The design of future electrified vehicle concepts has to consider changing architectures as well as the technical optimisation of key components such as energy storages and drive systems. In cooperation with the automotive industry, the Institute of Automotive Technology at the Technische Univers...

With the introduction of the Euro 6 emissions standard, gasoline engines with direct fuel injection must also comply with a limit value for the number of particulates. With the support of NGK Europe GmbH, Eberspächer has investigated potential solutions for ensuring compliance with future emissi...

Volkswagen has developed a new generation of three- and four-cylinder in-line gasoline engines. The new engine family, known internally as EA211, has been produced to meet the requirements of the new modular transverse platform design from the Volkswagen Group. In comparison with previous generat...

Energy management is dependent not only on technical solutions, but also on permanent organisational integration. The quality of planning is decisive for the long-term integration of energy management. This is shown, for example, by the activities at BMW.

The Euro VI emissions standard for diesel passenger cars will broaden the application of exhaust after treatment systems that use selective catalytic reduction (SCR). This will mean a further increase in the volume and complexity of the exhaust after treatment system. BASF has developed a compact...

The Future Steel Vehicle (FSV) is the fifth automobile steel research project. These projects made a major contribution to the development, implementation and processing of new high-strength and advanced high-strength steels. Using HSS, AHSS and UHSS steels the body-in-white weighs only 188 inste...

Prototypes are connecting many concept ideas of the future to series production developments of today. Visteon changed over a series production model to its latest demonstration vehicle C-Beyond. Chief among them is the front lighting system capable of meeting the most recent European legislation...

The OEM Seat has designed and developed a new concept of an in-vehicle Human-Machine Interface (HMI) which features multiple systems, integrated in a single unified interface, and allows for tactile interaction. In cooperation with the Spanish Research and Development Centre in Transport & En...

Vehicle Stability Control systems have become an important part of modern passenger cars. The development of the next system generation focuses increasingly on the potential of flexible actuators in passenger cars. This article presents a toolchain developed at TU Braunschweig in cooperation with...

Innovations and new functions are the lifeblood of the automotive industry. Most of these new developments relate to active chassis systems. These systems enhance the driving experience and improve safety. The Competence Centre of Vehicle Dynamics at Munich University of Applied Sciences is worki...

Since the end of the 1970s, anti-lock braking systems and since the 1990s ESC systems are on the market to optimise braking and vehicle dynamics of cars. Using the new integrated modular brake system (IBS) from LSP Innovative Automotive Systems, it is possible to build such systems more compact, ...

At the chair for internal-combustion engines at the Technische Universität Dresden a new turbocharging approach was developed in which variable exhaust valve timing with a dual exhaust manifold is combined with a staged turbocharging system. The essential advantages of this approach are an impro...