Since 2004, Jost Bernasch is Managing Director of the Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH in Graz, Austria. In that time, VIRTUAL VEHICLE became the largest research center for virtual vehicle technology in Europe with currently over 300 employees and a turnover of 26 million Euros. Research priority is the linking of numerical simulations, SW-defined functions, and hardware testing, which leads to a powerful HW-SW whole system design and the reduction of development & operations efforts. Following this focus on industry-related research VIRTUAL VEHICLE is an innovation catalyst for future vehicle technologies. The international partner network of VIRTUAL VEHICLE consists of 100+ national and international industrial partners (OEMs, Tier 1+2, and software vendors) as well as 40+ scientific institutions.

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VIRTUAL VEHICLE – Accelerating Innovation The Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH is Europe’s largest R&D center for virtual vehicle technology with 300 employees. Research priority is the linking of numerical simulations and hardware testing, which leads to a powerful HW-SW whole system design and automation of testing and validation procedures. This focus on industry-related research makes VIRTUAL VEHICLE the innovation catalyst for future vehicle technologies. The international partner network of VIRTUAL VEHICLE consists of 30 national and 50 international industrial partners (OEMs, Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers as well as software providers) as well as 18 national and 30 international scientific institutions.