has meant that installing these systems in cars was extremely difficult, and each car has until now needed to be installed in a different way depending on the needs of each individual police force. Single Vehicle Architecture will eliminate this complexity.”
If you liked the article, please follow us:  Google News icon Google News Youtube Instagram X (Twitter)
 

Would you like AUTOEVOLUTION to send you notifications?

You will only receive our top stories