Automotive & Transportation - Automotive & Transportation

The sense of virtual sensors

September 06, 2018

While old-timers are entirely mechanical, our vehicles are full of electronics. And thus with sensors. Sensors provide information well beyond speed and fuel levels. They deliver a limitless amo...

By Els Verlinden

Vehicle Energy Management Farm

September 03, 2018

A car has many performance attributes and all are of equal importance. Sure - depending on priorities, one might find some of those attributes more interesting than the others, but mostly...

Ready for Silverstone! Ducati Racing Team on track

August 23, 2018

Read about how J. Lorenzo scored a victory in the Austrian Grand Prix, racing for the Ducati Racing Team with the help of Simcenter tools for their bikes.

By Joelle Beuzit

Sensor malfunction – ACTIVE SAFETY FUNCTIONS DISABLED

August 16, 2018

After much deliberation, I recently purchased a new car. As is always the case in these things, my buying decision was heavily influenced by a charming and enthusiastic sales guy, wh...

Wanna save some energy?

August 16, 2018

In the high-speed rollercoaster of automotive engineering today, one thing is about as certain as taxes: energy efficiency will remain a top priority for all OEMs venturing to stay in the race. No ma...

NX Beta Reaction

August 09, 2018

Many features, many thoughts, many hours, and loads of excited users. Testers embraced all the new functions available to them. Features such as design review in life-like virtual reality, desig...

By William Chanatry

Thought Leadership

Autonomous vehicles and future highways

August 01, 2018

Hundreds of automakers and startups around the globe are working on autonomous vehicles so these vehicles can eventually be mass produced. But what challenges do these companies need to overcome befo...

It’s just a matter of time (scales)!

August 01, 2018

A very famous quote from Albert Einstein goes like this: “When you sit with a nice girl for two hours you think it’s only a minute, but when you sit on a hot stove for a minute you think it’s ...

Thought Leadership

Virtual testing, validation of autonomous vehicle safety

Automakers around the world are looking to mass produce autonomous vehicles, but they must first conquer some big challenges before that mass production can happen. I recently spoke with...