Outcomes

Outcomes

AutoCRC will deliver outcomes that will directly enhance the viability and sustainability of the automotive industry, its capability to export and its productivity rate.

Design & Modelling

AutoCRC will increase the rate of product and process innovation uptake in the automotive industry, through increasing the knowledge and diffusion of mathematical modelling techniques, reducing design/development times, improving product quality and process accuracy and reducing the time taken to get products to market.

Reduced Concept to Product Cycle Time

AutoCRC will help the automotive industry reduce concept-to-product cycle times through the introduction of paradigm shifts in process and production methodologies, improved manufacturing flexibility and efficiency and the development of new material systems to meet the challenges of weight reduction, increased safety and greater functionality.

AutoCRC will deliver strategies for flexible manufacturing for reduced lead times and comprehend the impact of the total manufacturing process in terms of emissions, waste and recycling.

Safety Comfort & Performance

AutoCRC will improve vehicle safety through delivering improvements in the crash-worthiness of vehicles and new intelligent products/systems that provide increased comfort, performance and information access, contributing to both improved customer satisfaction and safety and thus reducing the economic costs and impact to society associated with road accidents.

Leaner Powertrains - Sustainable Industry

AutoCRC will deliver technology to reduce the environmental impact associated with motor vehicles and manufacturing systems. We shall make substantial improvements in the performance of conventional and hybrid power-trains, with special emphasis on reduced consumption and emissions to significantly reduce the environmental impact of current and future automotive power-trains.