{"id":2280,"date":"2019-09-12T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Simcenter-Blog\/We-want-you-to-benchmark-our-car\/ba-p\/616601"},"modified":"2026-03-26T06:04:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:04:57","slug":"we-want-you-to-benchmark-our-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/we-want-you-to-benchmark-our-car\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe want you to benchmark our car\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI want to tell you about the day I better understood my customer\u2019s challenges and hence my job. I was Business Developer at Simcenter Engineering Services, leading projects on vehicle energy management for OEMs. One day, I had a discussion with a client which changed everything. This customer reached excellent results in terms of the fuel efficiency of their vehicle. Nevertheless, what they asked for was, surprisingly, this: \u201cWe want you to benchmark our car\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n

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You need to know that this customer\u2019s vehicle generation X was one of the best cars on the market, generation Y was out-performing\u2026 but\u2026 they did not know how they achieved it! Hundreds of physical modifications, independently performed by dozens of teams responsible for their own components. How to duplicate an unknown puzzle during Generation Z development cycle\u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capture the concept of vehicle energy management analysis <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s how Ga\u00e9tan Bouzard<\/a>, co-host of the webinar Aiming to optimize your vehicle energy management?<\/a> , starts his presentation aiming at explaining how to capture the concept of vehicle energy management analysis. There are 3 main things to keep in mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n