Mechanical Simulation Corporation (acquired by Applied Intuition)
Motor Vehicle ManufacturingMichigan, United States11-50 Employees
Mechanical Simulation Corporation develops vehicle dynamics simulation software for cars, trucks, motorcycles, and specialty vehicles, using 3D multibody vehicle models for vehicle dynamics analysis and ECU development. The core equations for these models were originally generated by a symbolic multibody code generator developed at UMTRI and have been maintained by Mechanical Simulation to support CarSim, TruckSim, BikeSim, and SuspensionSim. The company is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at 2350 Green Road Suite 100a, United States, and has 11-50 employees; its website is https://carsim.com. In 2022, Mechanical Simulation was acquired by Applied Intuition, headquartered in Mountain View, California, and became part of Applied Intuition. The firm has released updates to VehicleSim software in 2023, including 2023.0 and 2023.1 versions across CarSim, TruckSim, BikeSim, and SuspensionSim.