Automotive Engineering
Automotive Engineering highlights issues related to automobile manufacturing – including vehicle parts and accessories – and the environmental impact and safety of automotive products, production facilities and manufacturing processes.
innovations-report offers stimulating reports and articles on a variety of topics ranging from automobile fuel cells, hybrid technologies, energy saving vehicles and carbon particle filters to engine and brake technologies, driving safety and assistance systems.
Self-driving revolution
… hampered by a lack of accurate simulations of human behavior. Algorithms that accurately reflect the behaviour of road users – vital for the safe roll out of driverless vehicles…
Updating cars as fast as a smart phone
New Collaborative Research Center for Software Methods at KIT – DFG funds excellent KIT research with around EUR 11 million. Cyber-physical systems, such as vehicles, trains, airplanes, smart homes, or…
Replacing hand gestures with holography
Car2Human communication at LASER 2023… How do you decide whether a pedestrian needs to wait or it’s safe for them to cross the road in front of a car? In…
Highly efficient TUM electric car introduced
The latest competition car from student group TUfast Eco makes its debut. The new electric vehicle builds on previous successes and sets new standards in terms of efficiency. Lower weight,…
Device to test friction, wear associated with EV fluids
Internally funded project modifies commercially available tester for electric vehicle applications. A Southwest Research Institute team has developed a mechanical testing device to analyze fluids and lubricants formulated for electric…
Autonomous Driving: Important Advances Thanks to Cognitive Neuroinformatics
The automotive industry is working intensively on autonomous driving – a demanding and multifaceted challenge. The Cognitive Neuroinformatics working group at the University of Bremen, headed by Professor Kerstin Schill,…