00:00Our lab is a little bit different from all the other labs. We don't test
00:03vehicles, we don't test components, but we test virtual computer models. What does
00:10that mean? That means we're able to take computer models and drive them. So a
00:15driver can get in, they can evaluate the the vehicle model to see how it's
00:20behaving. So we can drive on different roads, we can take the vehicle on railway
00:25tracks, we can drive the vehicle over potholes, we can even take the vehicle
00:30and drive it on a track, for example. And the feedback that we get is more about
00:38how the vehicle feels on these different road conditions. Our simulator has nine
00:44directions of motion, which actually enhances the experience by the driver.
00:50So we're able to capture every motion of the vehicle by having these additional
00:55directions. The changes that we want to make in the computer model are very easy.
01:01The driver tells us what changes we want to make and on the fly we can make these
01:04changes. Changes like, for example, we want to look at ten different tires from ten
01:10different suppliers and we want to change also the pressure in the tires. We can do
01:16that on the fly. Whereas if you had to do this physically you would have to have ten
01:21tires, we would have to then change the tires while we're driving. We would then come back
01:28to the pit stop then make those changes. The problem with that is it's time
01:33consuming and it is also costly. So we're trying to avoid that time and cost
01:40associated with developing the vehicle. By using a simulator we can really reduce the
01:45time to product development. We can start working with suppliers early on, make those
01:50changes, not leaving all these changes to the last minute where it could be costly,
01:55it could be time consuming, going back and forth with the suppliers. So if we start
01:58early on as soon as we have a computer model we can make those changes, work with
02:02the suppliers and get the right components set up.
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