EDAG Tech Insights (5)

Getting Out of the Cost Trap

Recalls, guarantee and warranty cases are a problem for vehicle manufacturers, because they can result in enormous costs. How to carry out repairs as efficiently as possible is not the only critical question. How to permanently reduce the failure rate also needs attention. EDAG's cost guide highlights the most important aspects of such aftersales...

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Software & Digitalisation

Digital Parking, Charging and More

If, in the future, the roads are to belong more to people and less to cars, new ways must be found to simplify the search for free parking spaces. In an ideal world, there would at the same time also be a charging point available in the parking garage. The aim of the iLaPark project is to advance precisely this digital technology-based connection.

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Electrics & Electronics

A Rocky Road to Plug and Charge

Purchasers of electric cars have accepted that "refueling" takes longer than for a vehicle with a combustion engine. What is especially annoying, however, is when problems arise at the charging station, wasting even more time before the charging process even starts. Plug & Charge can help to remedy this situation. Interoperability requirements,...

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Vehicle Engineering

Environmental Assessments for MAN Buses

The German truck and bus manufacturer has drawn up detailed life cycle assessments of its vehicles and published the results in the form of environmental product declarations. Project partner EDAG took care of the data collection and analysis and of carrying out the life cycle assessment (LCA). The resulting environmental product declarations...

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Software & Digitalisation

Looking Inside the Brain of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in more and more areas of life and business. If it had not already happened before, it was the discussion about ChatGPT that finally confronted the general public with the question of the reliability and quality of the results of AI. The problem has, however, long been the subject of research, since...

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Electrics & Electronics

Hi-Fi for all Seats

Having a high quality sound system in the car is not necessarily a guarantee for a good sound. The characteristics of the speakers, their installation in the vehicle and their directivity are just some of the variables that can affect the listening experience. Suitable measurement technology renders a useful service on the path to perfect sound...

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Vehicle Engineering

Reducing the "CO2 Rucksack" in Vehicle Construction

If electrification of the vehicle fleet continues, this will mean lower CO2 emissions during operation. Alongside this fact, the focus is now turning to reducing the carbon footprint during production. And vehicle construction does indeed offer considerable potential for greater climate friendliness. The key words are durability, modularity and...

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Vehicle Engineering

Solving Problems Before They Even Occur

Given the increasingly digital nature of our living and working environments and the ongoing digitalization of vehicles, aftersales in the automotive industry must also change. A new concept created by EDAG PQC and EFS Consulting brings together product development, new business models, service concepts for startup companies, and sustainable life...

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Vehicle Engineering

Turbo for Innovative Bike Projects

Although the bicycle is enjoying a real boom, suppliers are under pressure from many different directions: Deliveries from Asia fail to materialize, customer requirements are becoming more exacting, and competition is essentially also a race to generate more innovations in less time. A greater real net output ratio is the order of the day: from...

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Software & Digitalisation

High-Quality Input for AI from the Smartphone

More and more applications are leveraging the power of machine learning and neural networks for object recognition. However, how efficient artificial intelligence is at such tasks depends, among other things, on the quality of the training data. With the right tools, suitable data sets can be generated via tablet and smartphone. Is the road clear...

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