The complexity in cooperative and automated vehicles increases exponentially compared to traditional vehicles. An integrated tool suite supporting the full development V-cycle is crucial to enable cost and time efficient development processes.

We offer a state of the art simulation platform for active safety and connected systems, which enables data fusion between sensors and communication systems. Testing, ranging in scale from complete traffic networks, down to component level simulation tools. Hardware in the loop testing is necessary for sensor and communication systems, while a dedicated test environment for rapid, safe, and reproducible testing of cooperative and automated vehicles is required to test complete systems. Finally, for validation and performance testing, a test site for urban, interurban and highway environments is available.

We have developed a test method which combines the vehicle under test and the Simcenter Prescan simulation model to allow Mixed-Reality testing. The test conditions in this methodology are simulated in a virtual environment in Simcenter Prescan scenario and directly injected into the vehicle sensor ECU creating a Vehicle-In-the-Loop (ViL) test setup. Our laboratory HiL testing allows for verification and validation of physical ECU hardware components and communication units.

The future of mobility envisions new automated vehicles and infrastructure, enabling new forms of communication between vehicles (V2V) and between vehicles and the outside world (V2I). Interoperability between these systems require new and stricter regulations that can guarantee safety for the road user. We support the global automotive industry in creating safer and smarter transport systems by playing an important role in the creation of test procedures. As an independent accredited party in the mobility branch we are also able to execute vehicle as well infrastructure type approval tests (smart traffic lights, traffic control systems, etc.).