Tokyo, Japan, August 7th, 2024 – VI-grade, the global provider of human-centric simulation-driven vehicle development solutions, today announced the inauguration of Asia’s first Simulation & Virtual Testing Lab, S&VL R&D Center in Ota (Gumma), Japan. This new facility is equipped with VI-grade’s DiM300, an advanced large-scale simulator, building on the success of the award-winning DiM150 and DiM250 models, but with extended workspace through longer tripod actuators.
S&VL is a premier Japanese engineering service provider closely collaborating with key players in the Japanese automotive industry. With the opening of the S&VL R&D Center, S&VL will provide high-level virtual testing services to Japanese automobile manufacturers and suppliers. The company aims to solve challenges faced by all manufacturing industries, including enhancing development efficiency, product quality, and shortening development time using digital and virtual technologies.
With the DiM300, S&VL seeks to promote the wider adoption of driving simulators across the automotive industry, providing its customers with an unparalleled simulation and virtual testing environment to streamline automotive development processes. Based on the same patented architecture as VI-grade’s DiM250 model, the DiM300 introduces a host of cutting-edge features, including an extended operating range and higher tripod velocity. It demonstrates an impressive ability to perform large planar displacements with virtually no motion cueing, offering engineers an unprecedented level of realism and versatility.
"The automotive industry is currently facing a once-in-a-century transformation. In order to survive this new era together with the Japanese automobile industry, there is an urgent need to respond to all kinds of changes, including the environmental performance of electric vehicles, the basic performance of driving, turning, and braking, and autonomous driving/advanced safety. What we should strive for is a development process that allows us to assess reliability before manufacturing. We believe this is digital development using a driving simulator. Installing, maintaining, and operating a driving simulator is very costly, but we hope to lower the barriers so that not only automotive OEMs but also suppliers can use it," said Hideyuki Muramatsu, CEO of S&VL.
"With the opening of the Simulation & Virtual Testing Lab, equipped with our state-of-the-art DiM300 simulator, we are excited to support the Japanese automotive industry in pushing the boundaries of vehicle development. This facility represents a significant step forward in providing engineers with the tools they need to enhance development efficiency and accelerate innovation through advanced simulation technologies.”, commented Guido Bairati, Managing Director of VI-grade.
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