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Five years on the Innovation Campus in Ostrava: Advancing technologies for automotive and beyond

This June marks five years since Porsche Engineering Services s.r.o. (PECZ) established its location on the innovation campus in Ostrava. Since then, the Czech subsidiary has continuously expanded its local competencies to deliver cutting-edge solutions across increasingly complex and integrated value chains.

50 years on the fast track: Nardò Technical Center celebrates special anniversary

Nardò Technical Center (NTC), known for its unique high-speed ring track and historic automotive milestones, celebrates 50 years of validating the mobility of tomorrow.

Anything but rusty

The Rust programming language combines security and convenience of modern languages without compromising on the performance of traditional system languages such as C and C++. Together with the use of LLMs in traditional languages, this opens up further efficiency potential for automotive development.

Let’s stay in contact

Porsche Engineering has developed three prototype V2X applications over the past twelve months. The software team in Lecce and the Nardò Technical Center play a key role in this. A state-of-the-art wireless infrastructure is available there.

Stable as steel

TABASKO (from the German for ‘tape-based carbon-fiber lightweight construction’) can reduce the use of plastic materials; the process developed by Porsche Engineering also allows the use of post-consumer recycled material. This makes vehicle construction a bit more sustainable.

ADAS validation with the smartphone

Porsche Engineering makes ADAS validation scalable: Using the in-house development ComBox App in combination with Peregrine.ai’s object detection could enable every test vehicle to contribute to the validation of traffic sign recognition in the future.

Objectively comfortable

Porsche Engineering has developed an AI-based driving-comfort evaluation system that supplements the assessments made by human experts to deliver objective results and accelerate development time. It will also be possible to use it in series-production vehicles in order to provide information on chassis performance during vehicle use.

Development plan for Nardò Technical Center will not be implemented

Porsche will not pursue the development plan for the Porsche Engineering Group's Nardò Technical Center (NTC) in Apulia.

Turning DC into AC

Porsche Engineering has developed the concept of an ‘AC battery’ for electric vehicles that unites numerous components in a single part. It is controlled by a standardized control unit concept with a particularly powerful and real-time-capable computing platform. The system was developed as part of a feasibility study, tested on the test bench, and demonstrated in a vehicle.

The great fusion

Futurist and AI prophet Ray Kurzweil predicts that computers will soon reach human intelligence. After that, they are expected to merge with humans to form an immortal super-intelligence. Other AI researchers are much more skeptical—although GPT-4 just excelled at the Turing test.

AI agent on a crash course

Porsche Engineering has already demonstrated and verified the potential of AI for time and cost savings during the development process in several projects. In the field of passive safety, the first steps towards adoption in series development are now being taken.

Test drive without a test vehicle

Porsche Engineering is expanding its involvement in the field of driving simulators. The goal is to obtain subjective feedback on new digital functions at an early stage. Porsche AG is also currently enhancing its infrastructure and is planning a Virtual Validation Center in Weissach.

Confident, even in borderline cases

Driver assistance systems make road traffic safer, but so far mainly cover standard situations. Using artificial intelligence, Porsche Engineering is working to make identifying traffic situations that occur less frequently—known as corner cases— easier and more reliable. The aim is to improve ADAS.

Language models with engineering expertise

Thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), large language models (LLMs) can understand natural language and perform tasks such as text creation, answering questions or even translation. Porsche Engineering also uses LLMs in vehicle development, thereby increasing efficiency in the development process.

"We're at a major threshold"

Artificial intelligence is bringing massive changes to all areas of life, including development. In this interview, Markus-Christian Eberl, CEO of Porsche Engineering, and Dr. Matthias Peissner, Head of the Human-Technology Interaction Research Unit at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO in Stuttgart, talk about the opportunities and limitations of the new technology.

Who is closer to reality: Vehicle developers or gamers?

Racing games and automotive development aim to replicate reality, but with different focuses—games emphasize visuals, while developers prioritize driving physics. Collaborations with Porsche allow game makers to use 3D models and laser-scanned vehicle data. Innovations like Porsche's "Virtual Roads" app open new possibilities for both industries.

Putting code to the test

Software plays a key role in modern life, but also in vehicles. For this reason, OEMs and suppliers use proven methods and tools to identify errors in programs as early as possible. Researchers are already working on new approaches, including ones based on artificial intelligence.

A platform for China

Digital ecosystems have grown at a rapid rate in China over the last few years. They are now an integral feature of everyday life. This has a corresponding impact on the expectations placed on vehicle infotainment systems. As part of model updates, Porsche and Porsche Engineering, in conjunction with a Chinese supplier, have therefore developed a new control unit for the infotainment system in the Boxster, Cayman, and Macan—in record time and ‘in China for China’.

System integration

The optimal integration of software into the vehicle is decisive in determining the performance and the customer experience. This is also the case with the new Porsche Cayenne, for which Porsche Engineering has developed large parts of the propulsion system and chassis in collaboration with Porsche and suppliers. Thanks to innovative hardware and customized software, the luxury SUV delivers a characteristic Porsche driving experience.

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