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Hyundai celebrates 20 years of vehicle testing at its California Proving Ground
A celebration event has been held to mark 20 successful years of quality and performance testing at the Hyundai America Technical Center Inc. California Proving Ground (HATCI CPG) in the USA. Since opening in 2005, more than 5,000 Hyundai, Kia and Genesis vehicles have been scrutinized at the US$80m facility under harsh conditions and on various road types.
Euisun Chung, executive chair of Hyundai Motor Group, said, “Hyundai Motor Group has made exceptional progress over the past 20 years, thanks in part to our California Proving Ground and the outstanding work of our team there.
LDRA partners with Dassault Systèmes to simplify verification of safety- and security-critical software
Automated software verification, traceability and standards compliance specialist LDRA has introduced the LDRA TBmanager Integration Package (TIP) for Dassault Systèmes’ No Magic Teamwork Cloud. This integration enhances model-based systems engineering, enabling engineers to perform low-level and high-level software requirements-based testing, which is essential for meeting functional safety standards.
Traditionally, modeling systems, software and hardware architectures, along with their behaviors, have been scattered across disconnected tools and documents. These fragmented systems made it challenging – if not impossible – to efficiently and accurately trace requirements through models, source code and verification activities and artifacts.
New tool from Bramble CFD democratizes acoustic simulation
A cost-effective solution for cabin noise reduction and aeroacoustics testing is now available from Bramble CFD. The new tool integrates Zenotech‘s advanced acoustic simulation technology into Bramble CFD’s platform. It enables full-car external aeroacoustics simulations for just £100 (US$126), delivering results in only four hours – far faster than the traditional three-week process.
“This integration transforms how automotive engineers can approach acoustic design. By reducing simulation time from weeks to hours and significantly lowering costs, we’re making professional-grade acoustic testing accessible to more manufacturers and engineering teams,” said Ivor Annetts, managing director of Bramble CFD.
Mitigating cognitive bias in vehicle testing
Astute testers should understand how to effectively mitigate the pitfalls of cognitive biases during product evaluation to reduce risks and position themselves to deliver high-quality products
Precision and objectivity are important in product testing and verification. The riskier the product, the more important this precision and objectivity. Cognitive biases – systematic patterns of deviation from the norm or rationality in judgment – can affect decision-making and assessment, subtly yet significantly distorting outcomes.
US and European car makers must double design speeds to compete with China, says CoLab
Automotive manufacturers in the USA and Europe must drastically rethink their new product development timelines to stay competitive against aggressive Chinese rivals. That’s the view of CoLab, a tech company specializing in collaborative design review and AI solutions for hardware engineering teams, which works with industry giants such as Ford and Schaeffler.
As CoLab highlights, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), European car production has remained largely stagnant since 2010, slipping just 1.5% from 18.3 million to 18 million in 2023, with the UK seeing a decline of up to 12%.
Logger light systems: Scalable, efficient and future-ready data acquisition
Cutting-edge technologies like cloud computing, AI and big data analytics are transforming vehicle data collection and analysis – enabling businesses to react instantly to mission-critical insights
In today’s fast-paced commercial and mobility sectors, businesses are increasingly faced with the challenge of doing more with less. As industries continue to grow and evolve, the need for efficient, scalable solutions has never been more crucial. One area where this need is particularly evident is in data management, where companies must handle vast amounts of information quickly, accurately and with minimal overhead.
Cognizant and Elektrobit partner to accelerate software-defined vehicle development
Cognizant has announced a new partnership with Elektrobit for the integration of Elektrobit’s Software Development Kit (SDK) for EB corbos AdaptiveCore into Cognizant’s software-defined vehicle (SDV) solution accelerator.
This enhanced accelerator, featuring Elektrobit’s proven Adaptive AUTOSAR solution, aims to help OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers create scalable, flexible, and cost-efficient SDV architectures.
Cognizant’s SDV solution accelerator is built with Gen AI-led productivity elements, and helps speed up development and testing, improve quality and reduce development costs.
Mahle Powertrain begins testing commercial hydrogen combustion engines
Mahle Powertrain has entered the testing phase of a project that will promote the use of hydrogen fuel in existing heavy-duty truck engines. Dubbed Project Cavendish, it is a £9.8m (US$12.2m) government-funded program facilitated by the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC).
The project will deliver solutions and a clear upgrade path to enable hydrogen combustion using current platforms and infrastructure. It involves Mahle Powertrain’s flexible testing facility in Northampton, combined with the company’s experience with alternative fuels such as hydrogen and methanol.