In this episode of the Future Car Podcast, Nand Kochhar, VP of Automotive and Transportation Industries, and I, Conor Peick, Thought Leadership team writer, continue a series of conversations on autonomous vehicles and how they will shape the future of mobility.

As the automotive industry moves into the future, automotive companies are faced with the challenge of designing increasingly complex vehicles to satisfy consumer demands for greater automation, convenience, and connectivity. AVs are only expected to exacerbate this trend of growing vehicle complexity. AVs will require state-of-the-art components from multiple domains including software, semiconductor chips, sensors, and electrical wiring. As these systems grow in complexity, they also must become increasingly integrated, driving even more growth in vehicle complexity.

This complexity becomes particularly challenging as the lifecycle moves into the verification and validation phase. Indeed, many estimates predict that AV platforms will need to complete the equivalent of billions of miles of testing to demonstrate their safety and reliability. Such a volume of testing is required to investigate non-routine traffic situations that are difficult to encompass when developing the self-driving system.

Completing such a rigorous testing program with real-world prototypes alone would be impossible. This is where modern digital simulation and testing solutions can change how vehicles are developed to overcome the challenges of the future. To dive into the topic of vehicle simulation and testing, Nand and I are joined by Robbert Lohmann, Business Development Director of AV’s at Siemens Digital Industries Software. We talk about the growth in virtual methods of vehicle testing and verification, how driving scenarios are generated for simulations, the role industry standards may play, and how the digital twin facilitates the future of automotive development.

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