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Mahindra and Vector Informatik develop new SDV architecture
Mahindra has partnered with Vector Informatik to create a future-ready SDV architecture for its Electric Origin SUVs. The companies successfully delivered the project within a one-year timeframe, aptly named “MAIA – Mahindra Artificial Intelligence Architecture.”
Mahindra and Vector worked closely with other partners to align objectives and ensure all requirements were met. Initially, collaborative workshops were held in Stuttgart and India, which provided a platform to share Vector’s approach, address Mahindra’s and its suppliers’ requirements, and define a unified development path.
Messring expands sales network in Australia and New Zealand
Crash test and sled test solutions provider Messring has announced a partnership with eImaging to expand sales network to Australia and New Zealand with immediate effect. This expands Messring’s presence in the region and strengthens local support for existing and future customers.
Messring is bringing its testing solutions for active and passive safety systems even closer and more effectively to its customers. Managing director Corey Martin and his team will act as the first point of contact for projects in Australia and New Zealand.
Belfast Harbour tests Harlander autonomous shuttle at Horiba Mira
Belfast Harbour has visited its automotive engineering partner Horiba Mira to test the Harlander – Northern Ireland’s first autonomous passenger vehicle – ahead of its delivery to Belfast in March 2025.
Harlander is Northern Ireland’s first self-driving vehicle and will operate in Belfast Harbour Estate from Titanic Halt Railway station to Catalyst through Titanic Quarter. It seats nine passengers and will have a safety operator on board. It aims to offer last-mile connectivity between public transportation networks and businesses, tourist attractions, and education and leisure facilities.
Randle Engineering offers vehicle dynamics course to public for first time
A training course open to the general public has been launched by UK automotive consultancy Randle Engineering – Vehicle and Suspension Systems Engineering: A Course for Engineers, by Engineers. Typically presented privately to OEM suspension and vehicle dynamics teams, this comprehensive technical course is tailored for professionals looking to deepen their knowledge of the complex engineering principles underpinning vehicle dynamics.
The course features five detailed lectures, complemented by hands-on exercises to solidify key concepts.
Automotive Testing Expo Europe 2025: Innovation Showcase | Call for speakers now open
The organizers of Automotive Testing Expo Europe 2025, which takes place on May 20, 21 & 22 at the Messe Stuttgart, Germany, are calling for key speakers from all leading OEMs, Tier 1 and Tier 2 manufacturers, suppliers and research institutions at the forefront of the automotive testing, evaluation and quality engineering industry to propose suitable presentations for potential inclusion in the Innovation Showcase, which will run for three days alongside the exhibition.
Presentations should offer an insight into new product design and service innovations or technological developments, or be based on an application story working within one or more of the session categories proposed below:
- Innovations in automotive testing.
Real-time ray tracing meets secure cloud as Siemens debuts latest visualization tool
A new virtual tool from Siemens Digital Industries Software, powered by the Nvidia Omniverse Teamcenter Digital Reality Viewer, provides high-quality, high-performance photorealistic visualization of large, complex datasets.
With real-time ray tracing seamlessly integrated into Teamcenter, engineers can engage with photorealistic, physics-based digital twins of their products. This eliminates workflow inefficiencies, reduces errors and provides deeper insights, all without the need for separate virtual environments. Additionally, stakeholders are fully aligned, working from a single source of truth.
Qt Group speeds up digital product development with low-code solution
Petteri Holländer, senior vice president of ventures at Qt Group, discusses how Qt Accelerate is transforming UI/UX development with rapid prototyping and minimal code – from concept to market in just a week
Can you elaborate on how Qt Accelerate differs from traditional UI/UX development tools?
The difference with Qt Accelerate is that it gives companies all the essential tools and services they need to deploy high-quality products with little to no custom code required.
New vehicle software platform promises simplicity, scalability and cost-efficiency
QNX, Vector and TTTech Auto are to jointly develop a vehicle software platform that will be much simpler and more cost-effective to implement than existing options that are known for being complex and expensive to integrate.
The participation of numerous software providers in each vehicle ECU introduces substantial complexity, driving up integration and upgrade costs while often resulting in software incompatibilities, performance bottlenecks, deployment hurdles and production delays. Additionally, hardware-specific dependencies intensify the challenge by causing vendor lock-in and restricting portability across various modules and programs.