Case Study: Peugeot Sport achieves faster aerodynamic performance and lower development costs with Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE and SIMULIA

Peugeot Sport 9X8 hybrid hypercar | Customer Story

Peugeot Sport, the competition department of French car manufacturer Peugeot, faced the challenge of developing the new 9X8 Hybrid Hypercar from scratch for its return to endurance racing. Under tight time constraints and new regulations, they needed to achieve specific aerodynamic performance levels while saving significant time and money. They partnered with vendor Dassault Systèmes to leverage its 3DEXPERIENCE platform and SIMULIA applications.

Dassault Systèmes implemented a solution using its 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud, specifically the SIMULIA PowerFLOW application for computational fluid dynamics. This Virtual Twin as a Service approach allowed Peugeot Sport to run over 3,000 simulations, optimizing the car's aerodynamics virtually. The results were substantial time and cost savings, with analysis that once took three months now completed in a single day. This digital-first strategy enabled Peugeot Sport to achieve technical excellence, meet its development deadlines, and successfully launch the 9X8 hypercar.

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