Virtual Vehicle Research

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Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH
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legal form GmbH
founding 2002
Seat Graz
purpose Research and Development
Managing directors Jost Bernasch, Hermann Steffan
sales EUR 24 million
Employees 310 (as of 2020)
Website https://www.v2c2.at

The Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (short: VIRTUAL VEHICLE) is an international R&D center for the automotive and rail industry based in Graz , Austria . Around 300 employees are researching the virtualization of vehicle development. A key element here is the linking of numerical simulation and hardware tests, which ensures a comprehensive hardware-software system design.

VIRTUAL VEHICLE is the largest COMET- financed research center in Austria. The current research program is entitled “ K2 Digital Mobility ”.

In addition, research projects and a. Realized through EU funding or as a service in the context of contract research.

history

VIRTUAL VEHICLE was founded in 2002 with the shareholders of Graz University of Technology , AVL List , Magna Steyr , Siemens and Joanneum Research as a Kplus competence center . Since 2008 VIRTUAL VEHICLE has been part of the “ COMET K2 Center ” program line.

The current program of the center ("K2 Digital Mobility") is designed for two periods with a total duration of 8 years and a research volume of around 100 million euros.

The concept of the COMET centers is internationally recognized as a best practice model and is one of the most successful technology policy initiatives in Austria. This emerges (among other things) from an impact study by the Bayern Innovativ Gesellschaft für Technologie- und Wissenstransfer mbH.

In September 2017 VIRTUAL VEHICLE founded - together with AVL List , Magna Steyr , Joanneum Research and the Technical University of Graz - the ALP.Lab GmbH ; a test center for automated driving that carries out tests on public roads and test tracks, provides the necessary technology for data recording and offers complete simulation environments. In November 2019, ALP.Lab GmbH received the “ State Mobility Award ” for the “Motorway as a Sensor” project .

In October 2019, Infineon and voestalpine joined VIRTUAL VEHICLE as additional shareholders.

Research projects in international programs

In addition to the research activities within the COMET funding program, VIRTUAL VEHICLE is involved in various European research programs ( Horizon 2020 , Shift2Rail , ARTEMIS / ECSEL JU or Marie Curie Actions) as well as national research initiatives.

VIRTUAL VEHICLE is currently active in around 40 EU research projects as a coordinator or project partner. The “Cockpit Report 2019” shows that VIRTUAL VEHICLE, as a “top player”, has caught up with the third largest project volume from Horizon 2020 of all non-university research institutions in Austria.

VIRTUAL VEHICLE employees are active in European research bodies, for example in the Executive Committee of the ARTEMIS Industrial Association, in the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) or in the Governing Board of Shift2Rail.

ACOSAR project

During the "ITEA Project Outline Preparation Days" in Amsterdam , the Netherlands , the VIRTUAL VEHICLE project "ACOSAR" was awarded an "ITEA Award of Excellence 2019" for its outstanding project results. The main criteria for the award are degree of innovation, business impact and standardization.

In the ACOSAR project, a manufacturer-independent "Distributed Co-Simulation Protocol" (DCP) for the integration of simulation and test environments as well as a corresponding integration method was developed. In July 2018, the DCP was accepted into the Modelica Association and has since been established as an international standard. International technology leaders such as AVL List , Volkswagen and Boeing are already using this specification.

In addition to this award, the project received the "EUREKA Innovation Award 2019" from the chair of the Eureka network.

owner

The ownership structure of VIRTUAL VEHICLE consists of:

Research partner

The international partner network of VIRTUAL VEHICLE includes industrial partners such as:


Over 40 scientific partners work with the research center, e. B .:

Web links

Individual evidence

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  3. ↑ www.finanzen.at - Competence Center Virtual Vehicle brings new shareholders on board. October 15, 2019, accessed March 3, 2020
  4. ↑ Peter Biegelbauer: How does politics learn? Cape. 7: “Kplus” competence center program. Ed .: Springer Fachmedien. Springer, Wiesbaden 2013, ISBN 978-3-531-18591-0 , pp. 145-172.
  5. ↑ a b c Factsheet FFG - K2 Digital Mobility Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG. February 2020, accessed March 3, 2020
  6. ↑ The State of Styria - Digital Mobility: 48 million euros for the development of the digital vehicle. Economy Styria. June 26, 2017, accessed March 3, 2020
  7. ↑ KURIER Extra - The person behind it. Courier supplement August 27, 2015. Impact study (page 3). Retrieved March 3, 2020
  8. ↑ COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG. Retrieved March 3, 2020
  9. ↑ Austria in Horizon 2020. Cockpit report on the data status July 15, 2019. Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH. August 20, 2019, accessed March 3, 2020
  10. ↑ Daniel Watzenig - Vice-President ARTEMIS-IA. Presidium of ARTEMIS-IA. Retrieved March 3, 2020
  11. ^ Curriculum Vitae - F. Kitanoski. Governing Board Shift2Rail. Retrieved March 3, 2020
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  13. ↑ ACOSAR EU Project Website ACOSAR, accessed on March 3, 2020
  14. ↑ Industry magazine online - Infineon and voestalpine join Virtual Vehicle. Industry magazine Industry news. October 16, 2019, accessed March 3, 2020