The winners of the 2025 Automotive Testing Technology International (ATTI) Awards will be announced at a ceremony at Automotive Testing Expo 2025 in Stuttgart on Tuesday, 20th May. The awards, now in their 18th year, recognise achievements by engineering suppliers and specialists in the vehicle development and testing sector.
The finalists across nine categories:
ADAS & AV Test Innovation of the Year
- Automotive Artificial Intelligence – Digital twin creation based on ASAM OpenDrive and ME sensor localisation
- rFpro – AV elevate
- Vcarsystem – ADS 3000Pro
- Humanetics – THOR-AV-50M
- ALP.Lab – Torus
Facility of the Year
- IAAPS – Hydrogen research facilities
- Ford Otosan – Battery and power electronics development excellence centre, Gölcük R&D Test Center
- Arctic Falls – Indoor 3
- Škoda Auto – Simulation Centre
- DNW – Automotive Test Section
Testing Hardware Innovation of the Year
- ZF Test Systems – Road Belter Tester (RB5)
- WOM Testing Technologies – Wheel Orientation Measurement (WOM) device
- Uniquesec – Asgard2
- DynaLabs – Dyn-PM-20
- Smithers – Simulated on-vehicle acceleration testing machine
- Chroma – 62450D-2000HL
- Optomet – Smart Series
Simulation Innovation of the Year
- 51Sim – 3D Gaussian Hybrid Engine
- Ansible Motion – Multi-simulator capability
- Foretellix – Foretify, Nvidia integration
- Secondmind – Secondmind for System Design
- UTAC – Virtual testing for Automatic Emergency Braking Systems approval
Software Innovation of the Year
- AB Dynamics – Ground Traffic Control
- Solid Sands – SuperGuard Library Safety Qualification Suite (Amsterdam version 1.2)
- Tosun – TSMaster ethernet core features
- Marple – Marple Insight
- Cariad and KL Engineer – Cloud Car Automated Testing
- Automotive Artificial Intelligence – Structured Generic Assurance Framework
Person of the Year
- Dr Vimal Rau Aparow, assistant professor, head of the Automated Vehicle Engineering Systems research group, University of Nottingham Malaysia
- Santiago Rayes, product manager, GRAS Sound & Vibration
- Dave Kirkman, founder and technical director, AccuSim
- James Eaton, CEO, Ionetic
- Sebastian Rings, head of X-Crash, measX
- Joanne Smith, capability group head of passive safety, Horiba Mira
Sustainable Powertrain Test Innovation of the Year
- dSpace – MicroLabBox II
- Impedyme – HIL and PHIL CHP product line
- VisiConsult and Glimpse
- Lumafield – Battery analysis module in Voyager
- Twaice – Aging model for sodium-ion batteries
- SandboxAQ – Large quantitative models
Supplier of the Year
- dSpace
- Rohde & Schwarz
- CAERI
- VI-grade
OEM of the Year
- Mercedes-Benz
- BMW
- Chery
- Aptera Motors
A panel of 18 judges, selected based on their industry expertise, has decided the winners from a shortlist of submitted entries. The expert judges are:
- Dr Carrie Bobier-Tiu, director of engineering, head of behaviour, AD and ADAS, Woven by Toyota
- Phil Durston, technical manager, Volkswagen
- Nils Katzorke, project manager, Mercedes-Benz
- Mohammad Behroozi, senior vehicle dynamicist, GM
- Byron Bloch, independent automotive safety expert, USA
- Gemma Hatton, freelance technical writer and former F1 tyre engineer
- Sharad Matade, editor, Tyre Trends and Motoring Trends
- Phil Morse, founder and manager, Energy Balance
- Carl Perrin, CEO of the Institute for Clean Growth & Future Mobility at Coventry University
- Jahee Campbell-Brennan, director of Wavey Dynamics
- Jada Smith, SVP, product strategy and delivery, Karma Automotive
- Alex Grant, freelance journalist
- Robert Kado, senior technical fellow, EMC, Stellantis
- Lakshmi Prasad Bhatta, manager of CAE – Detroit MRV, Mahindra Automotive North America
- Jon M Quigley, founder of Value Transformation
- Dr Huw Davies, senior lecturer, Centre for Future Transport and Cities, Coventry University
- Graham Heeps, freelance journalist
- Partha Goswami, principal, PG Mobility Analysis
The awards ceremony will take place at 4:30pm CEST in Hall 8 at Messe Stuttgart, Germany, on 20th May.
On 21st May, the day after the live ceremony, the ATTI Awards Forum at Automotive Testing Expo will feature a series of presentations and fireside chats on a range of key industry topics.
Rachel Evans, editor of ATTI magazine, said of the awards, “ATTI received an overwhelming number of nominations this year, making the selection process especially challenging. The Testing Hardware Innovation of the Year category stood out due to the sheer volume of entries received — many of which featured innovative hardware solutions that also incorporated cutting-edge software as a key component. This reflects the growing trend toward cyber-physical testing, where the lines between hardware and software are increasingly blurred.
“The Software Innovation of the Year and Simulation Innovation of the Year categories also saw a wealth of nominations, highlighting both the automotive industry’s reliance on digital development and the high levels of creativity driving it forward. Across all categories, a significant number of entries focused on ADAS and autonomous vehicle technologies, underscoring the complex challenges these systems continue to pose for developers,” she added.
To learn more about the Awards and to register for an entry pass to Automotive Testing Expo (20, 21 & 22 May), visit the event website.
