Technical Tours

 

ATM Milano: San Donato depot

The San Donato depot was revamped when ATM launched its “Full electric plan” aiming to replace the entire bus fleet of 1,200 electric vehicles.

By the end of the year, 90 out of the scheduled 240 e-buses as well as  the “slow plug-in” charging stations will be in operation, integrated by the Battery Energy Storage System allowing optimal peak management.

Two pantograph stations for fast charging will soon be available.

Each bus follows a tailor-made maintenance planning – among which inspection, system operation check and time/mileage-based components replacement.

On the depot roof a system of photovoltaic panels is installed to supply the depot utilities such as lights, air conditioning, etc.

 

Politecnico di Milano – Drive Simulator, Wind Tunnel, Train Simulator

At the Politecnico di Milano, an innova􀆟ve cable‐driven DiM400 DYNAMIC Driving Simulator
by VI‐grade has been adopted in February 2021. The Driving Simulator has been installed at
the Bovisa site of the Politecnico di Milano (Technical University of Milan) and will be mainly
used for performance studies of vehicles and subsystems related to new Material & Component
Design, Ride & Handling, Real Driving Emission Applica􀆟ons, Ac􀆟ve Safety Systems
(ADAS), Automated and Connected Vehicles.

“Our adop􀆟on of a DYNAMIC Driving Simulator based on the most innova􀆟ve technologies
and equipped with redundant degrees of freedom for a proper separa􀆟on between low and
high frequency mo􀆟ons is possible thanks to a substan􀆟al investment from the Government
of the Lombardy Region, dedicated to sustainable mobility solu􀆟ons” said prof. Ferruccio
Resta, Rector of the Politecnico di Milano. “The simulator will allow So􀅌ware and Hardwarein‐
the‐Loop (SiL and HiL) studies and valida􀆟ons, giving us the opportunity to par􀆟cipate together
with selected partners in research projects dedicated to ground vehicle engineering,
road safety and future vehicles.”

Politecnico di Milano joins the ever‐growing family of adopters of VI‐grade‘s driving simulators,
with more than 100 simulators installed at worldwide OEMs, Motorsport teams, Tier1
suppliers and Engineering/R&D Centers to accelerate product development.
The project has been promoted by the Lombardy Mobility Cluster, under the supervision of
the Lombardy Region Government, with the aim to create a pole for serving the automotive
companies of the Lombard regional cluster, ranked fourth at European level.

 

Alfa Romeo Museum

The Museo Alfa Romeo tells the legendary story of the brand, via a project and an installation
designed to reflect its values: historical presence, beauty and speed, an essential part of the
Alfa Romeo Dna. As the visitors admire car after car, they travel through the company’s glorious
history and also discover stories and curious facts with the help of videos, images and interactive
access points, in a crescendo of emotions (https://www.museoalfaromeo.com/it‐it/
Pages/MuseoStoricoAlfaRomeo.aspx)