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We are a design office specializing in innovative vehicle design, able to respond creatively and realistically to the customer's specific needs: objectives, context, investment, time to market, ...
A concentrate of technical excellence and creativity in the field of road vehicles.
A lean, agile permanent structure and an extended enterprise operation with a network of highly competent partners for integrated services.
ON-SITE RESOURCES
Extensive World Bibliography
CALLAS/PROSPER simulation software licenses for dynamic behavior and HYB for hybrid vehicle design
Mechanical design office, with 3D CAD: import and export of all fichiers
Prototype assembly workshop (lathe, milling machine, TIG, press, etc.)
On-board data acquisition system with camera, GPS, accelerometers, tri-gyrometer, linear and angular displacements, etc.).
GROUPS & COMPANY NETWORKS
NextMove: Automotive and Public Transport R&D competitiveness cluster
Groupe ALADIN (formerly ADAS): A group of SMEs, members of the MOV'EO cluster, dedicated to the development of active safety and driver assistance systems, which publishes a very popular blog on ADAS.
CAR&D also relies on a network of the most competent partners for both integrated and non-integrated services.
OUR KNOW-HOW
Note: Some of the work mentioned on this site was carried out by Gilles Schaefer as project manager for SERA-CD, and as a Contract Research Organization, ownership of this work has been transferred to the end customer.
OUR NEWS
Inauguration of the LE.IA test bench Immersion at LNE in Trappes. "The LE.IA Immersion test bench represents an innovation in the field of physical robot testing and development. Designed to enable in-depth testing in a simulated environment, this bench offers an immersive interface thanks to its conical projection screen, acting as a direct link between the simulator and the robot." Copyright © LNE
As this history video reports, the magnificent Canopée boat using AYRO OceanWings sails was first prototyped on a small scale. https://youtu.be/2t8NGhnZl0I This Proof-of-Concept can be found in the next line of our 2016 news. A Proof-of-Concept is indeed the physical demonstration of the viability of the essential principle of the concept, while temporarily neglecting all that is secondary and a priori feasible. Ma Jun (237 A.D.) masterfully defined the demonstrator's approach with this phrase: "Empty arguments with words can in no way compare with a real trial that will show practical results".
CAR&D is a member of the Aladin cluster of high-tech companies, a spin-off from NextMove. Under its banner, CAR&D was present at the VTM Vehicle & Transportation Meetings Torino International business convention for automotive and vehicle innovation, March 26-27, 2024, Torino, Italy. Fruitful exchanges with European players.
Our customer Supraways is exhibiting its suspended Public Rapid Transport (PRT) project, a pendular system with a high average speed because it does not stop between departure and arrival "on demand". Its functional model shows the operating principle. Supraways names us as technical partner for the project