Automotive & Transportation - Automotive & Transportation

Hackrod Challenges Traditional Manufacturing with NX

New and innovative. Two words we love to hear. For those of you who haven’t hear of Hackrod, they are a digital manufacturing company that uses new methods of design for the next generation of automo...

By William Chanatry

Safety first, optimize your vehicle thermal management architecture

Remember the road to family vacations when you were younger. Let’s be honest that this was not always a good memory (not only because of brothers and sisters’ quarrels). Especially in summer… The lon...

By Adele Dolique

Thought Leadership

The quest to develop successful autonomous car software

How will hardware and software work together in autonomous cars? The automotive industry is trying to answer that very question, and they’re relying on companies with experience in electronic design ...

By Ed Bernardon

The Psychology of NVH

Just over a fortnight ago, I was at the 88 th Geneva International Motor Show. Upon entering hall 2, which is elevated so you have a nice view over halls 3, 4 and 5, I couldn’t help but notice the...

The Driving Simulator That Puts You in the Loop

As autonomous vehicles gain momentum in the transportation sector, you may have heard some skeptics vocalize their opinions against self-driving cars. You can rest assured that safety is a top priori...

STAR-ICE: Engine simulation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+

February 20, 2018

While we all continuously hear about the electrification of automotive powertrains, the reality is that the internal combustion engine will not disappear anytime soon and, in fact, will be a staple o...

By Stephen Ferguson

Creating an Electric Vehicle in Two Years? It's Possible!

February 13, 2018

How many times have you heard about the idea of “going green”? Probably more than you can remember. Many of us have made the decision to transform this idea into a lifestyle, while a number of compan...

Simulation Trends for 2018

February 07, 2018

With the first month of the New Year behind us, we already see the trend of leveraging simulation and digital twins to speed up product development and engineering in 2018. Over the years, we have in...

Thought Leadership

Learning autonomous car safety lessons from aerospace

February 07, 2018

Autonomous cars hitting the road for testing isn’t new. We frequently see news stories about this testing and the work automakers are doing to prepare these cars for the road. What we don’...

By Ed Bernardon