Accelerate Automotive Innovation
with Simulation-Led Engineering
The automotive industry is being reshaped by electrification, software-defined vehicles, autonomy, stricter safety demands, and faster development cycles. Simulation helps OEMs and suppliers reduce physical testing, move faster through development, and improve performance across both component and system levels.
By connecting vehicle engineering, electronics, software, and system behavior in one workflow, teams can make better decisions earlier in development. This is especially valuable as product complexity rises and every design choice affects safety, efficiency, comfort, and time to market
From Vehicle Physics to
Software-Defined Mobility
Automotive simulation now spans far more than mechanical performance alone. It supports electrification, crash and safety, battery systems, power electronics, electric motors, chassis engineering, NVH, and autonomy across increasingly connected vehicle platforms.
That breadth makes simulation especially valuable in this industry. It helps teams evaluate more designs virtually, reduce late-stage issues, and improve decisions across the full vehicle development lifecycle.
Core
Focus
Crash, Safety and Vehicle Dynamics
Analyze crash behavior, passenger safety, chassis response, brakes, suspension, steering and wheels/tires under real operating and impact conditions.
Thermal, Fluids and Electronics Performance
Simulate thermal management, airflow, electromagnetics and electronics behavior across modern vehicles to improve reliability, efficiency and overall system performance.
ADAS, Autonomy and Software Validation
Develop and validate ADAS and autonomous vehicle systems using sensor simulation, scenario-based testing and embedded software workflows aligned to automotive safety requirements.
Electrification and Powertrain Systems
Study batteries, battery management systems, electric motors, power electronics and integrated electrified powertrains to improve efficiency, range, safety and thermal performance.
Relevant
Applications
Crash and Impact
Evaluate crash behavior earlier with high-fidelity simulation for impact performance and structural response. Improve design confidence across vehicle crashworthiness, deformation behavior, and occupant protection workflows.
NVH
Reduce unwanted noise, vibration, and harshness through simulation that improves acoustic and dynamic vehicle behavior. Support better comfort, refinement, and perceived quality across modern automotive platforms.
Aerodynamics and Automotive CFD
Refine vehicle aerodynamics and thermal-flow performance with CFD that supports faster iteration and broader design exploration. Improve drag, cooling, efficiency, and overall vehicle performance earlier in the design cycle.
Electric Motor Design
Develop electric motors with simulation spanning concept design through detailed electromagnetic, thermal, and mechanical analysis. Improve efficiency, performance, and durability across motors used in modern vehicle platforms.
Electric Vehicles
Advance electric and hybrid vehicle development with simulation across both component and system levels. Support faster innovation across batteries, motors, power electronics, and the full electrified powertrain.
Battery Systems and Battery Management
Improve battery performance, safety, and reliability through simulation-led development of cells, packs, and control strategies. Evaluate thermal, structural, and system-level behavior earlier to support better battery and BMS decisions.
ADAS and Autonomous Vehicles
Develop and test automated driving technologies with simulation built for ADAS and autonomous vehicle workflows. Support safer perception, decision-making, and system behavior through earlier virtual development and validation.
Active and Functional Safety
Address active, passive, and functional safety with simulation that supports both physical and system-level engineering decisions. Strengthen safety workflows across software, electronics, and vehicle behavior in increasingly complex automotive programs.
Why
Fluid Codes
Advancing Automotive Engineering
with Engineering Simulation
Automotive teams need simulation workflows that can keep pace with electrification, safety, software, and system complexity. Fluid Codes helps apply the right Ansys technologies across EV development, crash and safety engineering, autonomy, and connected vehicle workflows.
With the right technical guidance, simulation can be used more effectively to improve speed, safety, efficiency, and engineering confidence across modern vehicle programs. This creates a stronger path from concept development to validated vehicle performance.
How Simulation
Helps
Fluids
Support automotive aerodynamics, thermal management, battery cooling and broader CFD-led vehicle performance workflows.
Structures
Analyze crash, occupant safety, chassis performance, durability and mechanical response across critical vehicle systems.
Electronics
Model electric machines, power electronics, SI/PI, EMI/EMC and connected vehicle electronics in advanced automotive programs.
Embedded Software
Support software-defined vehicles, control systems and safety-critical automotive software development and validation workflows.
Optics
Enable automotive lighting, sensor vision and perception-related simulation in vehicles where visibility and sensing performance matter.
Safety Analysis
Support functional safety, compliance and traceability for automotive software and hardware systems.
Digital Twin
Extend simulation into lifecycle monitoring, predictive maintenance and large-scale safety or vehicle-performance workflows.
Connect
Create stronger digital engineering continuity across requirements, workflows, simulation data and multi-team vehicle development.
Advance Automotive Innovation with Simulation
Talk to Fluid Codes about the right Ansys solutions for your automotive programs, from EV systems and crash safety to software-defined vehicles, autonomy, and vehicle performance engineering.
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