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The chapter “Automotive Development Processes”, includes a retrospect of achievements in the automotive industry and highlights the very different factors that have influenced the development of cars over the last 120 years. The wide range of requirements for current and future cars is then elaborated, in order to clarify the current challenges facing automotive development. In addition, the stages in automobile development are explained through a detailed analysis of the different project phases, including a discussion on the integration of virtual product creation throughout the entire development chain.

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  1. Institute of Automotive Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 11/1, 8010, Graz, Austria

    Mario Hirz

  2. MAGNA STEYR Engineering AG & Co KG, Liebenauer Hauptstr. 317, 8041, Graz, Austria

    Wilhelm Dietrich

  3. Institute of Geometry, Graz University of Technology, Kopernikusgasse 24/IV, 8010, Graz, Austria

    Anton Gfrerrer & Johann Lang

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Hirz, M., Dietrich, W., Gfrerrer, A., Lang, J. (2013). Automotive Development Processes. In: Integrated Computer-Aided Design in Automotive Development. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11940-8_1

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