Case Study: Optimus; MIRA's Benchmark HGV Cab

Vehicle:    Concept HGV Cab with innovative features
Territory    Europe but with global potential

Customer Requirements

MIRA's multi-disciplinary engineering team derived their targets from objective benchmark data of the current best-in-class vehicles and subjective input from drivers, fleet-managers and vehicle manufacturers.

MIRA Solution

Optimus established new targets for:

• Driver Comfort
• Practicality
• Aerodynamic performance
• Safety
• Space
• Reduced weight
• Ease of manufacture & assembly
• Style
  

MIRA's styling and engineering design team worked hand-in-hand with our specialists in ergonimics, aerodynamics, safety, vehicle dynamics and NVH to produce a design with many innovative features.

Innovative Features:

• Car-like-drive
• Ergonomic wrap-around cockpit with clear intrumentation
• Class-leading aerodynamic performance
• Practical and comfortable driver environment
• Unique multifunction bunk

Aerodynamics:

From the first sketch, MIRA's styling and engineering design team worked hand-in-hand with our aerodynamicists to deliver a cab with class leading aerodynamic performance. Reduced aerodynamic drag and optimised aerodynamic stability:

• Reduces duel consumption and improves range
• Eliminates the need for costly additional aerodynamic devices
• Reduces wind noise, improving driver comfort
• Facilitates safe, predictable handling in side winds

Customer Benefits:

Optimus offers a vehicle manufacturer a head-start in developing a class leading vehicle. MIRA’s engineering team have ensured the design can offer the features described yet is flexible enough to enable:

• Incorporation of a VM’s styling cues
• Integration onto an existing platform
• Integration of carry over and proprietary systems
• Development of a range of vehicle variants
  • Day cab
  • Sleeper cab
  • Long distance sleeper
    
    The following brochure provides more details and images:
    
    
    Optimus brochure (.pdf 1Mb)