How Porsche is harnessing AI to improve powertrain and vehicle efficiency

Porsche has outlined how it is using artificial intelligence (AI) in vehicle development to make drive systems even more efficient and sustainable and to further optimize development processes. In the development of traditional combustion engines, for example, AI is being used to solve the problem of predicting the gas content in the engine oil. Since high gas content leads to oil foaming and thus to reduced lubricity, the oil system must be designed for the lowest possible gas content. However, measurements can hardly be carried out in the vehicle with the engine running. Porsche states that a new AI process is able to provide reliable forecasts of the gas content in the engine oil.