ATZ worldwide

Zero tolerance

Michael Reichenbach

Lightweight design for the future steel vehicle

Cees Ten Broek, Harry Singh, Martin Hillebrecht

“We have broken the weight spiral”

Integration of B-pillars into the side doors of the Ford B-Max

Jochen KlingBeil

User-centred design approach for an innovative HMI concept

María Alonso Raposo, María Henar Vega, Leyre Olavarria Abin, Víctor Baños Serradilla

Daimler’s new exterior noise test rig for all-wheel-drive vehicles

Harald Behrendt, Ralf Sperber, Konrad Pux, Ulrich Losner, Hartmut Bathelt

Avoiding Judder by means of an effective transmission design

Jan Deleener

Lightweight roof module with integrated solar cells

Martin Pollak, Frank Kiesewetter, Manfred Färber

Fibre-reinforced polymer high-pressure tanks as load-bearing structural elements

Wolfgang Bleser, Helmut Schürmann, Stephan Fell, Valentin Schultheis

PEEK polymers for more efficient transmissions and optimised gear shifting

Carolin Butz, Jürgen Reinert

Development of a CFRP lightweight design wheel with an integral electric motor

Nicole Schweizer, Andreas Giessl, Oliver Schwarzhaupt

Peer Review

Efficient vehicle simulation by consistent component modelling and parameterisation

Rudolf Kollau, Werner Mack, Anton Falkner, Mehmet Yenilmez