Dynisma, a UK-based motion simulator technology company, estimates that its virtual testing technology can save automotive OEMs more than $10 million per vehicle development program through reduced physical prototypes.
Dynisma Motion Generators (DMGs) are already in use by multiple automotive OEMs worldwide. The technology brings game-changing benefits by setting new standards, pairing the lowest latency with the highest bandwidth to create the most immersive, realistic, and responsive driving simulation experience in the world.
With the average vehicle prototype costing around $500,000, and more than 50 individual prototypes typically built for a single vehicle development program, physical testing is an extremely expensive part of the development of a new car for an automotive OEM.
Until very recently, the most advanced driving simulators have not been accurate enough to replace real-world testing. But virtual testing using the latest driving simulators, such as Dynisma’s DMGs, can reduce the need for actual prototypes by 40%, representing double-digit million-dollar savings. Bringing the most lifelike experience yet to automotive OEMs, development drivers get feedback as close to the real world as possible while engineers can properly correlate almost any data.
Designed specifically for automotive manufacturers and suppliers intended for advanced vehicle development and testing, Dynisma’s simulators also have the potential to reduce new vehicle time to market by 50%. And through savings on fuel and use of consumables such as tires, greater use of virtual testing could result in significant overall CO2 emissions saving per average. Indirect embedded emissions savings would also be made from reduced prototype manufacture and travel.