Accelerate your Virtual Development by Leveraging Real-World Road Data

Speaker: Jacopo Alaimo, Head of North America - XenomatiX

Road information has been used in vehicle development for decades in Durability and NVH (Noise, Vibration, and Harshness) design. Nowadays vehicle design has shifted to virtual design - predominantly to shorten the design cycle, reduce prototyping and test costs, and bring new and better models to the market faster.

At the same time, the increasing weight of electrical vehicles and the completely different distribution of loads, controls, and torque urges for new development and tuning of suspension systems and chassis.

Understanding how road geometry impacts driving comfort and safety remains critical. Also, the silence of an electrical engine can only be appreciated after good noise and vibration design and testing.

A cost-effective and efficient solution is the use of very precise measurements of worldwide roads for simulation and bench testing. This is often referred to as ‘Virtual Proving Grounds’ (VPG). Yet, this VPG does not have to be restricted to a digital copy of a specific physical proving ground. Any public road can be easily digitized lane-wide with millimeter resolution and precision using new types of LiDAR systems.

This presentation showcases examples of public road virtual data leveraged for durability, ride and handling, active suspensions, safety, and loads studies.