CSI through its Automotive Business Unit is a European center of excellence in the field of vehicle testing with an integrated platform of services, skills and facilities that span the entire range of new product development, from validation and regulatory and/or voluntary compliance checks to the homologation services.
The Laboratories of the Automotive Division are part of the restricted Network of the European Association EuroNCAP (7 laboratories) operating for 20 years in the active and passive safety rating of new vehicles for the EU market. CSI is also a permanent member its Board together with the representative of the our country "Automobil Club Italia".
The same laboratories have been recognized as Technical Centers by the Government Authorities of Motor Vehicles Homologation of Ireland (NSAI) - Nethrerlans (RDW) - German (KBA), for the validation of the EU homologation tests and are recognized by multiple international ministerial Authorities for the product homologation in USA and ASIA.
In the Automotive field, CSI is the strategic supplier of the main OEM'S, Tier1 and Tier2, operating mainly through the headquarters in Milan with testing laboratories and test tracks and its laboratories located in Trofarello (TO) industrial area.
The range of engineering services covers the fields of active and passive safety, vibro-acoustics, development of engine performance (with particular attention to reducing emissions), vehicle dynamics, verification and qualification of mechanical and mechatronic systems and components, numerical simulation , validation of systems integration and related vehicle performance. CSI has experience in managing turn-key projects, from the experimental development plan to the certification and final approval phase.
CSI also operates widely in the field of transport safety, providing product certification services also in the field of road restraint systems, vertical signals and systems for the connectivity between vehicles and infrastructures.
CSI commitment is also aimed at participation in the technical working groups whose goal is to identify the safety performance requirements for the vehicles of the future, developing test protocols for the most advanced passive safety systems (frontal crash tests and side in various configurations) and active safety (ADAS - Advance Driver Assistance Systems).
CSI participated in the development and application of test procedures for AEB (Autonomous Emergency Braking) systems in the Urban and Inter-urban areas, AEB Pedestrian and Cyclist systems (pedestrian and cyclist avoidance), and LSS systems, Lane Support Systems ( Lane Departure Warning, Lane Keeping Systems). In addition, CSI is committed to the development of future driving assistance systems such as "junction" and "crossing" road traffic configurations, connectivity (V2x) and autonomous driving technologies.
Constantly at the forefront in the implementation of experimentation methods and technologies, the experts of CSI have developed different proprietary methodologies and systems for testing and instrumental monitoring of fleets. REVEAL® is an integrated data acquisition system able to read every type of signal present in the car, transfer it to a processing system that in real time monitors the vehicle or the fleet producing diagnostic reports. The system, in continuous technological evolution, can also implement predictive maintenance tools and algorithms and thanks to its interfaces with the main sensors, ADAS is nowadays used as an important support tool for the development and resolution of automated driving content.