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About VI-grade

VI-grade is an Italian-founded provider of vehicle simulation software and professional driving simulators, founded in October 2005 and now part of HBK, used by automakers, suppliers, research centres, motorsport teams and universities to develop vehicles virtually under its "Smart Testing" and "zero prototypes" approach. Its software line includes VI-CarRealTime, a single vehicle model usable from concept to sign-off, VI-DriveSim for driving-simulator control, VI-WorldSim for high-resolution virtual environments and VI-NVHSim for acoustics. Its hardware spans desktop, compact and static simulators, mid-size and full-scale dynamic Driver-in-Motion (DiM) simulators, and XiL platforms that combine hardware-, software- and model-in-the-loop testing with driving simulation.

Applications cover ride and handling, NVH, HMI, motorsport and ADAS — testing assistance and automated-driving algorithms with real sensors in a safe, repeatable virtual environment before road trials. The company’s own timeline records its SimCenter in Udine, Italy, expansion to SimCenters including Shanghai, Detroit and Millbrook, joining Spectris in 2018 and becoming part of HBK’s virtual test activities. For directory partners, VI-grade is a group-owned simulation supplier for vehicle and AV developers that need driver-in-the-loop validation of dynamics and ADAS behaviour.

Products & services

• VI-CarRealTime — real-time vehicle model software (concept to sign-off)
• VI-DriveSim and VI-WorldSim — driving-simulator software and virtual environments
• Driving simulators — DESKTOP, COMPACT, STATIC, dynamic DiM (Driver-in-Motion) and full-scale systems
• XiL platform — HiL / SiL / MiL testing combined with driving simulation
• VI-NVHSim — NVH simulation software

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