Cockpit Development

The influence vehicle safety and consumer tests have on vehicle development is growing all the time.

At present, development is placing a particular focus on protecting pedestrians and meeting demands in the passenger compartment.

Particularly in cockpit development, developers are stretched to their limits when it comes to making an instrument panel energy-absorbent and splinter-free on impact with head and knees while having to meet the requirement for high strength and rigidity in terms of structural integration and accommodating the restraint systems. This makes developing a cockpit a balancing act between design, comfort and safety.

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