Browsing: Industry Opinion

David Gil, a senior engineer at Critical Software, addresses the importance of independent software testing in ensuring the software of future vehicles is failsafe, and touches on the some of the lessons to be learned from industries like aerospace

Jane Burston, founder of the UK’s Centre for Carbon Measurement, which measures impacts on the environment and encourages the take-up of low carbon technologies, believes the UK can meet its climate targets agreed at COP21 and that new CO? emission lowering technologies the center has identified will play a big part in this

Simulation specialist Ales Alajbegovic addresses the issue of thermal management in EVs in the context of Exa Corporation’s software, which can be used to quickly and accurately simulate HVAC in vehicles 

Martyn Cleaver at Forward Industrial, a manufacturer of fasteners and fixings, gives his opinion on the accuracy and efficiency of using machine vision methods, such as those adopted in Keyence machines, for quality inspection

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) attempts to set the record straight on a number of misconceptions related to emissions testing

Joseph A Van Wanzeele, who has been a lab and road test engineer for 13 years, agrees that physical test results are invaluable, particularly for detecting failure nodes

Ales Alajbegovic, VP of ground transportation at Exa Corporation, explains why accuracy is important and improving in CFD

Powertrain test expert, Frank J Bohanan, supports the view expressed recently by ATTI’s regular columnist Gene Lukianov, that computer modeling can never provide the same level of value in results as physical testing

In an era where analytics and simulations are heavily relied upon, Gene argues the case for the invaluable role testing plays in vehicle development

Briggs explains why he believes that the Volkswagen diesel “defeat device” affair is unprecedented