Automotive & Transportation - Automotive & Transportation

Automotive interiors manufacturer realizes cost savings in component and tool procurement

Cost savings is relevant for the difficult situation the entire automotive industry is currently facing.

By Emilia Maier

Thought Leadership

Live Webinar: Developing high quality automotive embedded software to increase functional safety

Why has automotive functional safety become a hot issue? Firstly, automotive software content is growing exponentially. In 2010, the average...

By Tarun Tejpal

Webinar: Technology for greater manufacturing efficiency

ON-DEMAND WEBINAR | 29 MINUTES Watch webinar Learn new features that address key formboard merging challenges. Many automotive wire harness makers...

By Heather George

Bearing Transmission Failures: How to Avoid Them With Virtual Prototyping

Bearings allow complex machinery to rotate by making the rotation possible while reducing friction, and are therefore vital to system efficiency and reliability. Improving bearing design through virtual prototyping is a cost-effective and thorough design approach, which reduces transmission downtime and failures.

By abigail.collins-carey

Excellence in electric vehicle NVH at Karma Automotive

What should an electric sports car engine sound like? There is currently no clear answer to this question, as there is very little history of electric vehicles to draw from. Engine noise is also brand-specific, so even existing electric vehicles will sound different depending on which company produced them.

By Christina Kothlow

Chengdu: battery simulation lab revolutionizes battery design

How the Chengdu battery simulation demonstrator at the Chengdu engineering center can help electric vehicle automakers reduce development time considerably.

By Ivan Bosmans

The Fatigue Challenge of Additive Manufacturing: A Simulation-Based Approach

Additive Manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D-printing, allows the production of complex components layer by layer, using only the material you need. Siemens Digital Industries Software offers simulation-based solutions to predict and optimize Additive Manufacturing product performance.

By Stijn Donders, Michael Hack

SimRod experience: From Belgian blocks to vehicle durability testing (part 2)

Vehicle durability testing is a crucial step in the vehicle development. Learn how Simcenter Testlab Neo can make this testing more efficient.

Navigating new pressures in automotive E/E systems design

Automotive executives see innovation as critical to the success of their companies. Today, that innovation is largely the result of...

By Doug Burcicki