editorial The ever more stringent legal requirements for fleet CO2 emissions and exhaust emission behavior in real driving (RDE), as well as the growing connectedness of vehicles, have greatly increased the significance of real driving operation in the development process. On top of that, customers are demanding vehicles that combine efficiency and comfort with a positive driving experience. The use of AVL development environments allows close interaction between simulation and test bed tests, making it possible to perform tests comparable to those run in real-world road traffic. The entire driving environment, along with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), is simulated realistically. Moreover, any drive components can be modeled, allowing these to be tested early on in the development stage, fully integrated as part of the whole system. It is this combination of simulation and test-bed test that gives automotive developers a valuable tool, not only for fine-tuning emission and consumption behavior in real driving operation, but also for ensuring functional safety, correct functionality 3 F O C U S and comfort. Together, we can thereby reach the goal of developing modern and environmentally sound drive systems that are as attractive as they are affordable for buyers. Helmut List > Prof. Helmut List, Chairman and CEO AVL .04 COVER STORY Interview with Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann, CEO of Adam Opel AG .10 POWERTRAIN ENGINEERING AVL is now taking full charge of turn-key base-powertrain projects for OEMs .14 INSTRUMENTATION AND TEST SYSTEMS New products and methodologies for the efficient reduction of real driving emissions (RDE) .34 AVL RACING The innovative technologies developed by AVL RACING are able to get the maximum out of racing cars and racing drivers MORE TOPICS: 18 _ Vehicle Benchmarking and Attribute Engineering: Test, compare & improve 22 _ AVL Cultural Foundation: “The miracle of the ear” 24 _ Interview with Bernhard Schick, Head of the new AVL Global Business Unit „Calibration and Virtual Testing Solutions“ 27_ AVL FIRE® wins CFD benchmark at major German automotive OEM; AVL EXCITE Acoustics – highly efficient sound radiation calculation 28 _ The powertrain testbed as perfect development environment 31 _ 26th Int. AVL “Engine & Environment” Conference: “Engine 2020: Spark versus compression ignition in a new environment”, 11th–12th September 2014 32 _ AVL has developed an innovative technology for heavy-duty gas engines 04 Editor and media owner: AVL (TM, RM) List GmbH, Hans-List-Platz 1, A-8020 Graz, Tel.: +43 316 787-0, www.avl.com Publisher and producer: SCOOP & SPOON GmbH, Breite Gasse 4, A-1070 Wien, Tel.: +43 1 523 4088 150, www.scoopandspoon.com 14
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