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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

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

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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? ...

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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