Automotive & Transportation - Automotive & Transportation

Siemens ConneCTs 2018: AI & the Rise of Autonomous Systems

November 14, 2018

On December 4-5 please join us by registering here, or follow along with the #SiemensConnect hashtag on social media. Witness how future tech will utilize NX. In 2005 s...

By William Chanatry

Thought Leadership

We’re thinking about autonomous vehicles all wrong

November 12, 2018

When we think of future autonomous vehicles, typically an image of some kind of self-driving futuristic pod comes to mind, with a living room/bedroom/home cinema/meeting space - basically a reconfigu...

By Andrew Macleod

A smart guide: Step-by-step Durability Engineering based on test data

November 08, 2018

The durability of a product is important, whether you develop an electric car or a new autonomous vehicle. Can you imagine an autonomous vehicle falling apart right after driving over a single bump? ...

Thought Leadership

Electric car engineering needs future-thinking engineers

November 07, 2018

Electric car engineering will change the entire auto industry, and current and future engineers can prepare for the move toward electrification by becoming the master of many traits. We&nb...

The beauty of optimization: what ears and mufflers have in common

November 06, 2018

Beethoven’s life was marked by the tragedy of his deafness, for which symptoms appeared in his latest twenties . Before being completely deaf, he used ear-horns to...

The State of Simulation 2018: Lessons from the Simcenter Conference

October 30, 2018

I just got back from the US Simcenter Conference in Detroit, most of which I spent locked in a small room interviewing attendees on video about their experiences with our products, and of the confere...

By Stephen Ferguson

Toyota Corolla: retrospective of the world's most popular car (Part 1)

October 29, 2018

I recently went through Chris Beves' post about Formula One aerodynamics history and realized that simulation can do much more than predicting the future. Indeed, it's also interesting to l...

By Romain Nicolas

Thought Leadership

How can companies improve electric vehicle battery life?

October 22, 2018

The electric vehicle battery is getting more advanced, which not only increases range, but will also help decrease costs. The more affordable and advanced electric car batteries become, th...

6 Advanced Methodologies for Gear Test Rig: Part 1

October 18, 2018

Gears. Gears are used since the middle ages. Should be settled science by now, right? That’s about what I thought when I started. However, after discussing with colleagues and digging into ...