TECH FOCUS: VEHiClE DyNAMiCS Putting the driver in the loop from OEMs to tier one and subtier suppliers is what I am interested in. Are you working on any particularly interesting vehicle dynamics project at the moment (or is there a past project of yours that is especially compelling)? We have a number of active projects related to HiL and SiL integration into real-time simulator analysis. An example of a recent project that was compelling was working with a tier-one supplier to evaluate a torque vectoring solution and its impact on vehicle dynamics and steering feel. Performance of the system could be maximized, in terms of lap time. But when assessed on a simulator, the feel of the system was deemed to be artificial and undesirable when tuned to maximum performance. By driving a vehicle model that included the SiL solution for torque vectoring, and adjusting the system based on the driver experience, a more robust and acceptable solution was quickly found that was different than what was expected at the start of the driving simulator session. So, evaluating the tradeoff between vehicle dynamics 22 December 2022 Another product in the Vi-Grade North America simulator product lineup. performance and subjective feel for a design that was not in hardware yet was very compelling. in your opinion, what is the biggest misunderstanding about vehicle dynamics within the automotive community? Impact of the interaction of vehicle dynamics and controls on ADAS development is not well understood and often is not included in ADAS development, or not included until late in the development cycle. Getting representative vehicle dynamics into the early analytic studies for ADAS is an area ripe for improvement. This can be done through offline simulation (not on a simulator) of ADAS systems where proper vehicle dynamics is brought into the simulation and can also be done online on a simulator. UPDATE VI-grade