Interviews
Automotive IQ regularly interviews a range of global automotive leaders and professionals. Automotive IQ hosts conferences for industry professionals working in areas such as automotive cyber security, connected vehicles, automotive functional safety (ISO/SOTIF), steering & braking, thermal management, e-motor and more. For these conferences, Automotive IQ's Editor regularly interviews industry experts to promote the event, which then feature here.
For expert insight into the various automotive sectors, read our latest automotive industry interviews below.
Q&A: Rami Debouk, General Motors
May 12 by Tom Phillips
We catch up with Rami Debouk, the day two keynote speaker of our Autonomous Vehicles Online event
Q&A: Steven Wernikoff, Honigman LLP
May 04 by Tom Phillips
Autonomous Vehicle testing and deployment requirements, federal safety standards, and privacy and cybersecurity laws are all up for discussion in our latest interview
Q&A: Elpidoforos Arapantonis, Volvo Cars
April 27 by Tom Phillips
Ahead of his keynote session in Automotive IQ’s Autonomous Vehicles Online event in May, we catch up with Volvo’s solution architect for active safety
Q&A: Christof Hellmis, vice president strategic programs at HERE
October 08 by Karina SchultzIn this in-depth interview, we explore the role of mapping, from detailed maps themselves to how they fit into the wider self-driving ecosystem, in the transition from automated to autonomous driving
Q&A: Karthik Ganesh, battery engineer at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development
July 09 by Automotive IQWith the ever-growing demand for electric vehicles, new technical challenges regarding batteries arise. Here, we discuss the effect of electromagnetic interference on battery systems in EVs
Q&A: Victor Valverde-Morales from the EU Commission Joint Research Center
April 11 by Victor Valverde MoralesThe introduction of the new mandatory Real Driving Emissions test procedure for all light duty vehicles by the EU Commission has significant impacts on powertrain engineering, exhaust after-treatment systems, type-approval procedures and measurement technology.
Customer-driven ALM Innovation with Automotive OEMs
April 11 by Andreas PabingerWith complexity soaring in automotive products, the role of Application Lifecycle Management in delivering high quality embedded systems is growing exponentially. In this interview, Andreas Pabinger, VP of sales at Intland Software shares his thoughts on the technological challenges faced by the digital...
Q&A: Dr Thomas Maier-Komor, Head of Functional Safety Processes for Motorcycles at BMW AG
April 03 by Dr Thomas Maier-KomorAs part of Automotive IQ’s Safety and Security Series, the ISO 26262 Improving Safety of Advanced Mobility conference was held in December 2018 in Germany. One of the conference's guest speakers was Dr Thomas Maier-Komor. As his work concerns the safety of motorcycles, we were keen to learn of the key di...
Q&A: Prasanth Viswanathan Pillai, Functional Safety Architect at Texas Instruments
March 26 by Prasanth Viswanathan PillaiAs part of Automotive IQ’s Safety and Security Series, the ISO 26262 to Semiconductors conference tackled the safety challenges of the semiconductor with discussions aimed at sharing the latest updates on ISO 26262 Part 11, improvements of semiconductor usage in safety-critical systems, discovering innov...
Q&A: Franck Galtié, Director of BU Automotive Functional Safety at NXP
March 15 by Dr Franck GaltieAs part of Automotive IQ’s Safety and Security Series, the ISO 26262 to Semiconductors conference was held in December 2018 in Germany. The event tackled the safety challenges of the semiconductor with discussions aimed at sharing the latest updates on ISO 26262 Part 11, improvements of semiconductor usa...
Q&A: Christoph Stadler, Developer of Automated Driving Simulation Audi AG
March 13 by Christoph StadlerAudi AG's Christoph Stadler will be a guest speaker Automotive IQ's Testing ADAS and Self-Driving Cars conference. We caught up with him to ask what key issues he faces in his role as developer of automated driving simulation.
Q&A: Erhan Eyol, Functional Manager for Chassis Engineering at Ford Otosan
March 05 by Ismail Erhan EyolDevelopment of advanced suspension systems continues to evolve at a rapid pace. As functional manager for chassis engineering at Ford Otosan in Turkey, Erhan Eyol is perfectly placed to give his thoughts on the future of suspension for heavy duty vehicles.
