When Ford elected to transform its upcoming all electric SUV from a straightforward compliance vehicle to a Mustang it made life a whole lot harder for the development team.

Ansible Motion’s Delta simulator has been used in a research study to investigate the root causes of car sickness, including driver/occupant discomfort and nausea.

Leading tire manufacturer acquires Ansible Motion Theta C compact driving simulator to assist with research and development work.

In order to expand its research, development and simulation capabilities, Michelin is installing a new Ansible Motion Driver-in-the-Loop (DIL) simulator at their North America R&D center in Greenville, South Carolina, USA. The Theta C simulator connects real people with detailed simulation environments, enabling virtual test driving and evaluation of tire-road-vehicle interactions in advance and in parallel with physical testing.  Continuing its tradition of industry-leading technical innovations, Michelin is the first company to take delivery of an Ansible Motion Theta C simulator since the product was formally launched.

Article written by Graham Heeps.

It sounds futuristic in a 1950s kind of way. The autonomous car or, in more layman's terms, the driverless car harks back to the days of the space race when post-war technology would take the strain out of everyday chores, and that included driving.

Article by: Matt Prior Editor-at-large, Autocar

I think the first time I used a car simulator that felt half-realistic was at McLaren, when it was developing the MP4-12C [road car], in 2011...  Back then, using a simulator was still a novelty for a lot of car makers. Today, hardly any would be without one. Or two. Or more. They save time, they save money and, fundamentally, they make race and road cars better. Or at least they should do...

It's hard to believe but Driver-in-the-Loop simulation has been an increasingly vital tool for vehicle engineers for over 50 years now. From early efforts that involved strapping cars into unwieldy Stewart hexapod platforms, through to today's low latency and immersive simulators, the technology has come of age. The last ten years has seen the most dramatic change, with more developments in use cases and technologies than the previous decade. 

Introducing Theta C, a compact, self-contained and powerful driving simulator that can be used to validate driver assistance systems and autonomous technologies in today’s vehicles. With its compact footprint and sophisticated computational architecture the new Theta C simulator offers OEMs, Tier 1s, research institutes, and industry bodies a more immersive and car-like environment than is available from other small simulators. Theta C also sidesteps the complexity and facility challenges typically associated with test equipment of this accuracy and calibre.

Theta C is the newest offering inside Ansible Motion’s range of Driver-in-the-Loop simulation solutions, which includes the flagship Delta series dynamic simulator.

Ford recently published a myth-busting video on YouTube, showing the benefits of using an immersive Driver-in-the-Loop simulator to help inform the design of electric vehicles, helping to make them responsive and fun to drive.  We thought you would enjoy it too so we are sharing the video here along with the transcript. 

General Motors recently pulled back the screen a little to show the world some of the technology used in the development of the 2020 Stingray in a recent interview with GM lead performance engineer, John Wilkinson.