Six Product Innovations for Vehicle Development

CAE Six Product Innovations for Vehicle Development

2026-06-01 Source: dSpace, Hottinger Brüel & Kjær (HBK), IPG Automotive, KST-Motorenversuch, Qlar, Siemens | Translated by AI 5 min Reading Time

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From digital twins to automated test processes to new testing and validation solutions: current developments show how strongly virtualization, software, and data are accelerating vehicle development.

Virtual twins, AI-powered tests, and new validation concepts: vehicle development is becoming increasingly software-driven—and is thus gaining speed.(Image: Siemens) — Virtual twins, AI-powered tests, and new validation concepts: vehicle development is becoming increasingly software-driven—and is thus gaining speed.
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Fully Virtualized Workflow Reduces Development Effort

Advanced multi-ECU prototype with multi-fidelity and multi-ECU electronic simulation, integrating CarMaker from IPG Automotive and virtualization solutions from Synopsys via the SIL Kit.(Image: IPG Automotive/Synopsys) — Advanced multi-ECU prototype with multi-fidelity and multi-ECU electronic simulation, integrating CarMaker from IPG Automotive and virtualization solutions from Synopsys via the SIL Kit.
(Image: IPG Automotive/Synopsys)

IPG Automotive and Synopsys are collaborating on virtualization solutions for modern System-on-Chips (SoC) and domain controllers. The goal is to accelerate the development of software-defined vehicles (SDV) through the use of highly precise digital twins and virtual testing methods. The background is the growing complexity of SDVs, which makes traditional validation methods such as hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and physical prototypes increasingly labor-intensive and costly. Both companies are therefore relying on a fully virtualized workflow. For this purpose, IPG Automotive's simulation platform CarMaker and Synopsys' virtualization technologies are integrated via SIL Kit. One result of the collaboration is an enhanced multi-ECU prototype with multi-fidelity and multi-ECU electronic simulation. The prototype is intended to accelerate the development of SoC-based electronics and system software, enable fast and reliable SDV validation, and support a continuous testing strategy. The solution combines multiple approaches: CarMaker serves as a virtual vehicle platform for comprehensive digital twins. Synopsys virtualizes ECUs, SoCs, and domain controllers to enable seamless integration and validation. Engineers can thus work with digital twins of electronic components even before physical prototypes or HIL test benches are available.

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