Our climate change situation is getting ever more serious, and strict regulations have now been put into place to minimize CO2 emissions in strategic regions. The Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) determines not only how to evaluate vehicle emissions and consumption but has also expanded to include how to report expected range for electric vehicles.
With many of the world’s largest, most profitable vehicle markets implementing the WLTP test standard, manufacturers need to be able to overcome the challenges it poses. With SIMULIA simulation and digital certification, OEMs and suppliers can optimize vehicle and component designs in order to meet the more stringent limits on emissions.
The entire vehicle can be analyzed virtually with the interactions between different parts considered, giving engineers more scope to reduce emissions. Virtual prototyping also reduces the number of physical tests required, avoiding the backlog at wind tunnel facilities and cutting development time and costs substantially. Virtual testing is allowed as a substitute for physical testing in WLTP, and SIMULIA expertise helps users to set up a WLTP compliance regime that can be quickly approved by the regulator.