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With the pressure increasing to develop cost-effective zero-emission vehicles, manufacturers who are developing electric automobiles are faced with a double-edged problem: how to develop new, lighter weight electronics systems, necessary for increasing vehicle efficiency and range, which will operate in the harsh, electromagnetic interference (EMI)-intensive environment inherent in vehicles with electric drive systems. One promising technology for these new electric vehicle electronic systems is the serial multiplex communication networks now beginning to be used for networking electronic components and modules in traditional internal combustion-type vehicles. The use of serial communication technology can provide system designers with a variety of benefits. Serial networks can help reduce the size and complexity of the vehicle's wiring harness, thereby reducing the vehicle's weight and cost to manufacture.