> In the AVL Global Vehicle Benchmarking program, around 150 vehicles per year are being measured and evaluated by AVL experts. 1 9 F O C U S Photos: AVL sist) and autonomous driving, are a further focus of this benchmarking program. MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION OF THE VEHICLE ATTRIBUTES The around 150 vehicles that AVL analyzes each year are all seriesproduction vehicles that are tested on proving grounds, vehicle chassis dynamometers and in realworld driving environments. The initial rating focuses on the vehicle’s performance, i.e. characteristics like acceleration, elasticity and maximum speed or the braking distance with cold and warm brakes. “Alongside entirely physical values we also run a number of tests where driving impressions are rated using objective measurement methods. AVL DRIVE, a tool developed by AVL, generates a rating from 1 to 10 (with 10 being the best) based on calculated physical parameters. AVL DRIVE is also capable of displaying a large number of physical parameters, allowing you to quickly identify the causes for good and poor ratings, the quality of an upshift process in part load, for example” Manfred Kogler said. With AVL DRIVE, all longitudinal dynamics-related criteria are rated, as well as vehicle performance in lateral dynamics (‘vehicle dynamics/handling’) and vertical dynamics (‘ride comfort’). REAL DRIVING CONSUMPTION AND EMISSIONS Values for consumption and emissions in real-world driving, which are recorded on drives on standardized vehicle benchmarking routes, are becoming increasingly important – particularly in view of the future RDE legislation (Real Driving Emissions). “We drive this RDE lap more often and with differing driving styles – from moderate to sporty. To achieve comparable values, even if the traffic situation varies, we base our results on the load profile, which enables us to take, for How good is my vehicle compared to those of my competitors? Which features put my vehicle in leading position, and which attributes have potential for optimization? The answers to questions like these, raised by OEMs, are delivered by AVL’s new Global Vehicle Benchmarking program. “Any passenger car of international relevance introduced to the market is analyzed, i.e. around 150 vehicles a year. The results of these vehicle tests, which cover ten key attributes, are presented in easy-to-read scatter bands, from which customers can quickly tell where their vehicles are positioned relative to their competitors, and what their strengths and weaknesses are. One advantage for customers is that all vehicle measurement data are from a single source, and an independent one,” explains Manfred Kogler, Project Manager of the Global Vehicle Benchmarking program at AVL. The number of key attributes that presently are evaluated as part of the AVL Global Vehicle Benchmarking program is ten. These ten key features include more than 800 individual and objectively measured assessment criteria. The attributes and criteria can, of course, be adapted to customer specifications. The broad scope of vehicle attributes address vehicle performance, fuel or energy consumption, CO2 and pollutant emissions in the legally required test cycle and in real-world driving operation, as well as noise, sound, energy management, friction and also customer- and purchaserelated features such as driveability and vehicle comfort. Safety criteria and selling points such as the quality of driver assistance systems, for example ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control), LKA (Lane Keeping As
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