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How does virtual testing accelerate automotive vehicle development?

A CIMdata commentary on new ways of working in vehicle development and manufacturing with more sustainable, efficient, and safe practices from a PLM perspective

Reach it, load it, and install it. Turn it, use it, or remove it.

Validating human interaction with future products for assembly, maintenance, or operation tasks

Discover Volvo Group Trucks Technology's journey towards Collaborative Virtual Workspaces

Interacting with Volvo’s latest all-electric truck as a 1-to1 scale model featuring all its 12 000 parts to validate new designs, assembly, and maintenance processes in Virtual Reality

Highlights From ESI Live 2021

A Global Digital Event Talking Mission Zero and How to Get Sustainability Right, Digitally

Waging a War on Noise

Cultivate an optimal passenger experience by virtually testing and optimizing acoustic EV performance

Get Sustainable Practices Right, Virtually

How heavy industry leaders are committing to digitalization to achieve sustainability

Highlights from ESI Live 2020 – Our Global Digital Event for Industry Transformation

A recap of an open, global forum for exceptional times.

Dirisolar Reclaims the Sky with Its Ecological Airship

An aircraft for cargo and passenger use with unlimited flight time, 100% carbon-free flights, and 90% of components made from recycled material... Where do we sign up?

Get on the 'Fast Track' to Winning Back Your Railway Business

The COVID-19 pandemic has done a good job of derailing our plans as we knew them for 2020. Read this blog to see how Virtual Prototyping gets you 'back on track' and start winning back your business.

Driving Change for Vehicle Emission Policies

The WLTP emissions testing standard is falling short, leaving OEMs with a logistical nightmare unless regulators include simulation in this new regime. In this post, we explain how ESI is working with industry leaders to overhaul the WLTP, reduce emissions, and futureproof the automotive industry.

Aircraft Interior Design Just Got More Challenging

Packed planes are good for business and the environment (more people on one airplane means fewer planes in the air). But in the midst of a global pandemic, cramming people on-board raises new challenges for engineers designing and analyzing aircraft interiors.

Transitioning to Foundry 4.0 is Easier Than You Think

If your customer called on you today to increase the production of a part, at a lower price per part, would you be prepared? It’s a nice thought to believe you would be but believing and being are two very different things. Don’t be left scrambling to keep your business.

How to Make Electric Vehicles Safer and Cheaper? Start by Analyzing the Battery

As the number of EVs on the road continue to grow, so do concerns on how to keep costs low and also, and more importantly, how to keep passengers safe. Read on to see how simulation replaces crash testing in the design of lithium-ion battery packs.

Reality: Extended and Unplugged - ESI Joins NVIDIA CloudXR Early Access

The power needed to deliver professional-grade, high-fidelity virtual realities has required VR gear to be tethered to a powerful engineering workstation, capable of delivering the performance needed to meet validation requirements on assembly processes and service procedures. But for how much longer? NVIDIA CloudXR with ESI IC.IDO shows the sky is the limit.

From Zero to Won in Eight Months

Farasis Dominates Bidding Process from a German OEM Thanks to a Virtual Prototype of Their Electric Battery That Surpasses Expectations