Altair lauds lightweight-engineering efforts

Winners of the 13th edition of the Altair Enlighten Awards, presented in association with the Center for Automotive Research, were recognized during a ceremony at the CAR Management Briefing Seminars in Detroit. The awards not only acknowledged the automotive and commercial vehicle industries' best initiatives to reduce vehicle weight and meet emissions targets, but also considered other parameters such as cost reduction, part count reduction and applicability to other vehicle programs.

“Starting in the 2000s, the automotive industry wasn't really that interested in optimization. Weight was an outcome of achieving performance. Seeing the rise of these digital technologies over two decades has been such a thrill,” Royston Jones, CTO of Altair Product Design and senior VP for automotive, said to kick off the event. “I'd say now we're really through the gate, particularly over the last five years where globally there's such pressure to develop products quickly. AI has really helped with technology such as optimization, so I think it's only going to accelerate, it's going to get smarter. This is such an exciting time to be in this digital space.”