Review of the complete vehicle practical course 2022 from 04.05.-06.05.2022

After a two-year Covid break, the full vehicle practical course of the TU Dresden could again take place on the DEKRA test site in Klettwitz from 04.05.2022-06.05.2022. The event is a unique combination in the university landscape in Europe of in-depth theoretical teaching and practical experience of overall vehicle characteristics such as driving dynamics, driving comfort or vehicle safety. In this way, students are given the opportunity to complete driving tasks at seven different stations and to independently reflect on the theory of the main lectures in practice using different, high-quality test vehicles. These include self-steering behavior, braking behavior without ABS, driver assistance systems such as ACC or AEB, and vertical dynamics. With over 200 participants and 19 test vehicles over three practical days, this year's practical is the largest to date in its 10-year history since 2012.

This year, the Chair of Automobile Engineering was again supported by the University of Applied Sciences (HTW), which enriched the program with stations on driving resistances (Prof. Hannawald) and commercial vehicles (Prof. Wittmer). For the first time in the series of events, this year students had the opportunity to experience both electric vehicles and their charging behavior. This content was presented in cooperation with the Chair of Vehicle Mechatronics (Prof. Bäker). In addition, the topic of driver behavior was addressed for the first time this year with a separate station. Here, the students as drivers themselves were the focus of the analyses and driving tasks. Special thanks go to all colleagues involved in the planning and implementation of this station. We thank the team for digital teaching at the TU for the professional recording of the station presentations on 04.05.2022.

As in previous years, the industrial partners contributed significantly to the success of the event. The vehicle manufacturers Audi, BMW and Porsche supported the TU in a special way by lending high-quality test vehicles and providing motivated, expert employees. In addition, thanks also go to the partners 4a, AMFD, DEKRA, FSD and GeneSys for their support in the planning and implementation of individual stations, provision of test vehicles and likewise committed and competent technical experts.

We expressly thank all university and industrial partners for their help and for making this such a valuable event possible. We are already looking forward to an equally successful event in 2023.