Automotive & Transportation - Automotive & Transportation

Why transfer path analysis is not established technology

December 10, 2018

280.000.000 results. That’s what you get when typing ‘transfer path analysis’ in Google Search. No wonder. The TPA methodology exists for over 20 years and is widely applied across all industries. Ho...

By Els Verlinden

Thought Leadership

Key skills to design future car travel experiences

December 05, 2018

What does the engineering team look like that will create the experiences that future cars will deliver? It will take a diverse set of OEMs and suppliers, from multiple industries like textiles a...

By Ed Bernardon

Simcenter Amesim 17: ease the exhaust calibration process

November 29, 2018

To accurately assess the vehicle tail-pipe emissions, efficient modeling of exhaust systems is becoming a very important but also a very time-consuming task. The chemistry inside a catalyst is comple...

By Melanie_Groisil

Thought Leadership

The challenges with autonomous vehicle testing

November 28, 2018

One of the most critical aspects of autonomous car design, due to their complexity, is that you will never be able to physically test all possible accident scenarios. This is why simulation is so imp...

By Ed Bernardon

Is this the electric vehicle that we’ve all been waiting for?

November 22, 2018

Uniti One is an EV that just makes more sense. I have to confess: I have caught the Uniti fever. It all started last April when Werner Custers and I shot a little movie at the Uniti headquart...

By Jenn Schlegel

Thought Leadership

First steps to the future car travel experience

November 21, 2018

If the future of the car travel experience includes customizable, diverse travel, what’s happening in the marketplace that shows the first sign of this trend? The interior will no longer b...

By Ed Bernardon

Thought Leadership

Are electric vehicles the best cars for the environment?

November 19, 2018

It’s nice to want to be environmentally-friendly. But even the best cars for the environment won’t sell unless they’re economically feasible. Electric vehicles are gaining support from government...

Why perform multi-axis vibration testing?

November 19, 2018

Multi-axis vibration qualification testing: why bother? Why is this last step in a product development process an important one? And why do renowned universities like the University of Ferrara spend ...

By Joelle Beuzit

The End of the Powertrain Bias

November 19, 2018

Internal Combustion Engine vs. Electric Machine, this seems a famous game these days. Media, politicians, OEMs, car owners - all of them have their arguments and for one or the other reasons, they ha...

By Simon Fischer