Browsing: Industry Opinion

Huw Davies, senior lecturer in automotive systems engineering at Coventry University in the UK, presents his concerns surrounding current crashtest regulations for L-category vehicles

Barry Nielsen, automotive solutions director at consultancy Stericycle Expert Solutions, discusses the growing number of vehicle recalls and what can be done to prevent them

Hans-Leo Ross, consultant for safety and product development at Bosch Engineering Group, addresses the growing concerns around autonomous vehicle development and discusses how to overcome problematic issues

Ansible Motion’s technical liaison Phil Morse, discusses why Driver-in-the-Loop simulators will be a vital tool in assessing the influence of autonomous vehicle technology on ride comfort

Interesting issues arise when you replace the ‘real or virtual?’ debate with one about ‘if real, how real?’ Back in the day, some test labs used human cadavers

In wireless communications, RF tests on transmitters and receivers help to minimize the safety risk arising from poor transmission conditions, says Thomas Brueggen, project manager of RF test systems for intelligent transport systems, Rohde & Schwarz

Good project management and the duplication of effort can be key to accomplishing goals and mitigating errors when working in large teams

Tighter scrutiny on auto emissions could increase Capex and limit credit quality for European car manufacturers in the development of new vehicles

Computer-aided engineering can break down the disconnect between design and engineering – endemic in most auto makers – that adds cost and time, limits creativity and makes compromise commonplace

Overcoming hydrogen fuel’s chicken-and-egg conundrum is a question of purity, according to Dr Arul Murugan, senior research scientist at NPL in the gas and particle metrology group