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Now that is something to celebrate\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Today to celebrate the fifth UNESCO International Day of Education, we want to highlight quite an exceptional story from the InMotion student team that just happens to use Siemens software \u2013 and of course: Simcenter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although InMotion has made a serious technical impact with its all-electric, track-ready Le Mans race car, the Revolution, the real beauty of this story is what this team of students <\/strong>has accomplished with their 12-minute fast-charging technology and next-generation battery packs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on the Automotive Campus in Helmond, The Netherlands, InMotion is closely associated with the Technical University of Eindhoven. The InMotion team, which is run as a foundation and rotates students annually, practices continuous innovation. Experienced former members meet weekly with the current team to guarantee knowledge transfer and help solve technical challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving forward and making progress<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Over its ten-year history (plus), InMotion has built four, successive innovative race cars, including the heritage bio-ethanol Ignition, the fastest student e-Formula 3, the Fusion, the Vision, a more aerodynamic e-concept car and the Revolution, a true pioneer with its 12-minute e-charging time \u2013 that is faster than an e-Porsche or even a Tesla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTen years being a student team is quite amazing. I think this is what makes InMotion special. The people that founded it ten years ago are still on the supervisory board. People that built the first electric race car, the Fusion, are still providing us knowledge on the Revolution. That\u2019s unique. It\u2019s about moving forward, making progress, and keeping continuity in the team,\u201d states Ewout Timmermans, former Team Manager, InMotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Working in a digital thread with a digital twin was new to some student engineers at InMotion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Digital twin work experience<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Working in a digital thread with a digital twin was new to some of the engineers on the team. Old school tactics, like prototyping and on-the-fly troubleshooting, are things left in the past for the new generation of InMotion engineers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think for most of the engineers, it was a true eye opener that you can work in this detail and represent advanced design and engineering performance this accurately in a virtual world,\u201d explains Thomas Kuijpers, former Technical Manager, InMotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team is quick to point out that getting everyone up to speed on all the Siemens Xcelerator tools<\/a>, pretty much the same package that many F1 teams<\/a> use, btw, was far from an out-of-box experience. They had help from cards PLM Solutions, a Siemens Platinum Smart Expert Partner, based nearby in Best, The Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe consultants from cards PLM<\/a> were always really quick to respond and help point us in the right direction when we got stuck,\u201d explains Kuijpers. \u201cAnother plus point about Siemens, especially for students, is the Siemens Xcelerator Academy<\/a>. Most of us had already followed courses online with university, but once we started working as a new team, we even had more access to more specific material and tutorials. This was very useful for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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