COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY OF DADSS TECHNOLOGY

INTRODUCTION

The Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (“DADSS”) Program is on track to complete development of a fully passive breath sensor (“GEN4 Sensor Platform”) by the end of 2026 and expects to begin non–exclusive licensing of the sensor’s Reference Design to vehicle manufacturers and automotive safety system suppliers for product integration, beginning in early 2027. In early 2026, a third–party manufacturability assessment conducted by one of the world’s largest automotive Tier 1 suppliers concluded that the passive breath sensor is on a credible path to automotive production readiness, with no component availability issues or supply chain risk identified.

The Program has also successfully demonstrated under laboratory conditions the ability to measure alcohol in human tissue using touch–based technology, and in 2025 a consortium assembled by a large global automotive Tier 1 supplier has, independently from the Program, validated the touch technology approach.

This provides information regarding the commercial availability of the DADSS technology.

BREATH TECHNOLOGY

GEN4.0 Reference Design Package (“RDP”) Availability

ACTS expects to have a reference design for its GEN4.0–C2 passive breath sensor that is commercially ready in Q4–2026 or Q1–2027. As a nonprofit, ACTS will be licensing the GEN4.0 RDP on a non–exclusive basis to “Qualified Product Integrators”. At present, commercial licenses are not available for the GEN4 RDP. Further information will be made available once ACTS has completed validation testing confirming that the GEN4.0–C2 is commercially ready.

GEN4.0 Engineering Development Kit (“EDK”) Availability

Currently, ACTS is making an EDK License Agreement for its GEN4.0–C1 sensor available to product integrators with significant expertise in prototyping and supplying in substantial commercial quantities either quality motor vehicles or motor vehicle components (“Qualified Product Integrators”) or (“QPIs”). The EDK includes two prototype sensors and certain related items. The EDK for GEN4.0C1 is available now to QPIs; provided that, ACTS confirms the status of any such QPI, and the QPI executes ACTS’ standard EDK License Agreement. It should be noted that, among other things, the EDK License Agreement only permits QPIs to use prototypes for internal testing for non–commercial purposes.

If you believe your company meets the definition of a “Qualified Product Integrator” and your company is interested in an EDK license for the GEN4.0–C1 sensor, please send an email to [email protected] with the information below, and put “QPI—GEN4.0 –C1” in the Subject Line.

Full legal name of the company, place of incorporation and principal office address.
Name, title and contact information of the company contact.
Description of how your company meets the definition of a “Qualified Product Integrators”

If ACTS determines that your company meets the qualifications of a QPI, ACTS will endeavor to respond via email to the designated contact.

Engineering Development Kit (“EDK”) licenses are not yet available for ACTS’ GEN4.0–C2 sensor. The GEN4.0–C2 EDK will be made available to “Qualified Product Integrators” once available, same as for the GEN4.0–C1 EDK—see immediately above. If you are interested in such a license, please email [email protected] and include “QPI—GEN4.0–C2” in the subject line and provide the requested information above.

TOUCH TECHNOLOGY

Development of the passive touch sensor—the “Touch Technology Unit” or “TTU”—which uses a widely–tunable laser to measure blood alcohol concentration through driver contact with a vehicle interface, continued until April 2025. Due to major delays in funding, work on the TTU was suspended so that remaining funds were allocated to ensure the successful completion of the GEN4–C2 Passive Breath Sensor Platform.

The widely–tunable laser optical system used in the TTU has successfully demonstrated the ability to measure alcohol in tissue under laboratory conditions. Additional development is needed before the touch sensor can meet automotive durability, size, cost, and mass–production requirements. ACTS will consider licensing or partnering with QPIs to complete development of the touch sensor.

If you believe your company meets the definition of a “Qualified Product Integrator” and your company is interested in licensing the touch technology or partnering with ACTS for the purposes of completing development and commercialization of the touch sensor, please send an email to [email protected] with the information below, and put “QPI—Touch System” in the Subject Line.

Full legal name of the company, place of incorporation and principal office address.
Name, title and contact information of the company contact.
Description of how your company meets the definition of a “Qualified Product Integrators”

If ACTS determines that your company meets the qualifications of a QPI, ACTS will endeavor to respond via email to the designated contact.

Thank you for your interest in the DADSS technology.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety, Inc. (“ACTS”) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit Virginia corporation. ACTS has been developing in–vehicle, passive alcohol detection technologies to prevent drunk driving under a public–private partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”), known as the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety or DADSS Program.

ACTS OWNS ALL WORK PRODUCT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ARISING OUT OF THE DADSS PROGRAM. ACTS’ OWNED WORK PRODUCT EXTENDS BEYOND JUST SENSORS AND THE RELATED DESIGN DOCUMENTS AND INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INLET DESIGN METHODS AND METHODOLOGIES, SNORKEL DESIGN METHODS AND METHODOLOGIES, DRIVER OCCUPANCY DETECTION/CO2 DETECTION, DATA COLLECTION TECHNOLOGIES AND ANALYSIS METHODS AND METHODOLOGIES, AND SENSOR INTEGRATION DESIGNS AND GUIDELINES.

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