Takingaprototypelight rail car with aluminum alloycar-body for example, thetest model analysis is carried out. The test results show thattheprototypecarhasgooddynamiccharacteristics.
Barbaroux is also the founder and president of French manufacturer Formulec, which has produced the EF01 prototypecar that is the base model for future Formula E cars.
Its advanced engine-development centre, which opened this summer, hooks up an engine to a simulated computer model of an as-yet unbuilt prototypecar, to see how well it performs.
While the enhanced system is just a prototype without a commercialization schedule, it already slots into just about any car, including the University's own intelligent carprototype (not pictured here).