A collaborative framework for distributed winter testing

A clear trend within the automotive sector is that more and more functionalities are being built into the car with the help of software; however, all this new technology must be rigorously tested under realistic conditions. By introducing a framework for distributed winter testing, based on distributed engineering tools combined with telematics, visualization of temperature data from a test vehicle can be conducted at another location 1,500 km away. Despite the distance, car manufacturers can follow the tests at the test site in real-time, communicate interactively with very high quality, and collaboratively interact with test engineers situated at the test site with the incoming stream of test data. The presented system enables a new way of working with winter testing of vehicles, allowing companies to simplify the testing procedures and get a quick response and an understanding of the process.Godkänd; 2004; 20070328 (petert