SPECTRUM 79

In This issue: Efficient interior climate, from ICE to PHEV, systems engineering

We reveal interesting insights into future interior climate control systems and an interior concept that takes autonomous driving functions into account. We also take a close look at the development of vehicle attributes – a decisive factor for market success and customer acceptance in the context of global competition. This includes areas such as vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics and NVH, which are all covered in this issue of SPECTRUM.

In the area of off-highway vehicles, such as construction and agricultural machinery, CO₂ emission limits are expected to be introduced from around 2030. This will increase the pressure to further reduce CO₂ emissions. What needs to be considered here and how FEV can support your company with these challenges can be found in the chapter “Electrification off the road”. In another article, we explain methods for increasing capacity and efficiency while reducing costs in the rail industry, based on FEV’s experience of more than 30 years in this field.

In addition, we present our approach to optimize engineering activities within the organization with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) and to ensure a uniform structure. This enables us to handle complex engineering tasks, creates time and cost benefits and allows us to achieve unprecedented levels of efficiency, accuracy and innovation for our customers.

Furthermore, we demonstrate how FEV can successfully meet the challenge of market introduction in a cost-efficient manner in the face of constantly changing global regulations.

We have also expanded the scope of our benchmarking services globally and present our activities combining detailed design, cost and material analysis with vehicle performance testing in a way that only FEV can do.