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ARDC auto labs
Feb 4, 2025
Behind the scenes at the Chrysler Canada - Univ. of Windsor joint R&D facility
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hi this is Dave from alar and I'm here
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with some footage from Fiat Chrysler
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Canada formerly Chrysler Canada formerly
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maxel Motors of Canada to show you some
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of the Cooperative venture between the
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University of Windsor and Chrysler the
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ardc where they do vehicle research this
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is the bouncer which we've read about in
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Mark rosman's description of what it was
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like to work at chry store Labs it's
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busy road testing a price for Pacifica
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this is done because they canum all
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sorts of awful conditions even going
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through
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Manhattan this is uh steering wheel
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testing notice that it basically tries
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to replicate the experience that
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steering wheels and steering columns
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will get they can test the entire
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steering system from here and they can
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also test body parts connected to it
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here we have engine testing this is an
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extremely well instrumented engine and
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the idea is both to learn about it and
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to get future data for
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simulations here we see corrosion
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testing we see a vehicle going through
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an anti-corrosion bath and it gets
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darker as more anti-corrosive material
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is plating it and it comes out and they
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can analyze how it actually did in real
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life we have a simulated lighting Studio
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complete with street signs you can see
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how large and cavernous this area is we
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can Sim simulate any climates in the
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world uh you know you can have 40°
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Celsius in there 100% humidity you know
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jungle like conditions anywhere to dry
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Arizona heat or uh you know Alaska in
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the middle of winter with a variety of
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tests um from Buzz squeak rattle tests
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to noise vibration harshness tests as
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well as um solar loading uh Sun Sun heat
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uh warp warping of plastic parts
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the engine is essentially the heart of
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the vehicle and just like a heart it has
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many compartments and lines going to and
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from those compartments and if we can
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break it down line by line and optimize
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the efficiency using both the reality of
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this test and the virtual modeling that
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our simulation guys do we can make the
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engine as efficient as
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possible it's working fantastically
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we've had over 400 interns here at the
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ardc um and we've mentored several
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sabatical as well as well as several
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Publications for the
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RDC I like to work with Lego U because
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that helps me be more creative so I
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might be asked to make a linkage or a
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set of gears and it does something
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unusual or some unusual motion and so
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I'll make it at a Lego first and I might
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rebuild it two or three or 10 times and
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it's it's great when you build something
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at a Lego cuz youve you got it in your
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hands you can see how it moves and you
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can see how it changes shape and you can
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show it to others and they may have
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ideas that you haven't thought of when I
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have the design that I like and it's
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just about the right shape and and size
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uh I'm then work on it in CAD software
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