Thread by @HIThomasFranke

Want to take a glimpse at what we will do in our electric vehicle driving simulator @UniLuebeck powered by @beamng during our new 3-year engineering psychology research project funded by @dfg_public?
It's all about energy efficiency & information visualization for #EcoDriving!

@UniLuebeck @beamng @dfg_public ... Never heard of a driving simulator exclusively for electric vehicles that is ALSO an integrated energy simulation with a super-accurate physics engine? May I present to you the driving simulator you have not even dreamed of?
fahrsimulator.imis.uni-luebeck.de

https://twitter.com/HIThomasFranke/status/1503768818757341187

... ah - you can even drive on Mars & Jupiter in our driving simulator. ;-)
For example: How would a car crash look on Mars (vs. Earth)?
Find out:

... Ah - and what about a VERY big jump?
See here:

...you see - our @beamng driving simulator will come very handy for the next project that we are planning right now:
It will be about #EcoDriving in the solar-powered 2030 #Tesla Mars Rover.
So you did not REALLY think @elonmusk did #cybertruck ...

@beamng @elonmusk ... for planet earth - did you? Or that format & strength of Tesla Solar Roof would be actually designed for earth? Proof you do not understand Elon Musk. :-)
BTW: there will not be a Tesla rover on Mars until 2030 (or ever?). But that is another story...
tesla.com/solarroof

@beamng @elonmusk So didn't I promise some interesting news on space psychology recently?

https://twitter.com/HIThomasFranke/status/1490618230418944003

@beamng @elonmusk I am very sorry - I was just joking about our next project. Our energy efficiency research will stick to planet earth for the time being.
But I knew you would realize this right away & still enjoy the read. :-)

To get back down to earth:
This project was a MASSIVE team effort!
And we worked on it like FOR AGES!
Four ages + four ages ;-)
Here, look at these guys thinking they will get rid of the topic in 3 months - 2 years ago.
Thank you @TimSchrills ...

https://twitter.com/HIThomasFranke/status/1219206490483044353

@TimSchrills ... @PsyMarkus @jacobwstahl and many more for all the creativity and deep thought you invested into this project of the last 3+ years. It was a real treat to work on this research idea with such an outstanding team! Thank you for boarding this crazy train of thought with me!

And yes - it was lots of hard text work - and I am so grateful for the feedback culture we have established in our team!

https://twitter.com/HIThomasFranke/status/1355423577038848000

I really do not know HOW many hours we put into this grant proposal.
Actually, I do not want to know at all. :-)

https://twitter.com/HIThomasFranke/status/1396021638014115842

I even took meeting recordings with me to think about while jogging. 🤦

https://twitter.com/HIThomasFranke/status/1348921945069400064

Anyway - it was a really burst of joy when I found out that the project proposal was successful and received positive evaluations by reviewers and the decision committee @dfg_public

https://twitter.com/HIThomasFranke/status/1507284660790910977

@dfg_public Now the following weeks will be all about preparation & planning of the project. I am extremely looking forward to this project phase!

@dfg_public Ah - you may wonder: how does a psychologist lead a project on optimal ecodriving in electric vehicles - isn't that a control engineering topic?
Yes, it is. And I am an engineering psychologist!
So, short answer: good question!
Real answer: We have someone very special on board.

@dfg_public The only W3 professor for electric mobility (i.e. chair of electric mobility) I know about in the whole academic landscape of Germany.
Daniel Goerges from @uni_kl!
Who will work with us on this incredibly exciting project on BEV ecodriving.
eit.uni-kl.de/jem/home/

@dfg_public @uni_kl I am so happy that I was lucky to become aware of Daniel's work while visiting @hannover_messe in 2018.
So actually a trade fair 'the world’s leading tradeshow for industrial technology' gave birth to a @dfg_public project. I would call that irony. ;-)